Did a Cabinet Minister mislead Parliament over cronyism claims? 👇

In this interview Angela Rayner falsely claims that interest rates reached 11% On the Today programme she conflated the social housing sector and private rented sector

The Report of the Grenfell Inquiry is all the more compelling because the Chair was chosen on merit: my letter in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times .

Barnier riled Brexiteers plenty But, interestingly, he was not seen that positively in Brussels I think there were plenty of folk in the Commission who found him irritating, vain and not across the policy detail

Cabinet Minister Angela Smith may have misled Parliament in the debate yesterday on Labour cronyism At the end of debate on the recent string of controversial Civil Service appointments she said: "In the cases that have been complained about, given that the independent adviser

Looking forward to joining Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live shortly With Olly Grender and Henry Newman in an ex-spin doctors' collective

On Labour cronyism - We know from Pat McFadden’s interview with Theo Usherwood that Ian Corfield’s Civil Service role ended because of official “advice” What was that advice? Why won’t the HM Treasury publish it? Why the secrecy? See TheWhitehallProject (link in bio)

"Getting flashbacks from Brexit?" Former Tory adviser Henry Newman and former Labour MP Caroline Flint give Sophy Ridge their assessments of former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who's been appointed French prime minister. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺Sky 501

This Labour cronyism scandal just keeps growing & growing Why did he have a Downing St pass?

I was on Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge talking about Sophy Ridge interview with Tony Blair It’s striking how Blair is leagues ahead of contemporary Labour politicians And he’s itching to say to Keir Starmer - be more radical But instead the Government are embroiled in a cronyism row

My former boss Michael Gove once wrote about his admiration for Tony Blair Tony Blair would have attacked the last Conservative Government from the right He would have said if we get into office we will double down on Rwanda Instead Keir scrapped it & put nothing in its place

This Labour cronyism story by Ailbhe Rea 👇 suggests Lord Alli - who was given a Downing Street pass after donating to Keir Starmer including for his spectacles 👓 - was advising on Cabinet jobs & appointments, while he was soliciting donations for Labour Apparently he even

Yesterday I spoke to Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge about cronyism in the Labour Government For more see TheWhitehallProject (link in bio)