Pippa Crerar
@PippaCrerar
Political Editor, The Guardian @pippacrerar.bsky.social
Keir Starmer tells MPs: “I’m very proud of the fact the last Labour government drove down poverty, and I’m determined this government is going to as well." Experts say that scrapping two child benefit cap most cost effective way of doing this. Move has support of education &…
Former Unite chief Len McCluskey accepted private jet flights & football tickets arranged by company building multimillion pound hotel for union, according to internal dossier. The Flanagan Group, run by friends of McCluskey, overcharged Unite by at least £30m for the Birmingham…
🚨 Our latest podcast... 💩The big stink: will new watchdog clean up our waterways? 😇 What is Keir Starmer’s latest move to help restore public trust in politics? 🏆And as MPs break for summer @kiranstacey and I hand out our end-of-year awards! theguardian.com/politics/audio…
Nigel Farage has committed to spending more than £17bn on policies to halve crime in the UK if he becomes prime minister at the next election - paid for by spending cuts elsewhere theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
Keir Starmer is asked whether there will be a Department of Culture, Media and Sport after the next reshuffle. He replies: "Yes".
Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast - a great read by @rowenamason theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…
