Tamara Cohen
@tamcohen
Sky News Political Correspondent
I interviewed Ellen Roome who is campaigning for parents to have access to a deceased child's social media history. Her 14-year-old son Jools died in April 2022 and a coroner said he probably did not intend suicide. She has battled with social media companies for answers, and…
Tory reshuffle as it stands: James Cleverly ➡️ Shadow Housing (shadowing Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner) 🏠 Kevin Hollinrake ➡️ Party Chairman 🔵🌳 Stuart Andrew ➡️ Shadow Health 🏥 Nigel Huddleston ➡️ Shadow Culture, Media and Sport 🎭⚽️
As some MPs on the left defend Abbott, Labour MP @DavidTaylor85 tells me: “I’ve long thought Diane Abbott shouldn't be a member of our Party due to her appalling positions on everything from Bosnia to Syria. “As the Jewish Labour Movement have said, antisemitism targets Jews…
This is Diane Abbott's 2023 public apology for the "anguish" caused by her "initial draft" - for which she said "there is no excuse"
My statement
Diane Abbott gave a statement to @BBCNewsnight saying it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”. Treasury minister James Murray told us: “It's not true that the Labour leadership wants her out. What's happened is that she's made these comments and she's been…
Diane Abbott now says she doesn’t regret this letter - about Jewish people experiencing “prejudice” like redheads. She apologised at the time for “anguish” caused and claimed it was a draft sent in error. But has now doubled down. Very different to what’s going on with the…

Four MPs including Rachael Maskell have lost the whip. We believe that's all the government are planning. And three more Labour MPs have had their roles as trade envoys removed: Rosena Allin Khan Bell Ribeiro-Addy Mohammed Yasin
BREAKING: Three Labour MPs - Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan-Jordan - have been suspended for repeated breaches of discipline. Sky's @TamCohen says these MPs were active in the rebellion against the government's welfare reforms. Live ➡️ trib.al/s9wHttz
This morning, Liz Kendall told MPs that the government's welfare reforms are 'in the right place' now. This afternoon, some of the MPs who helped get them 'in the right place' are suspended...
Sources confirm Labour have suspended three MPs - Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchcliff, who were active in the welfare rebellion - over "breaches of party discipline." Rachel Maskell understood to be meeting whips now.
Sources confirm Labour have suspended three MPs - Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchcliff, who were active in the welfare rebellion - over "breaches of party discipline." Rachel Maskell understood to be meeting whips now.
The govt should now get the revised #welfarebill through its third reading tonight but are still having to make changes - the supermajority is not at all solid
More changes to the welfare bill. Minister Timms accepts some of @MarieTidball amendment - a majority of the taskforce looking at PIP must be disabled or from disability orgs, and the outcome of the review will come before PIP changes and voted on by MPs. But the review won’t be…
More changes to the welfare bill. Minister Timms accepts some of @MarieTidball amendment - a majority of the taskforce looking at PIP must be disabled or from disability orgs, and the outcome of the review will come before PIP changes and voted on by MPs. But the review won’t be…