🚨 BREAKING: Olly Robbins says that the Government tried to appoint Peter Mandelson without vetting
"At the point of his appointment it was not actually a given he would be vetted... there was not stipulation from No 10 that he should be vetted"
🚨 WATCH: Olly Robbins says it would have been "very difficult indeed" to block Peter Mandelson's appointment after his vetting
"Very publicly, the PM's nominee had been put out there to the public, blessed by the King, agreed by the US Government..."
🚨 Olly Robbins says he was asked to find an ambassadorship role for Starmer’s then comms chief, who was recently suspended over links to a paedophile
"I felt quite uncomfortable about it. I kept giving advice that this was very hard... for me to defend"
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.
An open letter, released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls on global leaders attending this week’s conference to close the widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else.
The MP for Clacton failed to log more than £380,000 of payments of outside earnings – excluding his £93,904-a-year salary – within the 28-day time period set by the Commons.
🚨 #PMQS: Keir Starmer says President Trump changed his view on the Chagos Islands 'for the express purpose of putting pressure on his values and principles on the future of Greenland
'He wants me to yield on my position and I'm not going to do so'