More Tory MPs are considering defecting to Labour because of “division and incompetence” in Rishi Sunak’s government, a Labour frontbencher has claimed. But Wes Streeting insisted his party ...
Natalie Elphicke said she was defecting to Labour due to ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’ You must be 18 or over to fill in this form. We will only use this ...
Comments made after Charlie Elphicke jailed for two years criticised by new colleagues in Labour party Dominic Cummings says return of Farage to frontline politics could enable new party to ...
Before Tory MP Christian Wakeford swapped sides to Labour at the peak of the Partygate scandal in 2022, it had been 27 years since an MP had defected directly from the governing party to the main ...
Labour has defended welcoming Tory defector Natalie Elphicke into the party after anger from some backbench MPs at the decision. Labour chair Anneliese Dodds said the Dover MP was a "good, natural ...
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting said he has spoken to more Tories considering a defection to the opposition but insisted the party would not accept just any MP after former Conservative Natalie ...
Ms Elphicke has defected hitting out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic Government”. The Dover MP astonishingly crossed the floor in the Commons just moments before ...
Keir Starmer has unveiled a counter-terror style small boats plan that will “replace gimmicks with graft” by scrapping the Rwanda scheme. He has vowed to partly ...
A Conservative MP defected to Labour on Wednesday in a fresh blow to Rishi Sunak. Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said the Prime Minister and Tory government “cannot be trusted” to “keep our ...
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