Keir Starmer sacks Rebecca Long-Bailey from shadow cabinet for sharing article with 'anti-semitic conspiracy theory'

hereHowever Labour leader Keir Starmer insisted this was ‘not an apology’ and Jennifer - who works at a care home in Stockport - takes the same view.She said: “He has no right to say that. He should be saying 'well done', not just to the NHS but to the carers.

Boris Johnson had indicated that he would not be prepared to "take the knee" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.The Prime Minister seemingly suggested that he is not prepared to follow the example of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer - who was photographed in the symbolic act of support - as he believes in "substance" not "gestures".He went on to say that he doesn't want people to be "bullied" into things they do not want to do.Taking the knee was first made a gesture in the National

Rebecca Long-Bailey has deleted the tweet which led to her being sacked from the shadow cabinet.Last week, the Salford and Eccles MP shared an interview with actress Maxine Peake which Labour leader Keir Starmer said included 'an anti-semitic conspiracy theory'.Ms Long-Bailey was asked to step down from her post and has since been replaced by Stretford and Urmston MP Kate Green.In a statement released after losing her position, she said her re-tweet was 'in no way' an intention to endorse every

Keir Starmer in the House of Commons today at his weekly Prime Minister 's Questions. The Conservative Party leader will be probed by the Labour Party leader on a number of issues including the government's "new deal" to spend £5bn on rebuilding the United Kingdom following the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus lockdown contained no new money, a senior Scottish Tory has admitted. Andrew Bowie said the cash was already budgeted for one day after the Prime Minister’s speech was slammed as a "damp squib" by the SNP and slated by Labour leader Keir Starmer.

Keir Starmer claimed. The Labour leader said the government’s strategy was undermined when Johnson defended his chief aide Dominic Cummings over claims he broke lockdown rules.

Stretford and Urmston MP Kate Green has been appointed shadow education secretary after Rebecca Long-Bailey was sacked from the post.The Salford MP was removed from Labour's front bench for sharing a controversial interview with Salford actor Maxine Peake.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the newspaper interview 'contained an anti-semitic conspiracy theory'.He appointed Ms Green to the shadow cabinet on Saturday.In a statement, Ms Green said: "It’s a privilege to have been asked to serve as

Keir Starmer has fired Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow education secretary over an alleged antisemitic article she reposted online.In a shock move, the Labour leader’s office issued a statement calling on Starmer’s left-wing rival for the leadership of the party only three months to stand down with immediate effect.A spokesman for Starmer said: "This afternoon Keir Starmer asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down from the Shadow Cabinet.

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