Politics Archive
Lockdown easing means staff on furlough ‘falls to lowest level this year’
Too early to say whether June 21 lifting of restrictions will go ahead – Hancock
‘Between 20,000 and 30,000 lives could have been saved with earlier lockdown’
Wolverhampton MP joins call for road to be named after Nuno
How the papers reacted to Dominic Cummings’ ‘damning testimony’
MP calls for an end to Stourbridge's 'raw deal' on policing
What the papers say – May 27
Winners and losers from Dominic Cummings’ seven-hour session with MPs
The things we learned from Dominic Cummings’ mammoth evidence session
Cummings: Government failings led to ‘tens of thousands’ of extra Covid deaths
Cummings: Johnson ‘never wanted a proper border policy’ to prevent coronavirus
Cummings: Matt Hancock engaged in ‘criminal, disgraceful behaviour’
Boris Johnson fails to deny he claimed Covid was ‘only killing 80-year-olds’
Cummings: PM Johnson viewed coronavirus as a ‘scare story’ and like swine flu
'Stafford does not need one-bedroom flats': Plans to convert former pub rejected
Backlash at Black Country MPs who voted against protecting leaseholders from cladding costs
Run up to first lockdown was like scene from Independence Day, Cummings claims
BBC and Sky apologise after broadcasting Dominic Cummings swearing
Cummings: PM thought Covid was ‘scare story’ and Whitty should inject him on TV
Dominic Cummings: when public needed us most, Government failed
Cash handouts for poor families under Labour's latest education plan
Wolverhampton Council to stick with flexible working
Walsall Mayor bids farewell on last engagement
Dominic Cummings expected to land more blows on Government in session with MPs
Department for Education had ‘no plan’ for dealing with Covid disruption – MPs
‘There are no local lockdowns’, say public health directors in variant hotspots
Call for equalities watchdog to probe cases of Islamophobia in Tory party
Care home and supported living proposal for former county council land in Stafford
Number of pupils in class drops amid concerns about spread of Indian variant
New Starbucks approved for Stafford
Troubled Black Country pub to become flats as owners driven out by violent incidents
Local leaders hit out at ‘lockdown-lite’ advice for Indian variant hotspot areas
UK trade with EU slumps as Brexit takes its toll – ONS
New advice for Indian variant hotspot areas is not ‘out of the blue’ – Coffey
Government borrowing hits second highest April on record
Wolverhampton MP in call to end 'invisible' policing
'The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing': Staffordshire MP hits out at HS2
What the papers say – May 25
Calls for clarity after Covid hotspot advice updated
Johnson must help ensure wealthy nations fund vaccines for the poor – Brown
Fully vaccinated passengers ‘should not face amber list restrictions’
Hancock praises NHS app after 1.3m people register since vaccine status added
'I will do this job the best I can and won’t let you down' says Tamworth mayor
