Geri Scott
@geraldinescott.co.uk
Assistant political editor at The Times.
New: If the goal had been to puncture Wes Streeting’s growing appeal, the last 24hrs has done exactly the opposite.
My read on the (actual lack of) organising to topple Starmer, and what those in Labour think now 👇🏻
www.thetimes.com/article/1cd8...
My read on the (actual lack of) organising to topple Starmer, and what those in Labour think now 👇🏻
www.thetimes.com/article/1cd8...
Streeting’s ambition is obvious and No 10 has played into his hands
The health secretary insisted he was ‘not organising’ a leadership campaign — but ministers and MPs believe Starmer’s response exposed his weakness
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
New: If the goal had been to puncture Wes Streeting’s growing appeal, the last 24hrs has done exactly the opposite.
My read on the (actual lack of) organising to topple Starmer, and what those in Labour think now 👇🏻
www.thetimes.com/article/1cd8...
My read on the (actual lack of) organising to topple Starmer, and what those in Labour think now 👇🏻
www.thetimes.com/article/1cd8...
Excl: Tory frontbencher apologises after police called to guest’s drunken Parliament bar row
www.thetimes.com/article/3bd9...
www.thetimes.com/article/3bd9...
Tory MP apologises after police called to guest’s drunken bar row
Andrew Rosindell’s guest allegedly became aggressive towards House of Commons staff at the Strangers’ Bar
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November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Excl: Tory frontbencher apologises after police called to guest’s drunken Parliament bar row
www.thetimes.com/article/3bd9...
www.thetimes.com/article/3bd9...
Excl: Angela Rayner could be ‘kingmaker’ in picking next Labour leader
www.thetimes.com/article/27c2...
www.thetimes.com/article/27c2...
Angela Rayner could be ‘kingmaker’ in picking next Labour leader
A challenge to Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership could come after the local elections in May — or even after the budget this month, sources say
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Excl: Angela Rayner could be ‘kingmaker’ in picking next Labour leader
www.thetimes.com/article/27c2...
www.thetimes.com/article/27c2...
David Lammy has been accused by Cabinet ministers of “cowardice” and incompetence over his handling of the accidental release of a second convicted sex offender, with some saying his Commons response showed poor judgement.
www.thetimes.com/article/a734...
www.thetimes.com/article/a734...
‘Cowardly’ Lammy accused of ‘rank incompetence’ over prisoner debacle
Cabinet ministers have criticised the justice secretary’s political judgment in his handling of the accidental release of a second convicted sex offender, but the PM has defended him
www.thetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
David Lammy has been accused by Cabinet ministers of “cowardice” and incompetence over his handling of the accidental release of a second convicted sex offender, with some saying his Commons response showed poor judgement.
www.thetimes.com/article/a734...
www.thetimes.com/article/a734...
EXCL: A north London Islamic education centre has been banned from hosting Scouts amid fears it was a front to expose children to Iran-linked extremism.
The Scouts suspended meetings after being alerted by The Times.
www.thetimes.com/article/e794...
The Scouts suspended meetings after being alerted by The Times.
www.thetimes.com/article/e794...
Islamic centre banned from hosting Scout group over extremism fears
Investigation finds Al-Ikhlas Education Centre in north London could be exposing British children to organisations that support the Iranian regime
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
EXCL: A north London Islamic education centre has been banned from hosting Scouts amid fears it was a front to expose children to Iran-linked extremism.
The Scouts suspended meetings after being alerted by The Times.
www.thetimes.com/article/e794...
The Scouts suspended meetings after being alerted by The Times.
www.thetimes.com/article/e794...
Excl w/ @georgiamay.bsky.social: Sheffield Hallam, accused of dropping slave labour research after pressure from China, ignored repeated calls to report foreign interference.
www.thetimes.com/article/34e7...
www.thetimes.com/article/34e7...
University dismissed plea to contact government over China pressure
Emails seen by The Times appear to debunk Sheffield Hallam’s claims it raised interference over an academic’s research into forced labour
www.thetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Excl w/ @georgiamay.bsky.social: Sheffield Hallam, accused of dropping slave labour research after pressure from China, ignored repeated calls to report foreign interference.
www.thetimes.com/article/34e7...
www.thetimes.com/article/34e7...
Excl: Reform councils to raise tax for 2m households despite pledging cuts
www.thetimes.com/article/0296...
www.thetimes.com/article/0296...
Reform councils to raise tax for 2m households despite pledging cuts
Six local authorities run by Nigel Farage’s party have revealed plans to increase council tax bills by a total of £127m
www.thetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Excl: Reform councils to raise tax for 2m households despite pledging cuts
www.thetimes.com/article/0296...
www.thetimes.com/article/0296...
EXCL: Counterterrorism police officers are examining claims that a British university broke national security laws by halting an academic’s research into forced labour in China after facing pressure from Beijing.
www.thetimes.com/article/5640...
www.thetimes.com/article/5640...
China ‘pressured’ UK university into ditching forced labour report
Sheffiled Hallam could face prosecution as counterterrorism police investigate claims that it bowed to threats from Beijing to halt an academic’s work
www.thetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
EXCL: Counterterrorism police officers are examining claims that a British university broke national security laws by halting an academic’s research into forced labour in China after facing pressure from Beijing.
www.thetimes.com/article/5640...
www.thetimes.com/article/5640...
Rachel Reeves is considering more than one hundred separate tax and spending measures as she barters with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) over the size of the financial shortfall.
www.thetimes.com/article/0d69...
www.thetimes.com/article/0d69...
Rachel Reeves may target people earning more than £45,000 in budget
Chancellor is considering a variety of options yet government sources say there is still ‘considerable uncertainty’ over which tax rises she will choose
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November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Rachel Reeves is considering more than one hundred separate tax and spending measures as she barters with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) over the size of the financial shortfall.
www.thetimes.com/article/0d69...
www.thetimes.com/article/0d69...
Excl: Rules that would ban transgender people from using facilities that do not match their biological sex could be delayed for more than a year, it has emerged, as ministers were accused of “undermining the law” by demanding extra checks.
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
Rules forcing trans people to use birth-sex facilities delayed
The Equality and Human Rights Commission set out statutory guidance on how gyms, clubs and hospitals must judge single-sex spaces based on biology
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Excl: Rules that would ban transgender people from using facilities that do not match their biological sex could be delayed for more than a year, it has emerged, as ministers were accused of “undermining the law” by demanding extra checks.
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
Excl: Home sec Shabana Mahmood says the grooming gangs inquiry won’t be “watered down on my watch” and is determined ethnicity and religion will be examined.
Comes after four victims quit the process and minister Jess Phillips was accused of lying.
www.thetimes.com/article/7703...
Comes after four victims quit the process and minister Jess Phillips was accused of lying.
www.thetimes.com/article/7703...
Focus of grooming gang inquiry won’t change, vows home secretary
Shabana Mahmood has intervened after another victim withdrew from the ‘toxic’ process and accused Jess Phillips of lying
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October 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Excl: Home sec Shabana Mahmood says the grooming gangs inquiry won’t be “watered down on my watch” and is determined ethnicity and religion will be examined.
Comes after four victims quit the process and minister Jess Phillips was accused of lying.
www.thetimes.com/article/7703...
Comes after four victims quit the process and minister Jess Phillips was accused of lying.
www.thetimes.com/article/7703...
Intervention from Europe's human rights watchdog has gone down *badly* with some in govt, amid push to reform the ECHR from the inside.
Shabana Mahmood especially is said to take a "dim view" & allies say issue of trans rights after Supreme Court's judgement is "beyond reproach".
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Shabana Mahmood especially is said to take a "dim view" & allies say issue of trans rights after Supreme Court's judgement is "beyond reproach".
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Treatment of trans people may breach ECHR, ministers told
Council of Europe sets out concerns following gender ruling and also tells government that banning Palestine Action may breach the freedom of peaceful assembly
www.thetimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Intervention from Europe's human rights watchdog has gone down *badly* with some in govt, amid push to reform the ECHR from the inside.
Shabana Mahmood especially is said to take a "dim view" & allies say issue of trans rights after Supreme Court's judgement is "beyond reproach".
buff.ly/boX2dUz
Shabana Mahmood especially is said to take a "dim view" & allies say issue of trans rights after Supreme Court's judgement is "beyond reproach".
buff.ly/boX2dUz
Excl: Bridget Phillipson has been accused of delaying guidance on single-sex spaces until after Labour’s deputy leadership race over concerns that she could lose support from some MPs
www.thetimes.com/article/c72c...
www.thetimes.com/article/c72c...
Bridget Phillipson ‘delaying trans guidance to help deputy leader bid’
Bridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, is accused of pushing back publication of a code on single-sex spaces until after the Labour election ends
www.thetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Excl: Bridget Phillipson has been accused of delaying guidance on single-sex spaces until after Labour’s deputy leadership race over concerns that she could lose support from some MPs
www.thetimes.com/article/c72c...
www.thetimes.com/article/c72c...
Excl: UN Refugee Convention ‘is next target’ in fight to deport migrants
www.thetimes.com/article/7627...
www.thetimes.com/article/7627...
UN Refugee Convention ‘is next target’ in fight to deport migrants
The attorney-general has said the status quo no longer works for Britain and is thought to believe the treaty — which bans deportation to dangerous nations — must ‘evolve’
www.thetimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excl: UN Refugee Convention ‘is next target’ in fight to deport migrants
www.thetimes.com/article/7627...
www.thetimes.com/article/7627...
Excl: Keir Starmer’s security adviser ‘too close to China’ and should go, ministers warn
www.thetimes.com/article/0e8a...
www.thetimes.com/article/0e8a...
Keir Starmer’s security adviser ‘too close to China’, ministers warn
Jonathan Powell, who has called for closer relations with Beijing, is under intense scrutiny after the collapse of the Chinese spy trial
www.thetimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Excl: Keir Starmer’s security adviser ‘too close to China’ and should go, ministers warn
www.thetimes.com/article/0e8a...
www.thetimes.com/article/0e8a...
What now? Labour figures are already speculating about how vulnerable this leaves Starmer to a leadership challenge.
One source says it leaves him "significantly" exposed because anyone who would have challenged Starmer, but didn't want to go up against Rayner, would feel more confident.
One source says it leaves him "significantly" exposed because anyone who would have challenged Starmer, but didn't want to go up against Rayner, would feel more confident.
Angela Rayner resigns: deputy PM quits over report into tax affairs — live
Angela Rayner resignation: follow the latest news and live updates
www.thetimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What now? Labour figures are already speculating about how vulnerable this leaves Starmer to a leadership challenge.
One source says it leaves him "significantly" exposed because anyone who would have challenged Starmer, but didn't want to go up against Rayner, would feel more confident.
One source says it leaves him "significantly" exposed because anyone who would have challenged Starmer, but didn't want to go up against Rayner, would feel more confident.
As I reported last night, the EHRC has submitted its revised code.
Baroness Falkner said this AM: "If people are expecting us to do something outwit the law, I'm afraid they're going to be terribly disappointed with us."
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Baroness Falkner said this AM: "If people are expecting us to do something outwit the law, I'm afraid they're going to be terribly disappointed with us."
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Single-sex spaces must be based on biology, EHRC tells government
The Equality and Human Rights Commission will emphasise such facilities must exclude transgender people who do not biologically match that sex
www.thetimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
As I reported last night, the EHRC has submitted its revised code.
Baroness Falkner said this AM: "If people are expecting us to do something outwit the law, I'm afraid they're going to be terribly disappointed with us."
buff.ly/pQudWX3
Baroness Falkner said this AM: "If people are expecting us to do something outwit the law, I'm afraid they're going to be terribly disappointed with us."
buff.ly/pQudWX3
Equalities watchdog tells organisations to change single-sex space rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2abb...
www.thetimes.com/article/2abb...
Equalities watchdog tells organisations to change single-sex space rules
EHRC launches legal action against 19 organisations said to be in breach of the law after a landmark Supreme Court ruling
www.thetimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Equalities watchdog tells organisations to change single-sex space rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2abb...
www.thetimes.com/article/2abb...
