Liz Lloyd

Apprentice star Baroness Brady calls for faster action to close gender pay gap

The difference between what men and women are paid last year stood at 6.9%.

Evening Standard 4 min read

‘No plans’ to ban VPNs but ‘nothing off the table’ to bolster online safety

Baroness Liz Lloyd warned there was ‘limited evidence on children’s use of VPNs’.

Evening Standard 3 min read

Keir Starmer plans to stuff House of Lords with new Labour peers

KEIR Starmer is reportedly planning to stuff the House of Lords with new Labour peers in a bid to drive his agenda through the upper chamber.

The National (Scotland) 2 min read

Keir Starmer to release new peerage list in attempt to bolster Lords influence

PM hopes list of Labour allies promoted to upper house will rebalance numbers and drive through legislation

The Guardian - UK 4 min read

Voices: Which heads will roll in Starmer’s Downing Street shake-up?

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Keir Starmer’s principal private secretary is but the latest of his appointees to have been a disappointment to him – a full reshuffle of the PM’s longstanding, trusted aides is overdue, says Andrew Grice

The Independent UK 6 min read

OPINION - The cooks are changing in Keir’s kitchen, but it’s the menu that’s the problem

For aspiring advisors at Westminster, the call inviting them to join the Prime Minister’s inner team is a dream come true. With the Number 10 top-level pass comes all the perks of personal contact with the PM and unparalleled insight into the heart of political power.

Evening Standard 5 min read

Keir Starmer fears repeat of summer riots after violent clashes outside Epping asylum hotel

The Labour leader said it was vital Britain’s ‘social fabric’ was healed amid a series of protests outside taxpayer-funded hotels housing asylum seekers

Evening Standard 4 min read

Geldof urged Blair to take international lead on aid for Africa

Newly released government files show the LiveAid campaigner was ‘scathing’ about ‘weak’ African leadership.

The Independent UK 5 min read

Voices: The Return of the Blairites: Why Keir Starmer should tap into Labour’s past

COMMENT: The prime minister may not be New Labour by instinct, but he has proved to be ruthless – and willing to learn from his party’s past success, John Rentoul writes

The Independent UK 5 min read

Starmer tells Cabinet Government will deliver ‘innovation and reform’

It came on the same day it was announced that two former advisers to Sir Tony Blair had been given senior jobs in Whitehall.

Evening Standard 3 min read