against accusations that his government is mired in “sleaze, nepotism and avarice”, with an announcement that the rules on declaring donations and gifts will be changed. The prime minister and a succession of cabinet ministers from corporate sponsors and millionaire donors, with the scandal hitting the party in the polls. In a bid to put the government back on track, – the “engine room” of Whitehall – announced that rules for ministers would be tightened up.

that the current rules were a “Tory loophole” designed to protect previous Conservative ministers. The move came as: Canterbury MP , accusing Sir Keir of presiding over “sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice”, and followed up by claiming that the prime minister “has a woman problem” Mr McFadden dismissed £16,000 in donations for Sir Keir’s clothes and £32,000 for ministers and their spouses for clothes as “a campaign expense” Loyalist Labour parliamentarians launched what appeared to be a coordinated attack on “the right-wing conspiracy” against Sir Keir The Tories opened their conference in Birmingham, as senior figures within the party expressed “deep concern” that the party is not providing meaningful opposition A row broke out between Tory leadership hopefuls over comments Kemi Badenoch made regarding “excessive” maternity pay Former PM Rishi Sunak went into hiding and only gave a speech in private to a select group of Tory members Mr McFadden said that under current guidanc.