Downing Street has scrapped its daily afternoon Lobby briefing, in a move journalists warned could damage scrutiny of the ...

Downing Street has scrapped its daily afternoon press briefing, in a move journalists warned could damage scrutiny of the ...

This evening, Downing Street has announced a major overhaul of the ‘lobby’ briefing system. Currently, accredited political ...

Postponing local elections for millions of voters, changing the daily Westminster briefing… did someone advise Keir Starmer ...

Scrapping of afternoon press conferences could limit scrutiny and transparency, say reporters ...

Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerning ...

Ministers have released a raft of data and announcements just before Parliament rises for Christmas - but don't fret, the ...

The removal of daily chances for journalists to quiz the prime minister's spokesperson has been criticised as lacking ...

It is easy to be annoyed by the lobby, the small band of political journalists given privileged access to Parliament and government briefings. I say this as someone who was a member of that band for ...

A professional lip reader interpreted Volodymyr Zelensky's seemingly emotional comments during his meeting with Sir Keir ...

Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are ...

Keir Starmer said briefings from officials against Cabinet colleagues in November were “completely unacceptable".