British politics has been like a particularly addictive hate watch these last few years. To nerd up the description a bit, it’s like that scene in Twin Peaks when Leland Plamer is having a full ...

Labour has said Esther McVey's appointment as Work and Pensions Secretary is "alarming" but condemned social media attacks on the Tory MP. Ms McVey was "extremely unpopular" due to her "disastrous ...

Esther McVey was Tory MP for Wirral West constituency in Merseyside from 2010 until she lost her seat in May. As employment and benefits minister, she oversaw the introduction of sanctions which threw ...