The 'Minister for Common Sense' has told cash-strapped councils to cut back on diversity spending before demanding further funding. Esther McVey said local authorities' spending on Equality ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has called Esther McVey’s appointment to the cabinet as a minister without portfolio ...

Esther McVey has defended her role as the "minister for common sense” - an unofficial title bestowed after her appointment to the Cabinet Office in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle - in a speech ...

Esther McVey tore into Labour for their farming tax on the BBC this morning, accusing Rachel Reeves of basing it on “miscalculations”. The former cabinet minister left a Labour MP reeling as ...

"Things have reached a new low when the National Audit Office accuses a Cabinet Minister of lying." "Universal Credit is failing, and if Esther McVey is not up to the job of sorting it out - as ...

Esther McVey on universal credit: Some will be worse off Some people will be worse off under universal credit - but they can take on more work to increase their income, the minister in charge says.

Common sense minister' Ester McVey is cracking down on "pointless job creation" and banning lanyards as part of Civil Service reform. Civil service jobs solely dedicated to equality, diversity and ...

It follows the death of the daughter of a constituent of Esther McVey, the MP for Tatton ... The MP says that the Minister for Health, Stephen Kinnock, has agreed to work with her on resolving ...

Another cabinet minister, Esther McVey, also quit alongside junior ministers Suella Braverman and Shailesh Vara. PM Theresa May faced nearly three hours of largely hostile questions in the Commons ...

This is a bad Budget, it's as bad as bad can be. Alex Burghart “But maybe his friend the former minister for common sense (Esther McVey) can help him find some before he next appears before the ...

Nick Clegg’s Lib Dems were wiped out at the 2015 general election over breaking just one promise on tuition fees. Labour will ...

A LEAKED copy of the party’s New Deal for Working People shows Sir Keir Starmer would introduce legal rights for a 'trade union equality rep' in the workplace. ©News Group Newspapers Limited in ...