First Minister John Swinney has taken his customary seat at the heart of the government's front bench and he sits poised ...

Crispin Blunt's dramatic resignation from the Tory front bench was hailed on Thursday night as a "disaster" for the party. Leader of the House Dr John Reid said: "It really is extraordinary that ...

Kemi Badenoch didn’t turn up to the House of Commons for Labour’s major announcement on welfare reform. On Tuesday afternoon, ...

Dame Priti Patel also ran for the Tory leadership following Rishi Sunak ... she’s been given a very high-profile place on the shadow front bench by Badenoch. Dame Priti is best known for ...

Another comer on the Tory front bench is Christopher Soames, Winston Churchill’s son-in-law, who moved up from Agriculture to replace troublesome Peter Thorneycroft as shadow Defense Minister.