rather than making claims to the newspapers now Natalie has chosen to join the Labour Party.” Following news of Ms Elphicke’s defection this week, Labour MPs raised concerns about the decision ...

New Labour MP Natalie Elphicke has apologised for comments she ... the dismal local election results for the Conservatives last week. Announcing her decision to switch parties, Ms Elphicke hit ...

“Obviously Natalie says they are not true ... Following news of Ms Elphicke’s defection this week, Sir Keir has been hit with a furious response from some Labour MPs about the decision ...

Labour MPs have criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to welcome Tory defector Natalie Elphicke, the second MP ... results for the Conservatives last week. At Prime Minister’s Questions ...

The BBC Question Time audience had a pretty stark take about whether or not new Labour MP Natalie Elphicke will be an asset to the party after she defected from the Tories this week. Before she ...

Labour’s newest MP Natalie Elphicke apologised on Thursday for suggesting ... Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock said on BBC Radio 4’s Week in Westminster: “I think we have got to be choosy ...

Natalie Elphicke joined Labour despite warning that ... Tory colleagues of hypocrisy following her shock defection last week. She said that Sir Keir’s policies on housing had been one of two ...

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock has spoken to our Political Editor Ben Riley-Smith for BBC Radio 4’s The Week in Westminster. Asked about Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour, the peer ...

Last week, then-Tory MP Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor shortly before PMQs began. That made her the second Conservative MP to do so in 11 days and the third in this parliamentary term.

Keir Starmer lambasted Rishi Sunak for being ‘a dodgy salesman’ today as a Tory MP defected to Labour in the wake of disastrous local elections. Dover MP Natalie Elphicke deserting the Tories ...