Lara Spirit is the Red Box Editor at The Times. Based in Westminster, she focuses on government, politics, and current affairs, contributing to The Times's morning politics newsletter. Lara has been recognized for her work, being nominated for the 2023 Young Journalist of the Year by the Society of Editors and for New Journalist of the Year by Press Gazette.
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By: Lara Spirit, Patrick Maguire
Munira Mirza has been brought into Downing Street to consult on Labour’s approach to multiculturalism
By: Chris Smyth, Lara Spirit
Ministers have ‘no in-principle objection’ to outsourcing it, if the law is changed, to minimise the effect on existing NHS services
By: Lara Spirit, Chris Smyth
Kim Leadbeater, the proposer of the bill, wants to ensure the service will be available on the NHS and free at the point of use
If you asked MPs how they would improve parliament, what do you think they’d say? Last year the fledgling government announced that a new “modernisation committee” would canvass MPs, among others, for
By: Lara Spirit
These guinea pigs moot ideas, often quietly, and fly kites for the government to test policies
There are also honours for Alister Jack, the former Scottish secretary, and Simon Hart, the former chief whip
Rise in support in the blue wall seats captured by Labour in the general election would merely hand victory to the Tories or Reform
By: Bruno Waterfield, Lara Spirit, George Grylls
Sir Keir Starmer will host an EU-UK summit next month as he seeks to ease trade barriers with Brussels, but experts say it could provoke the US president
By: Bruno Waterfield, Lara Spirit, George Grylls, Matt Dathan
British firms will be able to bid for the new €150 billion EU defence fund after the UK makes concessions on fishing quotas
By: Lara Spirit, George Grylls, Bruno Waterfield
The chancellor is potentially at odds with home secretary, Yvette Cooper, over her support for loosening visa rules for young Europeans
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