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 ...

"There is no oversight of what is going on," McVey said.She argued that priority should be given to domestic needs, stating: "Charity begins at home, and it does, particularly in times of hardship." ...

Esther McVey, the Conservative Party candidate for Tatton and Cabinet Office minister dubbed the “minister for common sense”, was met with ridicule from her own constituents at an election ...

Esther McVey, the Tory MP for Tatton who was once the ‘minister for common sense’, has had another tweet of hers ridiculed and criticised online this week, after she used a poem about the ...

Former work and pensions secretary Esther McVey asked how the Government's push to get people into work was possible given an increase in business closures in the wake of tax hikes unveiled by the ...

Sentencing should be brought back under democratic control by abolishing the Sentencing Council, Conservative former minister Esther McVey has said. In the Commons, Ms McVey drew comparisons to ...

Esther McVey clashed with Labour's Emily Thornberry over the Rwanda plan. The Cabinet minister insisted the policy, aimed at stopping small boats crossing the English Channel, was already proving ...

Esther McVey on Monday announced a crackdown on “inappropriate backdoor politicisation” in Whitehall, saying officials should be leaving their political views “at the building entrance”.