Noah Vickers

NEW: Labour MPs are pushing ministers to go further in plans to regulate holiday lets. DCMS will introduce a national register of lets, but this will be "light-touch" & seems to be delayed. MHCLG is meanwhile "considering" giving councils more powers: politicshome.com/news/article/h…

Pleased to see that @PoliticsHome is the second most-followed news site among MPs, second only to the BBC.

NEW: Short-term holiday lets are a major part of Britain’s tourism industry – but many Labour MPs want tighter controls on their number. Will the government listen? @noahvickers14 reports politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

NEW: Polly Billington, chair of Labour’s coastal grouping of MPs, talks to @noahvickers14 about how her party can deliver for the seaside 🌊 politicshome.com/news/article/p…

"We have to ask some questions about whether we want data centres which take up an enormous amount of water, and an enormous amount of electricity, and don’t create very many jobs." My interview with Polly Billington MP for @TheHouseMag 👇 politicshome.com/news/article/p…

🌊 The latest edition of The House magazine is out now! The coastal edition: Zack Polanski interview How homes are being lost to coastal erosion Is Britain ungovernable? The hidden crisis in MPs' offices Robert Hutton's Recipes for Disaster Try a sample and subscribe: politicshome.com/house-magazine…

@joecoughlan_ @BBCNews Congrats Joe

🚨 Very excited to share that after a busy spell of freelancing, I have joined @BBCNews full time from this week.

Good to speak with Kevin McKenna MP for the latest edition of @TheHouseMag He tells me about his career as a critical care nurse, the mission to end new HIV transmissions across the country by 2030, and Keir Starmer's future as PM 👇 politicshome.com/news/article/k…

Former nurse, now Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Kevin McKenna tells @noahvickers14 the country needs intensive care to fix its many crises politicshome.com/news/article/k…

EXC: Keir Starmer will be asking his independent ethics adviser to investigate whether minister Josh Simons breached the ministerial code politicshome.com/news/article/s…

Resident doctors' strikes: Labour MPs are quietly optimistic that a deal with the BMA might soon be reached - but there are fears that an end to the dispute could cause new problems for the government. My feature for @TheHouseMag politicshome.com/news/article/i…

Is a deal to end resident doctor strikes within reach? The tone of exchanges between Wes Streeting and the BMA has become more conciliatory in recent weeks, while the government is passing emergency legislation to allay concerns about job competition However, making it harder for international doctors to work in the UK risks damage elsewhere in the health service, experts have said Meanwhile, other unions have said they are watching government talks with the BMA "with interest", reports @noahvickers14 politicshome.com/news/article/i…

NEW: "No one, ultimately, wants to pay more tax – that’s just human nature" Lindsay de Sausmarez is head of Guernsey’s government. She tells @noahvickers14 about the island’s demographic challenge, the impact of Brexit and Westminster’s demand for more financial transparency politicshome.com/news/article/l…

In my latest interview for @TheHouseMag, I spoke with Guernsey's chief minister Lindsay de Sausmarez, who told me about the impact of Brexit, the island's demographic challenge, and Westminster's demand for more transparency from the Crown Dependencies: politicshome.com/news/article/l…

Are UK data centres preparing to use gas-powered generators as a short-term energy fix? And what is the government’s view on whether they should? @noahvickers14 reports politicshome.com/news/article/a…

NEW: Data centres across the UK are turning to the gas network as grid connection delays mean they may have to wait almost a decade for electricity. Could it imperil the government's 2030 Clean Power mission? My feature for @TheHouseMag politicshome.com/news/article/a…

NEW: “We want to be the next official opposition. Absolutely.” Liberal Democrat net-zero lead Pippa Heylings tells @noahvickers14 how her party is solidifying its support in the formerly Conservative seats it captured at the last election politicshome.com/news/article/l…

NEW: I speak with Lib Dem energy spox Pippa Heylings about the party's strategy to gain further seats by taking on "the myths being peddled" by Tories and Reform about net zero. Heylings claims Lib Dems could be UK's next official opposition: politicshome.com/news/article/l…

🔋 The latest edition of The House is out now! The Energy edition - Adam Bell on 2030 green goals - Pippa Heylings interview - Why MPs' inboxes are overflowing - Greg Jackson profile - Prof Cowley on The Don't Knows Try a sample and subscribe politicshome.com/house-magazine…

Cabinet ministers publicly backing Starmer: Rachel Reeves David Lammy Yvette Cooper John Healey Darren Jones Peter Kyle Heidi Alexander Steve Reed Nick Thomas-Symonds Richard Hermer Jo Stevens Douglas Alexander Notably not yet: Wes Streeting Ed Miliband Shabana Mahmood