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Keir Starmer is considering giving Sue Gray a place in the House of Lords, it has been reported, after she turned down the offer of becoming the PM’s ‘envoy to the regions and nations’. Last month it emerged that Sue Gray would not be taking up the post, which the PM had offered her as a consolation prize after she quit as Downing Street chief of staff amid infighting, briefings and turmoil. However this evening it appears she could be in line for a major golden handshake, as Sir Keir is considering handing her a place in the House of Lords. The Financial Times reports that Sir Keir is set to put a number of Labour figures into the upper chamber, which is currently disproportionately full of Tories . The PM is looking at handing peerages to former MPs who stepped down from safe Labour seats at the election in order to ‘make way for new party talent’. They include Lyn Brown, Julie Elliott and Kevin Brennan. Thangam Debbonaire, the former shadow culture secretary who lost her Bristol seat to the Greens, is also in line for a political return via the Lords. While the FT initially said that Sue Gray had been on an early draft list of those set to appear on the New Years honours, government insiders had become unsure about whether she will make the final cut. However in an update shortly after, they clarified that the former Chief of Staff is still in line for a peerage. The LibDems will also get to appoint peers, after returning to the third largest party in the Commons. While Rishi Sunak has not submitted his list yet, but it could include Michael Gove, former chief whip Simon Hart, and former Scottish Secretary Alister Jack. It’s also believed Rishi Sunak may break with tradition by not appointing any party donors to the Lords, something causing concern in Tory high command as it may disincentivise future donations. In November, a civil service ally of Ms Gray said she had turned down the job offer of envoy to the regions and nations after having “taken time to think about it properly”. They added: “Ultimately she’s decided she doesn’t want to do it.” Appointing Sue Gray to the Lords could pour further fuel on the fire, coming shortly after Sir Keir faced backlash for allowing sacked Transport Secretary Louise Haigh to depart from government with a £17,000 golden handshake of her own. Despite resigning after it was revealed she had a fraud offence prior to entering politics, Ms Haigh will be entitled to three month’s salary. This comes in spite of Labour previously demanding a change to the rules so ministers who leave office due to a scandal are no longer entitled to the taxpayer pay-out. A Downing Street source said they do not comment on speculation around honours or peerages.Stock market today: Stocks waver in thin trading after US markets reopen following a holiday pause
Saints coach Darren Rizzi shares the latest on Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara injury rehabThe Union government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, officials said. They said the Cabinet will meet at 11 am on Friday to pay tributes to him. Singh's last rites will be conducted with full state honours, the officials added. Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died in Delhi on Thursday night at the age of 92. He was the prime minister during 2004-14. Paying tributes to his predecessor Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders whose wisdom and humility were always visible. In a post on X, Modi said, "His interventions in Parliament were also insightful. As our Prime Minister, he made extensive efforts to improve people's lives." As the two-term Prime Minister of the UPA, he stayed at the top post from 2004 and 2014. He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha till April this year. In his political career, Singh has been a member of the Rajya Sabha since 1991, where he was Leader of the Opposition between 1998 and 2004. Singh shot to prominence as the country's Finance Minister in the government headed by PV Narasimha Rao during 1991-96, having brought in sweeping reforms that transformed the economy. In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, but over the next few years, despite strong opposition, he carried out several structural reforms that liberalised India's economy. Manmohan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 22 after the 2004 general elections and took the oath of office for a second term on May 22, 2009. He represented Assam for five terms in the Upper House and shifted to Rajasthan in 2019.Bad Bunny announces a new album, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos'FTC Slams Weapons-Detection Tech Firm Evolv for Marketing
Manchester United's defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers headlines the Premier League's Boxing Day action so far, which has delivered mixed results for a few of England's top sides. Relegation-threatened Wolves booked themselves a spot above the drop zone with a win over United, with the game's lone goal coming directly from a corner kick taken by Matheus Cunha in the 58th minute and Hwang Hee-chan adding a second in the 99th minute. The Red Devils were not helped by Bruno Fernandes' second yellow card in the 47th minute but were fairly poor from start to finish, leaving them in 14th place as things stand. Elsewhere in England, second-place Chelsea relinquished a one goal lead and lost 2-1 to Fulham, while Manchester City missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Everton that saw their poor run extend to just one win in their last 13 games. Additionally, Tottenham Hotspur registered a 1-0 defeat against this season's surprise UEFA Champions League contender, Nottingham Forest. As the Premier League's latest batch of Boxing Day games plays out, here are grades for each of the teams in action. Premier League Boxing Day scores All times Eastern Manchester City 1, Everton 1 Chelsea 1, Fulham 2 Nottingham Forest 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0 Newcastle United 3, Aston Villa 0 Bournemouth 0, Crystal Palace 0 Southampton 0, West Ham United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3, Leicester 1 Manchester City vs. Everton grades Manchester City: Even amidst the worst run of form of Pep Guardiola's managerial career, one may have looked at Thursday's game against 15th place Everton as a chance for City to reverse their fortunes. That chance came and went just like the other games in City's poor run, wasting their 24 shots by putting just five on target and once again appearing out of ideas in every area of the pitch. For once, though, City actually had a chance to win the game on a silver platter with a second-half penalty and could not even capitalize there. They are undoubtedly in a rut, and the fact that Guardiola still has not found a solution to their problems is very concerning. Grade: D Everton: The Toffees love a draw, sharing the spoils in five of their last seven games. One might argue that they should look for wins at a certain point, but they can be forgiven considering their last three games have come against Arsenal , Chelsea and City. They seem to have perfected the tactical stylings of manager Sean Dyche and successfully stymied City, down to Pickford's big save with a penalty. They stand a chance of picking up the biggest result of the day, too, so it's a job well done for Everton. Grade: B Chelsea vs. Fulham grades Chelsea: The Blues may have come into this one as the favorites, but they were outplayed by Fulham and paid the price for it by conceding two late goals. Palmer may have given them the lead with a 16th-minute strike, but they were unable to command the game after the fact and were arguably second-best in most categories. That includes their attack, which is amongst the Premier League's best with 38 goals this season but was inconsistent on Boxing Day – they put eight of their 12 shots on target but were outdone by Fulham's 14 shots and posted 0.9 fewer expected goals than the eventual winners. It's unclear how serious Chelsea were as title contenders, but this loss will no doubt be a big hit to their chances. Grade: F Fulham: The race for European berths is poised to be a competitive one this season in the Premier League, in large part because teams like Fulham are stringing together encouraging performances. Thursday's performance was an example of just that – despite conceding an early goal, they slowly but surely clawed their way back into the game with Harry Wilson 's 82nd-minute equalizer and Rodrigo Muniz 's 95th-minute winner. They also outdid Chelsea's impressive attack, outshooting the Blues 14 to 12 and generating 1.95 expected goals along the way. Grade: B Nottingham Forest vs. Tottenham Hotspur grades Nottingham Forest: On Thursday, Forest's defense-first approach served them well yet again, successfully stifling Tottenham's league-leading offense by limiting them to just four shots on goal from 13. It helps to take advantage of the opponent's depleted defense just once to secure another valuable win, one that takes them third place and continues to solidify their status as lead contenders for a berth in next season's edition of the Champions League. Grade: A Tottenham Hotspur: In a game of a well-performing defense and the Premier League's best attack, the latter ended up losing and it adds another layer of concern in a season of inconsistency for Spurs. The one that generally works for Ange Postecoglou's side, on good days and bad ones, is their attack but they will probably be unhappy with the fact that they played Forest evenly on expected goals. Add to that Djed Spence 's second yellow card in the 94th minute, this was a Boxing Day to forget for Spurs. Grade: D Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa grades Newcastle United: The hosts were already the better side by the time Aston Villa's Jhon Duran picked up a straight red card in the 32nd minute, but Newcastle United made sure not to waste the additional advantage. They end Boxing Day with one of the more lopsided victories of the holiday as a result, bolstering their own case as a potential participant in next season's Champions League competition. Grade: A Aston Villa: It feels like just about everything went wrong for Aston Villa, who were already down a goal two minutes in and then played the final hour down a player. They were unable to manage more than four shots and a single attempt on target as a result, though much of that will be attributed to the impact of Duran's red card. Thursday's game might be an outlier in terms of their performance, but the fact that they have now slipped down to ninth place is a worrying sign. Grade: F Bournemouth vs. Crystal Palace grades Bournemouth: Fresh off a 3-0 win over Manchester United , Bournemouth had opportunities to score but were unable to find the back of the net on Thursday. They were arguably wasteful, putting up 18 shots but mustering just 1.33 expected goals and taking only four shots on goal. It may have been two points missed for the Cherries, who are in the hunt for European competition and currently sit in sixth place, but it does not feel like a record scratch for their strong season so far. Grade: C Crystal Palace: To some degree, Crystal Palace held their own against an impressive Bournemouth team but still offered nothing to write home about despite picking up a point on Boxing Day. It might just be a valuable point for Palace, who are currently three points above the relegation zone, but a team that close to the drop generally means they frequently leave something to be desired in their performances. That was the case for Palace on Thursday, for sure. Grade: C Southampton vs. West Ham United grades Southampton: Even without Russell Martin, Southampton did not abandon their attack-minded approach on Thursday and edged out the opponents in shots and expected goals. That said, the Saints will be very disappointed by the fact that they did not actually manage to turn 17 shots and 1.86 expected goals into an actual goal, leaving some valuable points on the table and doing little to climb out of last place. Grade: F West Ham United: A win is a win, perhaps, but West Ham did not cover themselves in glory by barely beating the Premier League's worst team. They managed just two shots on target against the league's most porous defense and as mentioned, lost most of the attacking battles to the Saints. The Hammers are still locked into that tight midtable that includes Tottenham and Manchester United, but even if they are just 10 points away from the top four, Julen Lopetegui's side did not do much to convince them they can rise up the table. Grade: D Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Manchester United grades Wolverhampton Wanderers: It may not have been the most entertaining performance, but Wolves came out on top in an evenly contested game against United and picked up a valuable three points along the way. Whether this is just part of a new manager bounce under Vítor Pereira or a sign of more to come is yet to be decided, but gritty wins are the trademark of a team that's eager to get out of the relegation battle, so a 17th place spot at the end of Boxing Day will suit them just fine. Grade: B- Manchester United: Every game seems to be a reminder of United's shortcomings these days, no matter the context. United should be good enough to beat a relegation-threatened side but in the midst of another season of lows, Thursday's defeat comes as little surprise. Though Cunha may have surprised many by scoring an olimpico, the fact that United conceded off a set piece is not surprising since it was the 18th time an opponent scored from a set piece in 2024. It was not the only issue for the visitors, though – they did not manage more than seven shots and mustered just 0.78 expected goals. Adding in Fernandes' second yellow in the 47th minute, it was another bad day for United in a way that is becoming their trademark. Grade: F Liverpool vs. Leicester City grades Liverpool: Things may not have gotten off to a perfect start with Leicester City's sixth-minute goal, but leave it to Liverpool to recover with little issue. They naturally took control of the game early on and their in-form attack was eventually able to put three past the opposition, limiting the visitors to just one shot on target. Arne Slot's side still demonstrate the ease with which they have built a seven-point lead atop the table, and as the only one of England's traditional top six to win on Boxing Day, they are continuing to build a potentially unshakable grip on first place. Grade: A- Leicester City: Jordan Ayew may have put Leicester in the lead after just six minutes, but even as that goal landed in the back of the net, it felt like it was just an asterisk on another losing day for the Foxes. They could not find a way to turn that goal into anything that would change the course of the game, which is perhaps not a surprise but still offers a reminder of Leicester's current situation. They remain stuck in the relegation zone with only three wins so far this season and it's hard to see an argument right now about how they get out of there – with or without the context of losing to the league leaders. Grade: FDebbie Nelson, a single mother from Missouri whose tumultuous relationship with her eldest son, rapper Eminem, provided fodder for some of his early hits, died Monday. She was 69. The death was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, a longtime representative for Eminem, who did not cite a cause or say where she died. Nelson was known for her fraught relationship with Eminem, who through his talent for hip-hop went from being a bullied little boy named Marshall Mathers to a hugely successful rapper. He wrote about their struggles in several songs, including one of his biggest hits. In his rage-fueled, freewheeling 2002 single “Cleanin’ Out My Closet,” Eminem has a reckoning with his mother over his upbringing, accusing her of neglect, abuse and prescription-pill abuse. In the chorus, he sarcastically apologizes for making her cry, only to add, “How dare you try to take what you didn’t help me to get?” Nelson, who sued her son for defamation in 1999 over another unflattering representation of her in his song “My Name Is,” shared her account of their relationship in a no-holds-barred memoir, “My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem,” which was published in 2008. Deborah Rae Nelson was born on Jan. 6, 1955, to Betty Hixson and Bob Nelson. She and the rapper’s father, Marshall Mathers Jr., performed in a band called Daddy Warbucks and married when she was a teenager. At 17, she gave birth to her son Marshall after more than 72 hours of labor on Oct. 17, 1972. Nelson, who for a time went by Debbie Mathers but resumed using her maiden name after her son’s rise to fame, divorced her husband when Marshall was an infant. What ensued was an itinerant decade, one in which the two bounced from home to home, and for Marshall, from school to school, before they settled in Detroit. By the late 1980s, Marshall was discovering hip-hop and had assumed the name M&M. Around that time, Nelson allowed a teenager who had run away from home to stay with them, Nelson told Salon in 2000. Eminem later developed a relationship with the girl, Kim Scott, and the two eventually married and had a daughter. Nelson sought $10 million in damages in her 1999 defamation suit, but later said it was her lawyer’s idea and settled out of court for $25,000, most of it legal fees. In a 2000 music video meant to address the lawsuit, Nelson apologizes, over music and a photo montage, but says her “unconditional love created a spoiled young man, an angry one, too.” “Anything Marshall wanted, he got,” Nelson told Salon the same year. “I sheltered him too much and I think there’s a little resentment from that.” In “Lose Yourself,” a single from the movie “8 Mile” that sold more than 10 million copies and won two Grammy Awards in 2004, Eminem nodded more affectionately to Nelson with a reference to “Mom’s spaghetti.” (Eminem would go on to repurpose the name for a pasta sauce line and a Detroit restaurant). But in the 2009 track “My Mom,” he drew a direct line between his issues with drug-addiction and hers, claiming she had sprinkled Valium on his food. In a 2008 memoir, “The Way I Am,” Eminem did not go into as much detail about his mother as he did in his songs, though in a section about his family, he wrote, “If you go back and look at the abuse that I took, it’s no surprise I became who I am.” And in 2010, he told The New York Times magazine, “It’d be very hard to repair that relationship.” In addition to Eminem, Nelson’s survivors include another son, Nathan Mathers, and several grandchildren. She was married and divorced at least twice. For years, she ran a taxi service in St. Joseph, Missouri, where she lived with her last husband, John Briggs. As often as they clashed, it seemed, Eminem and his mother tried to reconcile. In his 2013 track “Headlights,” he showed remorse for his harsh lyrics and a greater understanding for her struggles. “I’m sorry, Mama, for ‘Cleanin’ Out My Closet,’” he raps. “At the time I was angry. Rightfully? Maybe so. Never meant that far to take it, though.” According to the song, the two remained estranged. But when Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Nelson publicly congratulated him online. “Marshall, I want to say, I could not let this day go by without congratulating you,” she said in a video that was later deleted. “I love you very much. I knew you’d get there. It’s been a long ride. I’m very, very proud of you.” This article originally appeared in The New York Times . 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