| IRVINE | Lord ___, Labour politician criticised for the cost of his 10 4 (6) |
| BERCOW | John ___, former Commons speaker criticised for the cost of his apartment refurbishment in 2009 (6) |
| SCHOENBERG | Expressionist composer's chosen new pupil of his (10) |
| PARLOUR | Ray ___, former Arsenal midfielder who won the first of his ten England caps as a substitute in a Euro 2000 qualifier against Poland in 1999 |
| HEALEY | Denis _; Labour politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer (6) |
| CASTLE | Barbara ___, Labour politician and minister in the Wilson governments (6) |
| ANGELL | Norman ___, Labour MP noted for his work on the economic futility of war, The Great Illusion, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933 (6) |
| HAMLET | Tragically, his uncle became his 10 (6) |
| REEVES | Rachel _, Labour MP; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2021 (6) |
| DOBSON | Frank _, Labour Secretary of State for Health 1997-99 (6) |
| ASHTON | Joe ___, Labour MP for Bassetlaw from 1968-2001 (6) |
| ELLMAN | Dame Louise ___, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside until 2019 (6) |
| PANNED | Criticised for having moved the camera (6) |
| SLATED | Criticised for having modernized the thatched roof? (6) |
| CITRIC | No side criticised for half-time acid hit (6) |
| RAPPED | Criticised for being absorbed, so we hear (6) |
| BALLPARK | Figure for the cost of the playground was an educated guess (4,4) |
| CRIPPS | Sir Richard Stafford ___, Labour Chancellor, 1947-1950 (6) |
| CASHORCARD | How consumers pay for the cost of living today, I ask you? Your call! (4,2,4) |
| BLEARS | Hazel ____, Labour Party chair before Harriet Harman |
