Top Tory Esther McVey urges Conservatives to let Reform win Runcorn by-election / Esther McVey tears into Labour over farmers tax: 'You've made a big mistake!' / Esther McVey doubles down on 'repugnant' Holocaust smoking ban comparison / UK politics: I never called for rainbow lanyard ban, claims Esther McVey - as it happened / Esther McVey blasts Channel 4 news over supposed LGBT civil service lanyard 'ban' / Keir Starmer pokes fun at Esther McVey's 'vital crackdown' on rainbow lanyards / Esther McVey announces civil service rainbow lanyard ban in new Tory culture war / Esther McVey planning crackdown on civil service diversity initiatives / Esther McVey quotes Aristotle as she defends 'common sense' minister role / Esther McVey pledges 'full throttle common sense fightback' over civil service