New ‘polluter pays’ tax on high-rise developments will fund repair of fire safety defects – including unsafe cladding – in the wake of Grenfell Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will reveal details of a ‘polluter pays’ tax Sources said the move would protect leaseholders and taxpayers from the cost More than a million private flats are … Read more
SNP’s Kenny MacAskill becomes party’s first Westminster MP to defect to Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party Kenny MacAskill has represented East Lothian in the Commons since 2019 He insisted the switch would bolster, not derail, the independence movement Ex-SNP MP Corrie Wilson is also joining the former first minister in the election By Jack Elsom … Read more
Britain’s first hijab-wearing mayor who quit the Labour Party over claims of racism defects to the Tories because she says Sadiq Khan isn’t tough enough on fighting London crime Rakhia Ismail was a ceremonial mayor in Jeremy Corbyn’s Islington constituency But she quit Labour, claiming a need to ‘escape’ from local leader Richard Watts Now … Read more