Stop passing the buck! Furious MPs accuse former Thomas Cook bosses of ‘blaming everyone but themselves’ for collapse By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 23 October 2019 | Updated: 10:28 BST, 25 October 2019 Arrogant former Thomas Cook bosses were lambasted by MPs for blaming ‘everyone but themselves’ for the 178-year-old … Read more
Cabinet tensions over lockdown as Rishi Sunak tells Tory MPs Italy and Greece are ‘opening up’ economies and UK must not ‘be the only country where you can’t go to the pub’ Rishi Sunak thought to be among most hawkish ministers on lifting lockdown Told Tory MPs UK must not be ‘only country in world … Read more
Business leaders and politicians pleaded last night with the Government to unlock the economy and get Britain moving after figures appeared to show the Covid-19 outbreak was coming under control. Experts suggested coronavirus was ‘disappearing’ from the UK, with deaths down and new cases in London below 50 a day. Official figures revealed on Thursday … Read more
Furious MPs have warned ministers they will ‘effectively euthanise’ vulnerable members from the House of Commons if they go ahead with plans to scrap virtual proceedings. Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said yesterday that the Government wants MPs to physically return to work from June 2 following the Whitsun recess. He said the ‘hybrid’ arrangements which … Read more
MPs slam government over ‘inadequate’ testing and failure to protect care homes as they point the finger at Public Health England By Press Association Published: 00:05 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 06:57 BST, 19 May 2020 The Government’s coronavirus testing capacity has been ‘inadequate’ throughout the pandemic while there has been a lack of … Read more
Pubs, cafes and restaurants on brink of collapse send symbolic key to their MPs to protest that landlords are charging rent throughout lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:05 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 18 May 2020 Pubs, cafes and restaurants on the brink of collapse have sent a … Read more
MPs issue scathing attack on the soaring £100billion cost of HS2 and warn the rail project’s bosses have been ‘blindsided by reality’ The verdict from the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee comes just three months after the Prime Minister gave the project the green light. The project’s expected cost is soaring to as high as £106billion By … Read more
Is Public Health England facing the chop? Boris Johnson tells Tory MPs he plans review of ‘institutions’ amid fury over testing and warns he will not return to austerity or freeze public sector pay to cover the cost of coronavirus PM insisted his plans to revitalise left-behind parts of the UK would go ahead He … Read more
Boris Johnson faces a grilling by Tory MPs this afternoon with the Prime Minister expected to be told to get a grip on the coronavirus crisis in care homes and to rule out tax rises to pay for the damage done by the current outbreak. Mr Johnson will deliver a speech to the 1922 Committee … Read more
Furious Tory MPs have warned the government it must spell out in detail how it intends to ease the UK’s coronavirus lockdown to give businesses hope of survival. Senior backbenchers on the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs met yesterday to discuss the government’s response to the current crisis. They are believed to have said it … Read more