Senior Home Office aide is sacked after ‘stop leaks or else’ letter to top Tories was leaked to gossip site Andrew Lewer was fired as parliamentary private secretary at the Home Office His firing came after a short inquiry into the publication of a leaked letter The letter came from Tory chief whip Mark Spencer … Read more
Tories hail U-turn on ‘mutant algorithm’ that sparked fears of planning free-for-all in the shires as Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says shift WON’T wreck target of building 300,000 new homes a year Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt led the revolt against the planning algorithm Housing Secretary announced algorithm had been tweaked to include the North … Read more
Tories on verge of revolt over failure to fix cladding scandal in wake of Grenfell tragedy Leaseholders facing bills of up to £115,000 each to remove dangerous cladding MPs Stephen McPartland and Royston Smith have attacked Government over it They aim to build support for solutions that will stop leaseholders paying out By Miles Dilworth … Read more
To imagine a year worse than this one would be hard. But to think of any period that has been worse for small and medium-sized businesses is frankly impossible. Countless numbers of them have been made to shutter for most of the year. Many will never open again. And many more will close in the … Read more
So, as I predicted last week, Boris Johnson has decided to ‘hug a fish’. Unveiling his Green Industrial Revolution, the Prime Minister also chose to toss in ‘trash a Transit’ for good measure. The sale of new petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2030, he decreed. Having revealed this master plan for protecting … Read more
Scottish Tories today warned they might end up splitting from the party in England amid fury at Boris Johnson ‘kicking the legs out’ from efforts to fight the SNP. The PM is engaged in desperate damage limitation after venting his frustration at surging support for independence north of the border. In comments leaked from a private … 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
Tories demand an end to cycle lane chaos: Road restrictions brought in during the coronavirus pandemic should be scrapped, MPs say Cycle lanes brought in during pandemic should be scrapped, Tory MPs said 14 backbenchers warned anti-traffic measures are worsening gridlock Letter exposes a mounting Tory revolt over the DfT’s £250million fund By Tom … Read more
Labour takes a FIVE point lead over the Tories in new general election poll as more voters pick Sir Keir Starmer as best prime minister than Boris Johnson New YouGov survey gives the Labour Party a five point poll lead over the Tories Labour on 40 per cent, Tories on 35 per cent and Lib … Read more
Labour takes FIVE-POINT leader over Tories in the polls as Boris Johnson’s personal approval rating falls to the WORST of his premiership amid increasing pessimism over the economy Ipsos MORI poll today puts Labour on 42% (+5) and the Tories on 37% (-3) Boris Johnson’s personal popularity has also taken a battering PM has net … Read more