Tom Tugendhat pledges UK would leave the ECHR as he launches bid to become Tory leader – and warns human rights laws are preventing the deportation of ‘murderers and rapists’ _ Hieuuk
Tom Tugendhat apologised for the past few years of Conservative infighting as he launched his leadership campaign yesterday, saying: ‘Politics is not a game.’ The former security minister promised to be ‘sober and serious’, adding that the Conservative Party ‘owes you better’….
Keir Starmer accused of risking damaging ‘split’ with the US over arms for Israel as ministers face pressure from Washington for suspending sales licences over Gaza lawbreaking fears _ Hieuuk
Keir Starmer was accused of risking creating a damaging ‘split’ with the United States today as he faced pressure over suspended arms sales to Israel. Sir Keir was grilled by Tory leader Rishi Sunak at Prime Minister’s Question’s over Monday’s polarising decision to halt exports…
Rattled Keir Starmer repeatedly calls Rishi Sunak ‘PM’ as he is berated for ‘choosing’ to hand cash to ‘highly-paid’ train drivers instead of helping pensioners heat homes during brutal Commons clashes _ Hieuuk
Keir Starmer was accused of ‘choosing’ to hand cash ‘highly-paid’ train drivers instead of helping pensioners heat their homes during bruising PMQs clashes today. The premier was berated by Rishi Sunak for axing winter fuel allowance in the first session since Parliament returned…
Who will be first out of the Tory leader race? At least one of six hopefuls will be ejected TODAY as Kemi Badenoch tops ConHome poll of activists _ Hieuuk
The first Tory leadership hopeful will be ejected from the contest today as the battle to replace Rishi Sunak heats up. MPs will vote this afternoon to whittle down the field, with at least one of the six contenders set to fall when the…
Ministers scramble to reassure panicking businesses about workers’ rights package amid fear over red tape and soaring cost of flexible working and ‘right to switch off’ _ Hieuuk
Angela Rayner met leaders of some of the UK’s largest businesses today as she tried to tackle growing fears over Labour’s workers’ rights programme. The Deputy Prime Minister and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds held a breakfast summit with bosses from firms…
Angela Rayner could rip up Right to Buy scheme that allowed her to buy her own council home amid pressure from local authorities to fix £2.2billion hole in their finances _ Hieuuk
Housing secretary Angela Rayner is preparing to potentially rip up the Right to Buy scheme that allowed her to buy her own council home, as local authorities pile on the pressure to fix a £2.2billion hole in their finances. Rayner is expected…
Labour is accused of ‘running scared’ at growing backlash over controversial plans to axe winter fuel payments for 10 million UK pensioners _ Hieuuk
Keir Starmer is ‘running scared’ at the growing backlash over his plans to axe winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners, the Tories said last night. As Parliament returned after its summer break, the Prime Minister warned panicking Labour MPs that he would…
Anger as Angela Rayner refuses to rule out scrapping council tax exemption for people living alone _ Hieuuk
Angela Rayner yesterday refused to rule out scrapping a council tax exemption for people living on their own. The single person discount automatically reduces bills by 25per cent for taxpayers who live alone, regardless of their financial circumstances. It saves a…
Kemi Badenoch says Tories ‘governed like Labour’ as she formally launches leader bid – swiping at Robert Jenrick’s ‘easy answers’ on immigration as rival boasts he is ‘nailed on’ to make final two run-off _ Hieuuk
The Tory leadership battle gathered pace today as favourite Kemi Badenoch formally launched her bid. Ms Badenoch laid out a small-state vision for the party, complaining that in power it had ‘talked Right but governed Left’. She cautioned that the Conservatives must be ready…
Kemi Badenoch vows to govern the Conservative party according to her values of personal responsibility, equality, family and truth as she launches her leadership bid _ Hieuuk
Kemi Badenoch has refused to put a number on her preferred level of immigration as she rejected the politics of ‘easy answers’. Launching her campaign to be Tory leader, she also insisted that leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) would…