As the leadership race enters its final phase and the Truss campaign continues to gather momentum, the candidates’ stance on the Northern Ireland Protocol is worth examining. While Truss was the architect of the legislation to scrap it, Sunak has now vowed to fix the Protocol. Meanwhile, a poll puts Truss well ahead of Sunak. […]
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Almost half of Britons fear there will be riots if the government does not provide more help with the cost of living crisis as energy bills are forecast to surge past £4,200. More than half of the country (55%) believe an organised campaign not to pay energy bills is justified, according to the Independent, while […]
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Gordon Brown is demanding an emergency budget to address the “financial timebomb” that “will explode” in October and leave half of the UK’s population in fuel poverty, causing “a humanitarian crisis”. The former Labour prime minister said Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak must agree an emergency budget this week otherwise “parliament should be […]
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have clashed over who is tougher on China ahead of tonight’s (Monday) first televised debate between the would-be prime ministers. Sunak and Truss will go head-to-head on BBC One at 9pm as 160,000 members of the Conservative party await their ballot papers. Who is tougher on China has become another […]
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French border officers are being blamed for the “critical incident” that has been declared by the gridlocked Port of Dover at the start of the busiest summer getaway in years. “Woefully inadequate” staffing by French Border officials at Dover port is cited by chief executive Doug Bannister who told the BBC they have been “badly […]
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On Wednesday, the internationally controversial NI Protocol Bill passed through the House of Commons and is now due for reading in the House of Lords. The government has said the Bill is a “top legislative priority”, while its detractors fear it will breach international law and taint Britain’s global reputation. Its third reading completed, the […]
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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have withdrawn from the third Conservative leadership TV debate following concerns the clashes between rivals are damaging the party’s standing. Sky News has been forced to cancel the programme after announcing Sunak and Truss – two of the leading contenders to be the UK’s next prime minister – “do not […]
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The prime minister will miss the second Cobra meeting about the Code Red heatwave because Boris Johnson is reportedly “preparing to party” at Chequers instead. Record breaking high temperatures – threatening thousands of deaths and a catastrophic impact on the country’s infrastructure – are expected on Monday and Tuesday (July 18 and 19). Downing Street […]
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The government’s flagship online safety bill – designed to protect children from harm – faces being scrapped due to a lack of Commons time and more Tory infighting. Online safety campaigners fear the next prime minister could scrap the bill completely amid reports it will be delayed for at least three months as Parliament rises […]
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Conservative MPs are circulating a “mucky memo” about Rishi Sunak as the race to succeed Boris Johnson in Number 10 descends “into all-out war”. Sunak is called a “schoolboy” and “liar” in the memo being shared by Conservative MPs on WhatsApp, which, the Telegraph reports, “is now spreading like wildfire”. The “dirty dossier” is linked […]
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