Business groups urge UK to scrap hike in migrant worker visa fees August 7, 2023 Business groups have called on the government to scrap its planned increase in visa fees for migrant workers, arguing the change will make it harder to deal with ongoing labour shortages. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, John Dickie, chief executive of lobby group BusinessLDN, urged the government to rethink the move. “At [...]
Purton’s Star to continue its ascendancy with Durham November 21, 2023 FOLLOWING a stop-start beginning to the season reigning champion jockey Zac Purton is gradually starting to hit top-form, with 11 wins in the past fortnight. The Zac-Man is still suffering from niggling injuries, and points out that bad draws, stables being out of form, and horses not performing to their best, have all contributed to [...]
Sadiq Khan says Shaun Bailey should lose peerage over ‘Jingle & Mingle’ video June 22, 2023 Sadiq Khan has said his former mayoral rival Shaun Bailey should not receive his peerage after a video of staff dancing and drinking at a Christmas party during Covid-19 emerged. The mayor of London described the footage of staff, who joked about bending the rules in the video filmed at CCHQ on 14 December 2020 [...]
AI giant Coreweave in £1bn UK investment as London picked for new European HQ May 10, 2024 An American artificial intelligence (AI) group has announced plans to invest £1bn in the UK after opening a new office in London as its European headquarters.
Sunak commits further financial support for households to tackle soaring energy bills August 14, 2022 Leadership contender Rishi Sunak has pledged immediate financial support for households this winter to help tame rising energy bills.
Government hits back at reports HS2 first-class seats will be ditched January 28, 2024 The government has denied reports that officials working on the embattled High Speed 2 project are considering scrapping first class seats in a bid to solve passenger capacity issues.
To optimise talent and technology, it’s time to transform how we teach June 13, 2023 We must convince the government that more must be done to fully enable our young people in matters of AI, says Lord Holmes.
Can St Jude (Bellingham) save this lost cause? Tories hope for Euro 2024 success June 13, 2024 Evidence is mixed on whether a decent football tournament can shape an election, but Tory MPs are hoping for a Euro 2024 miracle anyway
Tory leadership: No deal struck between Johnson and Sunak in meeting October 23, 2022 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have not agreed to a backroom deal to form a new government together, with the pair set to go head-to-head in the Tory leadership contest. It comes as Sunak officially launched his campaign this morning, tweeting that “there will be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government [...]
Johnson tells Tory MPs ‘best is yet to come’ as he urges them to not vote him out June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has today vowed to Tory MPs that the “best is yet to come”, after urging them to stick with him in a no confidence vote this evening. The Prime Minister told a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers that “I will lead you to victory again” as he promised a raft [...]