Chequers Brexit meeting to result in ‘softest of hard Brexits’ as full Cabinet tips balance away from pro-Leave ministers June 27, 2018 Next week's crunch meeting to thrash out a final position on the customs union is likely to result in "the softest of hard Brexits" after the balance has been shifted away from favouring government's most ardent Brexiters. While it had originally been planned as a two-day overnight stay at the grace-and-favour Buckinghamshire mansion, the first [...]
May confirms NHS boost will come from tax rises June 18, 2018 Taxpayers will have to stump up more cash in order to meet the government’s planned £20bn extra cash for the NHS, Theresa May admitted today. In a major speech given in a north London hospital, the Prime Minister said it was important to “do more than simply give the NHS a one-off injection of cash”, [...]
Boris Johnson shot down by PM over pre-briefing Cabinet January 23, 2018 Boris Johnson’s planned ambush of Prime Minister Theresa May over diverting £100m of Brexit dividends to the NHS during Cabinet has failed. Not only did the foreign secretary not have the opportunity to press for a specific sum to be deployed into the pressured health service, he was also reminded that he should not be [...]
May doubles-down on Brexit timetable with a challenge to Remainers December 6, 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May has moved to see off a potential Commons defeat by accepting a Labour motion requiring the government to set out its Brexit plans to MPs. However, the PM also doubled-down on her Brexit timetable. While the Prime Minister has accepted the Labour motion the government has tabled an amendment which further [...]
Prime Minister Theresa May will today chair the first meeting of the new industrial strategy cabinet committee August 2, 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May will today chair the first meeting of a new cabinet committee focused on the government's industrial strategy. May will lead the committee, which will also be attended by a raft of senior cabinet members, including chancellor Philip Hammond, defence secretary Michael Fallon, international trade secretary Liam Fox and business and energy secretary Greg Clark. [...]
Now arriving in Downing Street: Who has Theresa May appointed to her first cabinet? July 14, 2016 New Prime Minister Theresa May has continued to build her first government, with a raft of key appointments. With Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox among the key arrivals yesterday, and a brutal purge kicking off this morning, who has May appointed across her cabinet today? Greg Clark takes on the new BEIS, swapping [...]
Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle: Who’s in? Who’s out? Everything you need to know July 13, 2016 Theresa May has announced the big positions in her cabinet today after taking helm as Britain's first female Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher. She also created new positions to lead Britain's upcoming negotiations with the European Union. Who's in? Who's out? Here's everything you need to know: David Davis appointed head of Brexit Key Brexit campaigner David Davis [...]
Business secretary Sajid Javid looking for role of chancellor as he says “we’re all Brexiteers now” June 29, 2016 Business secretary Sajid Javid today confirmed that he is running on a joint ticket for the Tory leadership with work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb and hopes to take on the role of chancellor if they are successful. Javid, who supported Remain in the build-up to the referendum, said that Crabb is the right candidate as [...]
George Osborne rules himself out of race to succeed David Cameron June 28, 2016 George Osborne will not be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, he has confirmed this morning. The chancellor, long seen as the natural successor to David Cameron, has decided not to run in the upcoming leadership election to take over from the prime minister, who announced his resignation hours after the UK voted [...]
EU referendum: This is where each cabinet minister stands February 20, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron reckons he got a good enough deal to recommend to the British public that it should vote to stay in the EU. So good, in fact, that his cabinet is officially going to make that recommendation. But not every minister agrees, and some want to see the UK leave the EU. [...]