Lucy Frazer warns The Telegraph over leadership changes which breached government order March 4, 2024 The Telegraph recently announced the appointment of Anna Jones, former chief of Hearst Magazines UK, as the group's chief executive.
Conservative support falls to lowest levels on record as Starmer lead stretches further March 4, 2024 Support for the Conservatives has dropped to its lowest level on record, according to a new poll.
Government weighs up proposals to expand windfall taxes November 1, 2022 Windfall taxes on energy firms could be raised and extended as much as three years. as Downing Street scrambles to raise funds.
‘Carrie-gate’ swells as Downing Street admits it did speak to The Times before story about £100k job for Boris Johnson’s girlfriend was dropped June 20, 2022 In a dramatic new development, Downing Street reluctantly admitted this afternoon there were indeed talks between Number 10 and The Times before Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper dropped a story that claimed Boris Johnson tried to appoint his now wife to a Government role when he was Foreign Secretary. According to the story in The Times on [...]
P&O Ferries boss apologises ahead of hearing tomorrow amid PM claims company broke law March 23, 2022 P&O’s chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite apologised today to his staff ahead of tomorrow’s joint parliamentary hearing as Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed the ferry operator has broken the law. Hebblethwaite said sacking almost 800 seafarers was an “incredibly difficult decision” but necessary to save the company. “I want to say sorry to the people affected [...]
Sniffer dogs root out drug use at Tory donor JCB’s UK factory: report December 20, 2023 Manufacturing giant JCB is investigating a string of drug use incidence among its workers based at its Staffordshire headquarters.
A new Tory leader needs to grapple with the disparate politics of housing July 19, 2022 The candidates to be Britain’s next Conservative leader spent the weekend in a series of spats over economic plans for the future of the UK. You would assume other important topics, such as the pressing housing crisis, would also be front and centre. At the time of writing, Tom Tugendhat was the only one to [...]
UK voters’ concerns on inflation reach highest level in four decades July 26, 2022 UK voter worries on inflation are at their highest since the 1980s as the country faces a severe cost of living crisis and prices of essentials surge. The July 2022 Ipsos Issues Index by research company Ipsos showed that 45 per cent of adults in the UK view inflation as one of the most pressing [...]
Ex-environment minister slams the ‘failures’ of UK-Australia Brexit deal November 15, 2022 The UK's free trade deal with Australia was a poor deal for the country which "gave away far too much for far too little in return."
Sunak says ‘nothing is off the table’ as Zelensky asks UK for fighter jets February 8, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said “nothing is off the table” after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky asked the UK to supply him with fighter jets to battle Putin’s army. The two leaders spoke at a joint press conference at an army base today after the Ukrainian wartime president flew to the UK and implored the [...]