Firstgroup bids to restore direct London to Rochdale route for the first time since 2000 May 17, 2024 FirstGroup said the new route would be electric and battery powered, and operated by brand new trains which will be built in Britain.
Donelan: Tech success must make Brits’ lives better March 6, 2023 THE GOVERNMENT’S new technology secretary has promised to turn the UK’s research triumphs into “actual, tangible benefits” for the country as she launches a new science and tech framework today. Writing for City A.M., Michelle Donelan said the UK’s “most incredible days of innovation are not in our past (but) are happening right now.” Donelan [...]
Graduate visa ‘does not offer any skills value’ to UK labour market, MP claims May 15, 2024 The graduate visa system “does not offer any value to the skills of the UK labour market”, an Conservative MP has claimed.
Conservatives are paralysed by a false idea of what the ‘take back control’ means August 12, 2022 The Brexit promise to “take back control” has been translated to mean scrap all European regulation
Rishi Sunak’s weak stomach for a scandal could spell the end for Johnson April 13, 2022 When Boris Johnson catapulted a young upstart from Treasury minister to Chancellor of the Exchequer, he likely envisaged Rishi Sunak would be pliable and amenable to his insatiable desire for spending rather than the thin-skinned thorn in his side.
Government chases gas deals with Norway amid supply crunch fears October 4, 2022 The Government is chasing gas deals with Norway, as it looks to ramp up supply security and ensure the lights stay on this winter.
Lift off: Rishi Sunak to rebuff ban on airport expansion September 3, 2023 Many hubs are in the planning or implementation stages of plans to expand capacity and boost resilience in the wake of pandemic-era lows.
‘All I want is a bus service’: Weary Tiverton and Honiton voters go the polls June 21, 2022 “It’s become a national referendum that’s been foisted on Tiverton,” says coffee shop patron Benjamin Barton. “All I want is a bus service, I would be really easily swayed if somebody said ‘we’ll put in a better bus service’.” And so goes the groan of discontent in the Devon town of Tiverton, which is daily [...]
Rishi Sunak braces for London and West Midlands mayoral results as election counts continue May 4, 2024 Rishi Sunak is braced for the result of key mayoral elections in London and the West Midlands, after the Conservatives were trounced yesterday.
Gavin Williamson told to apologise for bullying Chief Whip over Queen’s funeral tickets September 4, 2023 Sir Gavin Williamson should apologise to MPs for bullying a Conservative colleague after he was not allocated tickets to the late Queen’s funeral, Parliament’s watchdog has said. He was forced to quit as a Cabinet Office minister just days into Rishi Sunak’s premiership last year over a series of expletive-laden messages to former chief whip [...]