Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke issue Brexit delay warning February 23, 2019 Three cabinet ministers have warned that they will vote to delay Brexit if parliament does not approve a deal soon. Business secretary Greg Clark, work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd and justice secretary David Gauke told the Daily Mail that they would defy the prime minister and vote to extend Article 50 if no deal [...]
‘Is this serious?’ Boris Johnson’s £39bn threat gives City the jitters June 10, 2019 Boris Johnson’s threat to withhold the UK’s £39bn Brexit divorce bill raised eyebrows in the City yesterday and provoked a strong reaction from across the Channel. The former mayor of London vowed to hold onto the cash to force the EU to give Britain a better withdrawal deal, as part of his pitch to become [...]
Over-40s to pay more tax under plans to solve social care crisis July 27, 2020 Over-40s will be forced to pay more tax or national insurance under radical new plans being considered by ministers to solve the social care crisis, according to reports. Under fresh government plans, everyone under the age of 40 will have to start contributing towards the cost of care in later life, or be compelled to [...]
Theresa May warns Brexit must not be frustrated amid Cabinet mutiny over no deal February 24, 2019 Theresa May has said the government must maintain an "absolute focus" of delivering Brexit after senior Cabinet ministers warned they could vote to delay article 50 to thwart the chance of leaving without a deal. The Prime Minister told Tory party activists over the weekend that government "must not, and I will not, frustrate what was the [...]
Cabinet reshuffle live: Chancellor resigns over turf war with No 10, as PM shakes up top team February 13, 2020 This is a live blog, please hit refresh to update 6pm – Live blog wrap Well, that’s your lot for today – at least, in terms of this live blog. My colleagues will be picking up on the rest of the appointments this evening and tomorrow. It was quite a day – certainly more of [...]
Universal Credit boss promises improved payment delivery for new claimants April 15, 2020 A higher proportion of new benefits claimants will receive their payment on time than before the coronavirus outbreak, according to the boss of Universal Credit. In normal times, 87 per cent of new Universal Credit claimants get their first payment on time, which is after five weeks from applying, according to figures from the Department [...]
Hiring disabled people is a trillion-dollar business opportunity May 29, 2019 Government figures show that over the past five years, some 930,000 disabled people have found employment – an increase of 7.4 per cent, compared with 3.8 per cent for non-disabled people. That serves a heady shot of optimism for people like me who live and work with a disability, especially when you consider that globally, disabled [...]
Stick with HS2 or scrap it? Where every Tory leadership contender stands on the £56bn railway June 5, 2019 Theresa May has just days left as Tory leader, and it’s not just Brexit where the future is unclear – HS2 is also at a crossroads. Much of the talk around May’s potential successors has been centred on their stance on a no-deal Brexit. But in the transport world, all minds are focused on whether [...]
Sterling rallies as Theresa May prepares to rule out no-deal Brexit February 26, 2019 The Prime Minister is reportedly set to rule out a no-deal Brexit in order to fend off a mass cabinet revolt against her that could see 15 ministers resign, it is reported. Sterling rose to a four-week high against the dollar of $1.319, and a 21-month high of €1.162 against the euro as markets reacted to developments [...]
Michael Gove has come back before and he can do it again June 12, 2019 When the front pages of weekend newspapers began to spill online last Friday night, I realised a story I had been working on for a year was about to explode. ‘Gove: My cocaine confession’ was the most stark headline, accompanied by the first instalment of a serialisation of my unauthorised biography of the environment secretary. The book [...]