Tory leadership race: Gove falls out as Johnson and Hunt make final two June 20, 2019 Michael Gove has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership contest this afternoon, setting the stage for Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to battle it out in the race to become Britain’s next Prime Minister. The environment secretary failed to secure enough votes from fellow Tory MPs to reach the final ballot, with Johnson or [...]
Brexit: Government’s latest no-deal planning revealed October 8, 2019 Michael Gove has revealed his latest set of plans for no-deal Brexit planning, just minutes after Downing Street appeared to admit talks had collapsed. The latest report, which government had promised to publish regularly in the run-up to Hallowe’en, sets out plans for a “significant increase” in the number of customs agents at the borders [...]
Michael Gove questions deliverability of “flawed” customs partnership proposal May 13, 2018 Michael Gove has become the latest minister to criticise Theresa May’s proposals for a customs partnership, saying the arrangement has “flaws” and “needs to be tested”. While refusing to denounce the customs partnership as “crazy'” as foreign secretary Boris Johnson did last week, Gove did tell the Andrew Marr show: “Because it is novel, because [...]
Dominic Cummings may be ruthless, but he delivers when it comes to securing victory December 16, 2019 The Tories’ election victory may have been fronted by the indefatigable Boris Johnson, but underlying it was the vindication of a strategy conceived by his chief advisor: Dominic Cummings. He may have gained notoriety as campaign director of Vote Leave in the EU referendum, but it was his role in masterminding the 2004 “North East [...]
Channel 4 replaces Boris Johnson with ice sculpture in climate debate November 29, 2019 The Conservatives have become engulfed in a standoff with Channel 4 after the broadcaster “empty chaired” Prime Minister Boris Johnson during its climate debate last night. The Tory party has written to Ofcom to complain that Channel 4’s decision to replace Johnson with an ice sculpture was a “provocative partisan stunt”. Read more: Boris Johnson [...]
Remainer rebels offered ‘olive branch’ by No 10 September 12, 2019 Boris Johnson has ordered the chief whip to write to ousted Remainer MPs including Philip Hammond and David Gauke, following a backlash against their sacking. The Prime Minister has told Mark Spencer to write to all 21 MPs who had the whip removed, setting out the appeals process, the Telegraph reports. City A.M. understands that [...]
From climate change to the Iran crisis, we need to bring back the experts January 28, 2020 The EU Referendum set in motion a debate the nation had rarely seen before. Among the first casualties of the divisive and brutal campaign were the “experts”. As Michael Gove famously said, the country had had enough of experts getting it wrong. The public rejected advice from academics, business leaders and prominent politicians, and voted [...]
Mitie’s clients hold back on spending until after Brexit and the General Election November 21, 2019 Outsourcing giant Mitie has warned that its clients are holding back on committing to new projects, amid ongoing Brexit uncertainty and the upcoming general election. The firm, which provides cleaning, security, facilities management, energy and healthcare services, said the uncertainty could affect revenue growth in the coming months. Read more: Mitie to continue managing Lloyds [...]
One month after Brexit: what’s happened so far? February 28, 2020 It’s been a month since the UK’s exit from the EU, but has anything actually changed? The UK has now moved into a transitional period which will last until December 31st. During this time, we exist under the terms outlined in our ‘divorce agreement’. Negotiations for a final trade deal are underway and the fate [...]
Senior official for Brexit planning and head of the Border Delivery Group set to quit September 28, 2019 The director general for EU exit implementation is set to quit his role just weeks before the UK is due to leave the European Union. Matthew Coats will step down from his post as one of the UK’s most senior ranking officials for Brexit planning in the latest upheaval of the civil service, according to [...]