Tory party chairman hints at another Brexit vote to thwart next month’s EU elections April 28, 2019 Theresa May could try to bring her beleaguered Brexit deal before parliament in a last-ditch attempt to thwart next month's European elections. Tory party chairman Brandon Lewis has said it is "still possible" for parliament to approve the Prime Minister's deal, which has been heavily defeated three times, to avoid the need for the contentious EU [...]
CCHQ to announce Tory candidate for mayor tomorrow morning September 27, 2018 Tory assembly members Shaun Bailey and Andrew Boff and councillor Joy Morrissey will know tomorrow whether they have been chosen to face Sadiq khan in the race to be the next mayor of London. Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) will announce the successful candidate tomorrow morning at 11am. Conservative party chairman Brandon Lewis today tweeted his good luck to [...]
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 [...]
Shaun Bailey elected as Conservative candidate for London mayoral elections September 28, 2018 Shaun Bailey will be the Conservative candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2020, the party has confirmed. He beat Andrew Boff and Joy Morrissey in the ballot of London Tory members, winning 43 per cent of votes. Boff won 35 per cent, while Morrissey took 21.4 per cent of the vote. The turnout [...]
Conservative Party conference app flaw exposes phone numbers of MPs September 29, 2018 Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid's mobile phone numbers were among those revealed online yesterday due to major a security flaw in the Conservative party's conference app which allowed people to log into the accounts of MPs and journalists attending the event. Dawn Foster, a journalist, revealed an issue with the app on Twitter which lets attendees easily get into [...]
No confidence: This is how Tory MPs plan to vote in tonight’s crucial contest over Theresa May’s future as Prime Minister December 12, 2018 The number of MPs who have declared themselves either in support of or against the leadership of Prime Minister Theresa May is growing. Here's who has said what so far. A vote of no confidence was triggered this morning, after more than 48 MPs sent in letters to Sir Graham Brady who controls the process. The [...]
Exclusive: Sadiq Khan says UK must leave students out of immigration targets post-Brexit January 30, 2018 Sadiq Khan has thrown his weight behind efforts to remove international students from the UK’s immigration target after Brexit. Responding to the government’s review of its immigration policy, which is being conducted by the Migration Advisory Committee, the London mayor said the UK must stop “politicising” students and stressed the importance of the student population [...]
A Labour party that couldn’t even smash the local elections should be seriously worried May 8, 2018 At first glance, Thursday’s local elections seemed to offer something for everyone (except for Ukip, of course). But Labour should be worried – really, really worried. First, the upside – at least for self-styled progressives. The referendum has clearly removed Ukip’s main raison d’etre, and a series of soap-opera-style leadership contests has rendered it a [...]
Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary in wake of Windrush immigration scandal April 30, 2018 Theresa May late last night accepted Amber Rudd’s sudden resignation from the government after the former home secretary faced repeated calls to step down over her handling of the Windrush immigration scandal. In her letter of resignation, Rudd said she was stepping down because she had “inadvertently misled the Home Affairs Select Committee over targets [...]
Elections over, the Tories must find their next London mayor | City A.M. May 9, 2018 Politics is a relentless business. Once one election is over, preparations begin immediately for the next race. So while I genuinely hope that campaigners from all parties managed to enjoy the bank holiday weekend, I know postmortems on the local election results will already be underway, and – crucially – their future electoral success will [...]