Wildlife charities, Tory former minsters and millions of ordinary people raise alarm over environment Liz Truss is facing a rural revolt against her plans to prioritise a “dash for economic growth” over nature protection and the environment. Senior party figures, including ministers under Boris Johnson’s premiership and former Tory leader […]
Month: October 2022
Tory minister, who denies any wrongdoing, reported for incident in hotel bar during party’s conference The trade minister Conor Burns was sacked from the government and suspended as a Conservative MP after he was seen touching a young man’s thigh in a Tory conference hotel bar, it has been claimed. […]
Tehran authorities ‘shaken to core’ as demonstrations grow and death toll mounts The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl, Nika Shakarami, who died during protests that continue to sweep the country, has rejected official claims that her death was caused by falling from a building and insisted she was beaten […]
MP asked by Liz Truss to step down as trade minister and has party whip removed Follow the latest developments A senior Conservative minister, Conor Burns, has been sacked from the government after an allegation of “serious misconduct” relating to his behaviour at this week’s party conference. Truss asked him […]
Predictions handed to chancellor expected to paint gloomy picture for UK economy amid sweeping tax cuts Kwasi Kwarteng has been handed independent forecasts on the state of the UK finances that are expected to show a hole of more than £60bn left by his sweeping tax cuts and a sharply […]
Up to 30 people hurt, with some airlifted from scene in Creeslough in Donegal, while search for survivors continues Irish police have confirmed there have been three fatalities in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal, as the emergency search operation continues at the site of the blast. […]
City beat 19 others to host 67th contest after Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed staging event in Mariupol was not possible The Eurovision song contest will be hosted by Liverpool next year after it beat 19 other cites to stage the event on behalf of war-torn Ukraine. The annual extravaganza will be […]
Chancellor must top up budgets or face industrial action and further recruitment issues, thinktank warns More than 100,000 public sector workers would lose their jobs this year if the government refuses to fund higher than expected pay awards for nurses, doctors, teachers and care workers, according to the Institute for […]
Exclusive: Free Market Forum suggests scrapping free childcare hours and abolishing corporation tax A free-market thinktank with close links to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng has drawn up a blueprint of “slash and burn” ideas that could form the basis of the government’s supply-side reform programme to be set out […]
In his starkest assessment yet, US president says world is the closest it has come to nuclear catastrophe in sixty years Follow our coverage of the Ukraine war Joe Biden has warned the world could face “Armageddon” if Vladimir Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon to try to win the […]