Now-former speaker confirms he will not run again as Republicans plan to hold a vote for a new speaker next Wednesday Kevin McCarthy ousted – live updates After leading a successful, bipartisan effort to avoid a government shutdown over the weekend, Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday was abruptly removed from his […]
Chief scientific adviser in 2020 found the ex-PM ‘completely inconsistent’ in his evidence to the Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic was described as “bipolar” and “completely inconsistent” by Sir Patrick Vallance, the Covid inquiry has heard. The government’s then chief scientific adviser acknowledged his frustration in […]
Diesel up by more than 8p to 163p in September and petrol by 4.5p to 152p amid global oil production cuts The price of diesel in the UK has shot up at one of its fastest rates in more than 20 years – while retailers have been accused of charging […]
Home secretary uses populist speech at Tory conference to attack Human Rights Act and ‘luxury beliefs’ of liberal-leaning voters Suella Braverman has warned of a “hurricane” of mass migration and attacked the “luxury beliefs” of liberal-leaning people in a populist speech aimed at cementing her position as a standard-bearer of […]
Justice secretary to tell conference he will introduce ‘Jade’s law’ later this year to protect families from jailed abusers New powers to stop people who have killed their partners from gaining parental rights to surviving children will be introduced before the end of the year, the justice secretary will say. […]
Average food basket down by 0.1% amid fierce supermarket competition, says the British Retail Consortium Food prices dropped in the UK in September for the first month in almost two years, according to retail industry figures, offering consumers some respite amid the cost of living crisis. The British Retail Consortium […]
Anger over scrapping of Manchester leg of infrastructure projects risks derailing Tory party conference Rishi Sunak has become embroiled in a bitter row with regional politicians, the transport industry and members of his own party as he prepared to announce the cancellation of the multibillion high speed rail line to […]
Far-right congressman files motion after expressing outrage at speaker’s bipartisan effort to avoid government shutdown Congressman Matt Gaetz, a hard-right Republican of Florida, introduced a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker on Monday, expressing outrage over the Republican leader’s successful efforts to avoid a government shutdown this weekend. […]
Exclusive: PM claims he has changed phone since running the Treasury and did not back up the messages Rishi Sunak has failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor to the Covid inquiry despite the high court ruling that ministers should disclose their communications for scrutiny. […]
Exclusive: Conservatives’ standing badly undermined by broken promises made in 2019, says report Tories’ 2019 NHS promises may come back to bite them The NHS will be the Conservatives’ “achilles heel” at the next election, ministers have been warned in a new report by a former government special adviser on […]