Senior party members concerned after chaotic fortnight, with PM said to be losing his grip over key policies Conservative MPs are increasingly worried about Boris Johnson’s competence and drive after he gave a rambling speech to business leaders and was accused of losing his grip over a series of key […]
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Regulator puts company into special administration to rescue 1.7 million household customers Bulb Energy has gone bust and will be placed into an untested bailout process that will rely on public money to manage the fallout of the UK’s biggest energy supplier collapse yet. The company will be handed to […]
Change to how cap is calculated is set to disproportionately hit England’s poorer pensioners Ministers have pushed through an amendment to England’s social care plans, which is set to disproportionately hit poorer pensioners, despite a sizeable rebellion from backbenchers. The change means that council contributions to care fees would not […]
Governing body says Peng spoke to its president for 30 minutes after growing demands for assurances of her safety The Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she was safe and well in a video call on Sunday, the International Olympic Committee has said, amid growing international demands for assurances that […]
Address to annual conference of business leaders will place fiscal discipline at heart of party’s appeal Keir Starmer will make a pitch to win over Britain’s business leaders by promising a Labour government will not simply “throw cash at” the country’s problems. Speaking to the CBI’s annual conference in the […]
Prime minister faces backbench rebellion over controversial plans to scale back the cap Boris Johnson has been warned not to take the support of his MPs for granted, as he faces a backbench rebellion over controversial plans to scale back the social care cap after a tumultuous fortnight at Westminster. […]
Conservatives are coming up with extreme ideas to placate voters angry at lack of border controls post-Brexit Conservative MPs are urging ministers to send people travelling to the UK by small boats to offshore centres as far away as the Falkland Islands as concern grows that the party is losing […]
A ‘person of interest’ is in custody after a red SUV was driven into festive marchers, leaving ‘some fatalities’ and more than 20 injured Several people have been killed after a vehicle was driven at speed through a Christmas parade in a town in Wisconsin, police have confirmed. A red […]
Joel Glazer agrees to decision after 4-1 loss to Watford Parting of ways set to be termed as mutual agreement Manchester United’s board decided to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjær at an emergency meeting on Saturday night and Joel Glazer, the co-chairman who heads the American family’s ownership, has agreed to […]
Chinese state media released video of Peng apparently at a tennis match on Sunday morning amid widespread scepticism that she is free and well Fresh video of missing tennis star Peng Shuai was posted by Chinese state media on Sunday morning, amid growing global pressure for Beijing to provide verifiable […]