HS2: Labour Criticises ‘Back Of Fag Packet’ Transport Plan
Labour has criticised the government’s “Network North” alternative to HS2 as a “back of the fag packet plan”. The prime minister scrapped... Read More
Brexit: Government Suffers Defeats Over Retained EU Law Bill
The government has suffered defeats in the House of Lords over plans to scrap certain EU laws by the end of the... Read More
Chris Mason: Rishi Sunak Pledge To Scrap EU Laws Collides With Reality
This is a classic example of a big, bold campaigning promise colliding with reality. When Rishi Sunak was running to be Conservative... Read More
Net Zero Targets ‘May Mean Higher Taxes’
The UK has made good progress towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 but getting there may need higher taxes. That’s according... Read More
PM Expected To Reshape Government Departments – Rishi Sunak Reshuffle
The government is expected to announce some new names in senior roles – with widespread talk among senior sources that the prime... Read More
Liz Truss’s Tax Cuts Were Clearly The Wrong Approach – Grant Shapps
Liz Truss’s radical tax-cutting plan was “clearly” not the right approach, according to Grant Shapps, who briefly served in her short-lived government.... Read More
Government To Offer £600m For Green Steel Switch
The government is expected to announce hundreds of millions of pounds of support to help Britain’s two biggest steelmakers go green. The... Read More
UK Poised To Give £300m In Rescue Funding To British Steel
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is poised to grant a £300m funding package for struggling British Steel, the BBC has been told. The move... Read More
Levelling Up Funding Process Is Broken – Tory Mayor Andy Street
The Conservative mayor for the West Midlands has lashed out at the process for allocating levelling up funds, calling for an end... Read More
Ambulance Strike: Workers Feel Betrayed By Government – Union
Striking ambulance staff feels “utterly betrayed” by attempts to “paint them as uncaring”, a union has said. The GMB union has written... Read More
