Manston Was at Risk Of Becoming An Unofficial Detention Centre, Minister Says
Grant Shapps has said the Manston asylum processing site was “tipping into becoming an unofficial detention centre” when he briefly served as... Read More
Rishi Sunak Aims To Bring Factions Together In Cabinet Reshuffle
Rishi Sunak appointed his team of top ministers, on his first day as the UK’s prime minister. In a key speech outside... Read More
Rishi Sunak Leads PM Race As Boris Johnson Flies Back To London
Rishi Sunak is close to reaching the 100 MP nominations needed to enter the race to be the next Conservative leader and... Read More
Greg Hands: Rishi Sunak-Ally Named New Trade Minister
Greg Hands has been made a minister at the Department of International Trade following the sacking of Conor Burns. Mr Hands had... Read More
Tory Conference: Liz Truss Will Lose 45P Tax Rate Vote – Shapps
Liz Truss would lose a Commons vote on cutting the top C, former cabinet minister Grant Shapps has told the BBC. Scrapping... Read More
PM To Meet Head Of OBR Following Market Turmoil – Mini Budget
The prime minister will meet the head of Britain’s independent forecaster on Friday after days of market turmoil. In an unusual move,... Read More
England Student Loan Interest Rate Capped At 6.3%
The interest rate on student loans in England is to be capped at 6.3% this autumn, the government says. It had been... Read More
Boris Johnson Resigns: First Leadership Bids To Become Next Prime Minister
The race to replace Boris Johnson has begun after the prime minister quit as Tory leader following a dramatic few days that... Read More
Cladding Banned Five Years After Deadly Blaze – Grenfell Fire
Five years after the Grenfell fire in which 72 people died, the government banned the specific type of cladding which allowed the... Read More
Platinum Jubilee: Queen Portrait Released As UK Set For Celebrations
An official photograph of the Queen has been released ahead of celebrations to mark her Platinum Jubilee. The portrait, by Ranald Mackechnie,... Read More
