Truss promises immediate help with energy bills September 4, 2022 Liz Truss has promised to provide immediate help with soaring energy bills if she is made Prime Minister in the coming days. The leadership favourite, who is expected to be announced as Tory party leader and Prime Minister tomorrow, said today that “we face serious, serious challenges which will take immediate action from the government”. [...]
Peter Mandelson calls on Labour to ‘redouble’ its private donation efforts August 24, 2022 Lord Peter Mandelson has called on Labour to “redouble” its efforts to bring in private donations amid claims the party is struggling to fill its coffers. The party grandee, and New Labour architect, told CityAM that Sir Keir Starmer “cannot allow himself or the party” to become beholden to “hard-left trade unions” that “are going to [...]
Boris Johnson makes surprise Kyiv visit on Ukraine independence day August 24, 2022 Boris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Kyiv today to mark Ukraine’s independence day. Johnson said that “I believe Ukraine can and will win this war” in what will be his final trip to the country as UK Prime Minister. Johnson also said higher energy bills were worth paying to support Ukraine and that [...]
City Hall Tories call on Sadiq Khan to stop Extinction Rebellion occupation of Hyde park August 24, 2022 Sadiq Khan has been urged by the Tory caucus in City Hall to stop Extinction Rebellion’s planned occupation of Hyde Park next month. Susan Hall, leader of the London Assembly Tories, said Khan must intervene to stop the “hypocritical and lawless” climate change protest from taking up police resources. A spokesperson for Khan said the [...]
UK and Ukraine launch talks on digital trade agreement August 24, 2022 The UK and Ukraine have agreed to launch talks on a new digital trade agreement as Kyiv prepares to celebrate independence day. UK trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met with Ukraine’s economy minister Yuliia Svyrydenko yesterday to confirm the talks, which are centred around supporting “Ukrainian businesses by cutting red tape and helping them to trade [...]
Truss attacked over emergency Budget as she steps up Number 10 preparations August 23, 2022 A close ally of Rishi Sunak attacked Liz Truss today over her plans to hold an emergency Budget in September as the foreign secretary steps up her preparations for entering Number 10. Mel Stride, one of Sunak’s campaign whips, wrote to the Treasury in his role as chair of Westminster’s Treasury Select Committee to say [...]
Rishi Sunak vows to make UK ‘science superpower’ if he becomes PM August 22, 2022 Rishi Sunak has set out his plans to make the UK a “science and technology superpower” on the eve of the Birmingham Tory leadership hustings. Sunak tonight said he would increase annual public spending on Research and Development to £20bn, up from around £15bn, by 2024-25 if made Prime Minister. He also vowed to create [...]
Starmer looks Down Under to Australian Labor for election blueprint August 22, 2022 David Milliband once said only politically “brilliant” leaders can win elections from the centre-left in Western countries. He was referring to the type of once in a generation progressive politicians – like Sir Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Harold Wilson – who swept to electoral victories on the back of their stunning personal [...]
London faces higher inflation than rest of UK, new figures show August 22, 2022 Astronomical renting costs in the capital have led to a higher inflation rate in London than the rest of the UK, according to new figures released by City Hall. The figures show underlying inflation has been 1.5 per cent higher in London than the rest of the country over the past six months, after annual [...]
Organised crime gangs defrauded £367m from Covid support schemes August 22, 2022 Almost £400m was stolen from the UK government’s Covid support schemes by organised crime gangs, according to new figures released by Whitehall. Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs, after a Freedom of Information request by law firm Pinsent Masons, showed £367m was stolen from initiatives like the furlough scheme and Eat to Help Out. [...]
