MPs put on alert for climate activists trying to infiltrate their offices
Ministers and MPs have been told to watch out for climate activists trying to infiltrate their offices by posing as would-be Conservative campaigners.
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We’ll lose seats if Rishi Sunak dilutes net zero, warn blue wall Tories
Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from blue wall Tory MPs who have said that he will cost them their seats at the next election if he panders to the right of the party on climate change and human rights commitments.
Foreign Office clams up over David Cameron briefing for China
The Foreign Office has taken nearly two years to decide whether it is in the public interest to release briefing notes given to David Cameron before a trip to China a decade ago.
State pensions to cost more than education, policing and defence combined
Britain will spend more on old-age pensions in two years’ time than on education, policing and defence combined, official figures show.
Sleaze complaints quadruple amid Boris Johnson and Tory scandals
Complaints to the parliament’s sleaze watchdog nearly quadrupled last year amid misconduct scandals, fallout from the Downing Street parties and Boris Johnson’s exit.
Stay out of politics, Tory MP tells businesses after Costa Coffee row
Costa Coffee and other companies should stay out of politics instead of engaging in “societal fads”, a cabinet minister has warned.
Get on your (Deliveroo) bike if you need to work, minister tells over-50s
The over-50s should consider delivering takeaways and other flexible jobs traditionally targeted at young people if they want to maintain their lifestyle into old age, a cabinet minister has said.
Somerton and Frome locals tire of Tory scandals before by-election
The Conservatives in the small market town of Bruton find themselves in an invidious position. Voters who might usually back the Tories are split between being angry at their party for getting rid of Boris Johnson, or furious over the scandals that led to his downfall.
I was ignored after traumatic birth — no mother should experience that
Lying on a hospital bed and bleeding heavily, Theo Clarke was sure she would never get to properly meet her daughter.
Middle-aged women ‘hold key to winning the next election’
Middle-aged women are the key to winning the next election, the major political parties believe, as campaigns target the “National Trusters”, “Take A Break-ers” and the Women’s Institute (WI).
Meet the Patriotic Millionaires who want to pay more tax
They say two things are certain in life — death and taxes. And as contrary as it may appear, a growing number of British millionaires are begging Rishi Sunak for more of the latter.
Unemployed can’t afford to be ‘job snobs’, says minister
The unemployed cannot be “job snobs” and should accept any role if they want to move up in the world, the government’s social mobility minister has said.
Times CEO Summit 2023: I won’t rely on quick fix of migration, Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out a rise in capital gains tax and rejected reaching for the “quick fix of migration” to boost Britain’s ailing economy.
Ban children changing pronouns at school, Tory MP Miriam Cates says
Children should not be allowed to change their pronouns at school even if they have the permission of their parents, a senior Consevative MP has said.
The Uxbridge by-election is about more than one man
Danny Beales does not really want to speak about Boris Johnson.
In any normal election, a former Tory MP resigning in scandal would be manna from heaven for Labour spinners, keen to capitalise on their downfall.
But polls involving Johnson have rarely been ordinary.
In any normal election, a former Tory MP resigning in scandal would be manna from heaven for Labour spinners, keen to capitalise on their downfall.
But polls involving Johnson have rarely been ordinary.
Break up Oxbridge PPE clique who decide policy, says Jake Berry
Government policy being led by civil servants and ministers must break away from “blobonomics” to stand a chance in the north, the former Tory party chairman will say.
Labour to return £100k donation from finance boss sued for harassment
The Labour Party is to return £100,000 in donations from a finance boss who commented on the size of a female colleague’s breasts.
Crackdown on Westminster sex pests amid new scandal
MPs and peers accused of violent or sexual offences face being banned from Westminster under new rules due to be approved this month.
Whitehall accused of ‘racist institutional bias’
Whitehall has been accused of “racist institutional bias” by the civil service’s largest union as it was claimed white staff were twice as likely to be promoted than their non-white colleagues.
Traffic-light labels on contracts ‘could save taxpayer billions’
Billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money could be saved by launching a traffic-light system for expensive contracts, the government’s former anti-corruption tsar has said.
Tories could lose millions in donations from angry housebuilders
Property developers that have donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party are considering withholding their funding over concerns the government has become more houseblocker than housebuilder.
Parliament in decay: MPs endure flooding, rats and broken toilets
When Queen Elizabeth died last year, visitors queued for hours to make their way through Westminster Hall to see the monarch lying in state and soak up the atmosphere.
Parliamentary cleaners were left soaking up something very different, as the antiquated plumbing which snakes around the Palace of Westminster buckled under the pressure, providing yet another example of the crumbling mess at the heart of Britain’s democracy.
Parliamentary cleaners were left soaking up something very different, as the antiquated plumbing which snakes around the Palace of Westminster buckled under the pressure, providing yet another example of the crumbling mess at the heart of Britain’s democracy.
Labour sends in hit squads to boost local election wins
Failing local Labour groups put under the supervision of the party’s HQ have been asked to reflect on the leadership style of one of the most well-known and successful army commanders in order to win at the ballot box.
Yvette Cooper shrugs off hostile briefing by colleagues
Yvette Cooper has hit back at those in her own party who said she should be sacked over her apparent failure to back attack adverts aimed at Rishi Sunak.
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