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At least 12 Tory MPs set up consultancy firms as election defeat loomed

Philip Davies was among those who hedged their bets as they faced up to life after politics, analysis reveals

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

The Biggest ZEV Mandate In The World Comes To Force In the UK

The UK government has turned the zero-emission vehicle mandate into law after an extension of the EU electric vehicles trade rule last month, putting in place the biggest ZEV mandate in the world.

International Business Times UK · Jan 8, 2024

Axing most winter fuel payments would break Tory manifesto promise, says Labour – as it happened

Sky reports Sunak is considering removing the winter fuel allowance – worth between £250 and £600 this winter – from most pensioners

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

UK government’s new fraud strategy to ‘block scams at the source’

New National Fraud Squad will be backed by 400 new specialist investigator

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

Clampdown on cold calls and mass texting technology announced in UK

New fraud strategy responding to web- and phone-based scams will result in recruitment of 400 new ‘specialist investigators’

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023

Government to ‘take the fight’ to fraudsters with plans to block scams at source

Banks will be able to delay suspect payments, bogus communications will be stopped at source and a new scam reporting system will be set up.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

How education became the new faultline in British politics

A growing number of voters are graduates and they are becoming less likely to back the Conservatives, threatening to redraw the country’s electoral map

Financial Times · Apr 30, 2023

Boris Johnson’s allies lobby MPs to stop Tory support draining away

Sense of crisis deepens in No 10 as speculation mounts about no-confidence vote in prime minister

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022