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Giant solar farm planned for East Midlands countryside set for approval despite hundreds of objections

Parish council hits out at 'contemptuous disregard for the fundamental nature of local objections'

Birmingham Post · Jul 25, 2022

Calls for dog licences to return after death of 10-year-old boy

Labour MP Wayne David said people wanting to keep a dog should face 'effective assessment'

Wales Online · Jul 7, 2022

'Offensive': Tory minister says northern English towns are 'godawful'

A TORY minister has been forced to make a grovelling apology after she labelled towns and cities in the north of England as “godawful”.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 11, 2022

Minister apologises for describing Birmingham and Blackpool as ‘godawful’

Labour said the Tory minister’s ‘offensive’ comment was ‘frankly embarrassing’

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

Minister apologises for ‘godawful’ Birmingham and Blackpool comment

Heather Wheeler, the Tory MP for South Derbyshire, said she made an ‘inappropriate remark that does not reflect my actual view’.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

Tory MP apologises for calling Birmingham and Blackpool ‘godawful’

Heather Wheeler, a minister in the Cabinet Office, made comments at technology event in London

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022

Tory minister slammed for calling Blackpool and Birmingham 'godawful'

Heather Wheeler, MP for South Derbyshire, has since apologised, claiming the comments do not reflect her actual views - but Labour have hit out at the remark

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2022

Civil servants ‘abandoned’ by ministers with pay rise one-third of inflation

Union accuses government of ‘running round with fingers in their ears’ over blow to Whitehall morale

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022