UK Covid inquiry to finally lay bare failures of government and politicians during pandemic Academics have said it is a question of ‘when not if’ another pandemic will hit The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024
John Lennon wasn’t joking about Jesus Brief letters: Lennon and Christianity | Pepys loses it | Two-child cap | Guardian delivery | Gareth and Gove | MPs and buses The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024
Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024
Labour government will be ‘more Gareth Southgate, less Michael Gove’, culture secretary pledges The culture secretary vowed an end to the ‘era of division’ in British politics, adding ministers will take their lead from the England manager The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2024
Labour will be ‘more Southgate, less Gove’ in trying to end division, says Nandy Culture secretary, who watched England lose to Spain with PM, says manager assembled ‘incredible’ team that reflects national story The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024
Labour lifts Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on onshore windfarms Rachel Reeves says she will revise planning policy and decisions should be taken ‘nationally, not locally’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Millionaire Conservative donor switches support to Labour because they 'put children and schools first' The man behind the Harris Federation of schools says the “torch of change” has passed to Labour Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2024
John Redwood accuses Rishi Sunak of helping to deliver large Labour majority as Tory blame game escalates Exclusive: Former Conservative cabinet minister hits out at his party’s leadership days before polls open The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2024
‘Crap’, ‘frustrating’, ‘a shower’: the Tories laying into their own party The Conservatives have taken to venting their frustrations publicly, and often in very vivid terms The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024
Tory blame game already begins with a week to go before polling day Exclusive: Nadine Dorries has broken the Tory public silence on who is to blame for what many expect to be a historically bad defeat next week The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024
Rough sleeping in London hits new record high, with almost 12,000 street homeless in last year The total number of rough sleepers in the capital is up 19 per cent on the previous year Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024
Four ways the Conservatives have promised to fix housing since 2019 and what they’ve actually done Ahead of July 4, Labour and the Conservatives have drawn up competing plans for how they aim to tackle housing in England. Both parties have promised to build more homes, help first-time buyers get on the property ladder and make homes, both rentals and purchases, more affordable. The Conversation · Jun 24, 2024
Gambling Commission 'investigating others' as Tory betting scandal deepens Four Conservatives are already reportedly being investigated by the watchdog after allegedly betting on the date of the General Election Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2024
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2024 Senior Tories turn on Rishi Sunak over failure to get a grip on election betting scandal Rishi Sunak has been urged to suspend all those under investigation for placing bets on the date of the election – amid claims that more top Tories will be implicated after party data chief becomes fourth to be accused
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2024 Fourth UK Conservative Party official reportedly investigated in widening election betting scandal British media is reporting that the chief data officer of Britain’s Conservative Party has taken a leave of absence amid growing allegations that the governing party’s members have been using inside information to bet on the date of Britain’s July 4 national election
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024 Fourth Tory official subject to investigation in election date betting scandal Watchdog has reportedly told chief data officer he is part of inquiry and party says he has taken leave of absence
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024 Talk of Labour supermajority ‘nonsense’, says party’s Scotland leader – as it happened Anas Sarwar says ‘not a single vote has been cast’ after Grant Shapps said Tories fighting to prevent Labour landslide even bigger than 1997
Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2024 Tory data chief takes leave of absence amid General Election betting claims Nick Mason is understood to have taken time away from the Conservative Party.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024 Betting scandal as bad for Tories as Partygate, says Michael Gove ‘It looks like one rule for them and one rule for us,’ the levelling up, housing and communities secretary suggests
Top News · Jun 21, 2024 British PM Sunak Vows To Expel Election Betting Offenders British PM condemns Conservative Party members for betting on election date. Investigations ongoing.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 Election diary: SNP skips costings, sheep snub Sunak and Stride struggles on Plus, a potted history of the Gurnos, diminishing returns from the debates, and the Tories’ £12k-a-table wake
The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024 Home ownership down in fifth of Tory seats as party warned young people ‘may never forgive them’ Exclusive: Analysis shows home ownership has declined by as much as a quarter in some Tory seats going into the general election
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 British Prime Minister Sunak says he's 'incredibly' angry over election date betting accusations British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the date of the July 4 national election should be expelled from his Conservative Party
Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024 Michael Gove says Covid to blame for Tories' failure to end rough sleeping by 2024 The outgoing Housing Secretary said the Conservatives will now aim to eliminate rough sleeping in the next Parliament