Gordon Brown calls on ministers not to scrap T-level qualification Conservatives had announced end of vocational qualification introduced in 2020, while Labour plans to review it The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024
EU leaders ‘open-minded’ about future relations with UK, says senior official Bloc sources say ball firmly in UK’s court regarding reset of ties as leaders prepare to meet at Blenheim for EPC forum The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024
Rishi Sunak urged by top Tories to delay quitting as leader until successor chosen in autumn The ex-PM has said he would stand down from the helm of the Conservative Party once plans to elect the next leader are in place Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2024
Top Tory calls for Rishi Sunak to stay as party leader until November as succession battle looms Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said it is important to ‘run the leadership contest long’ to ensure leadership candidates ‘come under scrutiny’ The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2024
Tory grandee urges against lurch to extreme right in leadership battle Former Tory chair Chris Patten has warned his party against moving closer to Nigel Farage as the leadership battle to replace Rishi Sunak begins in earnest The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2024
Yvette Cooper to chair meeting of taskforce considering ‘alarming rise’ in candidate intimidation – as it happened Home secretary to host meeting of government’s Defending Democracy taskforce after reported rise in harassment during election campaign The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024
Starmer must use EPC forum to offer hopeful vision for Europe’s future PM can seize moment and show how European Political Community can help shift dial away from authoritarianism The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024
Ed Miliband to lead UK negotiations at Cop29 climate summit Senior climate figures welcome move after Conservative government largely left the role to junior ministers The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024
Ruth Davidson blasts 'rudderless and chaotic' Tory party The Conservatives must take time to “get this decision right” when choosing their new leader, Baroness Ruth Davidson has said. The National (Scotland) · Jul 14, 2024
Liz Truss blames Rishi Sunak 'trashing her record' for election defeat LIZ Truss has blamed Rishi Sunak’s trashing of “her record” for the Conservative Party’s defeat in the General Election. The National (Scotland) · Jul 14, 2024
The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board The Conservatives were a joke that just kept giving but where do the next four years of funny come from? The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024
Humanity, empathy, keeping hope alive: Gareth Southgate has quietly led England to the brink of victory In sport and politics, a new breed of leader is taking charge, one that can achieve great things without being tempted into recklessness The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024
Kemi Badenoch backed as clear favourite to become Conservative Party leader New data has shown the former minister for women and equalities has the support of 25.83% of grassroots Tory members to replace Rishi Sunak. Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2024
Tory treasurer who gave party £5m quits role days after election defeat Sir Mohamed Mansour said it ‘makes sense’ to step down after Rishi Sunak announced he was departing as Conservative leader The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2024 Housebuilding, railways, Lords reform: what to expect in the king’s speech More than 30 bills expected as Labour government sets out its legislative agenda for this session of parliament
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024 Jeremy Hunt’s children leave ‘sweet’ notes for Starmer’s son and daughter Prime minister says family ‘very pleased’ to receive letters from former chancellor’s children about life in Downing Street
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024 Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’ Labour confirms it will release many prisoners 40 per cent of the way into their sentences instead of halfway through to ease overcrowding crisis
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024 The real reason Rishi Sunak held his disastrous snap election Hundreds of thousands of homeowners would have been forced to pay an average of £240 more a month in mortgage bills
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024 Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge We can now feel free to get on with our lives without worrying what the halfwits in Westminster might do next
Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2024 Will the UK’s policy on Israel-Palestine shift under new PM Starmer? Palestinians in Gaza have little hope Starmer will ease their plight as experts point to possible areas of policy shift.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024 A fight for the soul of the Tory party is inevitable. Rishi Sunak staying on may make it worse Without a timetable for the leadership race, the current uneasy truce might hold for a while, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s political editor
The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024 Sunak’s anti-net zero gamble failed – signs suggest bold climate action can win elections In a general election campaign light on policies, very little time was spent debating probably the biggest challenge of them all: the climate crisis.
Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2024 OPINION - This washout summer is Britain's worst since Mount Tambora ruined 1816 — who do we sue? “Stop,” said my husband, as I was exiting in tennis gear, trying to make my 8am doubles up the road in Notting Hill and grab an indoor court as the outdoor ones have seen little action since… well… around October last year.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024 Battle resumes to take control of Telegraph – and the Tory soul After year in ownerless limbo, Conservative party’s bible goes up for sale in second auction next week
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024 UK politics: minister cites ‘strict spending controls’ amid calls to scrap two-child benefit cap – as it happened Environment secretary Steve Reed says Labour must ‘stabilise the economy after 14 years of Conservative chaos’