The road to Downing Street runs through the City of London Chris Hayward Both parties are wooing the City – and Rachel Reeves’ Mais Lecture was no exception – because it is business that is best placed to help deliver economic growth, says Chris Hayward Last week shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, laid out a blueprint for the future of Britain’s economy in her Mais Lecture. This provided a [...]
Scotland can ‘lead the way’ to Downing Street for Labour, Starmer to say UK Politics Scotland “can lead the way” to a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer is expected to tell his party’s conference in Liverpool. The Labour leader will address his party for the first time since their win in Rutherglen and Hamilton West last week, where new MP Michael Shanks got more than twice as many votes as [...]
Man arrested after car crashes into Downing Street gates Breaking A man has been arrested after a car crashed into the gates of Downing Street. Police have cordoned off a large area on Whitehall, in Westminster, after the incident took place at around 4.20pm. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly understood to be in No10 this afternoon. The BBC has reported that staff have been [...]
‘Private discussion’ had but no job offer made to Dominic Cummings – Downing Street January 2, 2024 No job offer was made to Dominic Cummings during a meeting with Rishi Sunak, Downing Street has said. The former Vote Leave campaign director previously claimed the Prime Minister had sought a “secret deal” with him in a bid to win next year’s election. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said a “private political discussion” had [...]
Another HS2 mess: Downing Street refuses to guarantee it will run to Manchester September 14, 2023 Downing Street has refused to guarantee the HS2 railway line will run to Manchester as planned.
Downing Street and London’s City Hall lit up in Israeli flag after Hamas terror attacks October 8, 2023 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan confirmed "City Hall will be lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag from tonight".
Hunt defends new electricity generator levy in Downing Street showdown December 15, 2022 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defended the introduction of a new tax on legacy electricity generators at a Downing Street roundtable this week.
As Starmer dreams of Downing Street, beware of sweeping electoral reform September 29, 2022 Labour can finally start dreaming about being able to form a majority government at the next election. So it may seem odd timing for the party’s conference to endorse electoral reform for the first time in nearly a hundred years.
Downing Street in need of a cultural turnaround project May 25, 2022 There is a possibly apocryphal story about a high-flying financial services executive who, when hiring, always took their preferred candidate for lunch before signing on the dotted line. Unknown to the ambitious, keen to impress applicant, the exec pulled this trick at the same restaurant every time – and always told the restaurant to deliberately [...]
A new Prime Minister must give London a hearing in Downing Street August 31, 2022 That the farcical fights over Transport for London have dragged on this long tells us everything we need to know about Westminster’s relationship with London. When Boris Johnson was elected it was on a mandate of “levelling up” – a victory which often made our capital city, and the south east in general, a useful [...]