Travelodge ‘super rooms’ boost revenue September 9, 2019 Travelodge reported boosted revenue in the first half of the year driven by the success of the budget hotel chain’s more up-market options. The firm’s “super rooms” and Travelodge Plus brands, which offer additional facilities and extra comfort, helped drive sales up six per cent to £337.3m the first six months of the year. Ebitda [...]
‘Tatty and antiquated’: Luton ranked worst large UK airport for fourth year running September 9, 2019 Luton airport has been ranked the worst large airport in the UK for the fourth year running by consumer watchdog Which. Luton managed a 43 per cent customer satisfaction score in a Which survey of 4,499 of its members, who were surveyed about 6,237 airport experiences at UK airports, including passport control and the price [...]
Brexit latest: Parliament to be prorogued tonight, PM’s spokesman confirms September 9, 2019 Parliament will be prorogued today, the Prime Minister’s spokesman has confirmed. Boris Johnson, who is currently in Dublin meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, is due to return to Westminster to open the debate this evening, as he seeks parliamentary approval for a general election for the second time in a week. After this vote, which [...]
Boris Johnson warned over ‘Herculean task’ of post-Brexit trade deals September 9, 2019 Boris Johnson has been warned to row back from his pledge to take the UK out of the European Union with or without a deal during his visit to Dublin. The Prime Minister arrived for talks with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this morning, with Westminster still in turmoil. Read more: Parliament will be prorogued tonight [...]
ERG chair Steve Baker vows to vote against Boris Johnson deal if is ‘Brexit in name only’ September 8, 2019 Steve Baker, Tory Brexiter MP and chair of the eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG), has threatened to vote against a deal Boris Johnson could strike with the EU if it is “Brexit in name only”. When asked if he was concerned about potentially losing the whip in such a scenario, Baker replied: “I’m not worried [...]
Boris Johnson hatches plan to devolve rail power to the north September 8, 2019 Boris Johnson is preparing to hand leaders in the north responsibility for train services as part of a big industry shakeup. Two struggling rail franchises, Northern and the Transpennine Express, are to be devolved to a new body that would be similar to Transport for London in the capital. Read more: Southeastern among franchises placed [...]
Sajid Javid refuses to rule out electoral pact with Brexit party September 8, 2019 Sajid Javid has refused to rule out an electoral pact with the Brexit party in the event of a snap general election. The chancellor said the Conservative party did not need an “electoral alliance with anyone”, but refused to rule out any agreement with Nigel Farage’s party if there was a general election. Read more: [...]
Therese Coffey replaces Amber Rudd as work and pensions secretary September 8, 2019 Therese Coffey has been confirmed as the new work and pensions secretary following the dramatic resignation of Amber Rudd yesterday. Coffey, the MP for Suffolk Coastal, has previously served as minister of state in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and as deputy leader of the House of Commons from May 2015 until [...]
Amber Rudd resigns from Cabinet and quits Tories over ‘culling’ of rebel MPs September 8, 2019 Amber Rudd has resigned from Cabinet and given up the Tory whip in protest at Boris Johnson’s decision to sack more than 20 Conservatives who backed a bill to block a no-deal Brexit. The former work and pensions secretary said she could not “stand by as good, loyal moderate Conservatives are expelled”. Rudd told the [...]
PM: I’d rather be dead in a ditch than delay Brexit September 5, 2019 The Prime Minister has said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit – shortly before a police officer appeared to faint behind him. Boris Johnson, who gave his speech more than an hour later than planned, told assembled journalists in Yorkshire that an extension would cost £1bn a month and be [...]