Peterborough by-election: Labour beats Brexit party to defend seat June 7, 2019 Labour has retained a strongly-contested seat after withstanding a fierce challenge from the Brexit party in the Peterborough by-election. Read more: Rival blasts Raab’s no-deal Brexit as ‘illegal’ Labour’s union activist candidate, Lisa Forbes, won 31 per cent of the vote to beat the Brexit part’s Mike Greene, who came a narrow second with 29 [...]
Sam Gyimah pledges tax cuts in bid to win Tory leadership race June 7, 2019 Conservative leadership hopeful Sam Gyimah has vowed to slash taxes in a bid to outflank his rivals as the true Thatcherite candidate in the race to succeed Theresa May. Read more: Tory leadership race candidates told to stay until ‘bitter end’ The former universities minister told City A.M. he wanted to reform five taxes in [...]
Trump forfeited the respect that the presidency deserves June 7, 2019 Show respect for the office, if not for the man. This was the finger-wagging admonishment heard across the UK this week, as the President of the United States graced our tiny island with his presence, and was greeted by crowds of protesters. President Trump, these protesters were sternly reminded, is the leader of the free [...]
Barack and Michelle Obama sign podcast deal with Spotify June 6, 2019 Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have signed on to a multi-year partnership with streaming giant Spotify to produce exclusive podcasts. Obama said he believes podcasts “offer an extraordinary opportunity to foster productive dialogue, make people smile and make people think, and, hopefully, bring us all a little closer together.” The news [...]
Without action, a crisis over pensions looms June 6, 2019 The row over pensions for women born in the 1950s stepped up a gear this week when campaigners headed to the High Court for a judicial review. Women used to retire at 60, five years earlier than men. In 1995, a timetable was drawn up to equalise this, phasing in the increase. However, the changes [...]
Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron commemorate 75th D-Day anniversary June 6, 2019 Political leaders including Theresa May and French president Emmanuel Macron today paid tribute to the veterans of the D-Day landings on the 75th anniversary of the event. May and Macron gathered in Normandy with hundreds of veterans to thank them for their service. The French president told the crowd that “we owe them our freedom”. [...]
Rory Stewart: Dominic Raab’s no-deal Brexit plan ‘illegal’ June 6, 2019 Tory leadership contender Rory Stewart has labelled rival Dominic Raab’s bid to force a no-deal Brexit through parliament as “illegal”. Raab yesterday said he would be ready as Prime Minister to suspend parliament so he could force a no-deal departure from the EU. Read more: Tory leadership rivals caught in Westminster row The former Brexit [...]
Tory leadership rivals Rory Stewart and Sam Gyimah caught in Westminster war of words June 5, 2019 Tory leadership tensions spilled over into parliament today when two contenders were seen having a passionate row in the corridors of power. Sam Gyimah and Rory Stewart were seen having a robust exchange of words at just after lunchtime on Wednesday, the day after the party made it more difficult for leadership hopefuls to get [...]
Stick with HS2 or scrap it? Where every Tory leadership contender stands on the £56bn railway June 5, 2019 Theresa May has just days left as Tory leader, and it’s not just Brexit where the future is unclear – HS2 is also at a crossroads. Much of the talk around May’s potential successors has been centred on their stance on a no-deal Brexit. But in the transport world, all minds are focused on whether [...]
Kit Malthouse pulls out of Tory leadership race June 4, 2019 Kit Malthouse has become the second Tory MP to pull out of the contest to replace Theresa May, after James Cleverly announced he was also pulling out. Malthouse was considered an outsider in the race, in which 11 Tory MPs are now running. Malthouse served as a deputy mayor to the frontrunner in the race, [...]