London mayor race: Tessa Jowell says age is her advantage June 19, 2015 Dame Tessa Jowell believes age is her advantage in the race to become London mayor, saying she could not have done the job "with confidence" earlier in her life. Read more: Who has declared in the race to succeed Boris Johnson? Jowell drew parallels between herself and Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House in America, saying: [...]
Ukip’s Suzanne Evans facing sack over “divisive” Nigel Farage comments June 18, 2015 Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans is facing the sack after criticising leader Nigel Farage on the BBC. Read more: Suzanne Evans quits Ukip policy role as "purge of the plotters" continues An internal party email released by the BBC titled "Suzanne Evans" appears to issue a directive for all officials to cut off contact with [...]
Labour leadership race: Poll shows Burnham is slight favourite as 6 pc of party supporters back fake candidate June 18, 2015 Andy Burnham is the slight favourite to become the next leader of the Labour party, as he is preferred by 15 per cent of people. An Ipsos Mori poll shows that 14 per cent of British adults support Yvette Cooper as the next Labour leader – just one percentage point behind Burnham. A fake candidate [...]
EU president says compromise is needed as he discusses “controversial” reforms with David Cameron June 18, 2015 The president of the EU has said that compromise is needed as Cameron pressed on with his plans to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Europe. President Martin Schulz met the Prime Minister at Downing Street, as Cameron continued his bid to court European leaders. He later hosted Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. Mr Schulz said there were [...]
MPs will have to move out of House of Commons for at least two years under multi-billion-pound restoration plans June 18, 2015 MPs will be moved out of the House of Commons for several years under plans to renovate the UK's crumbling Palace of Westminster. A report, produced by consultants on behalf of the government, today put forward a number of options – but all of them involve the closure of both chambers for at least [...]
First Minister’s Questions: Nicola Sturgeon faces questions on poor NHS waiting times June 18, 2015 Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, faced questions on NHS waiting times in today's session of First Minister's Questions. Sturgeon answered questions on A&E waiting times from Labour MSP Iain Gray. Gray said that the SNP missed its four hours target for the 296th week in a row, and asked why things were particularly bad in [...]
End Austerity Now: Far left group Class War organises separate Bank of England demo amid claims that police are banning people from the march June 18, 2015 Far left group Class War is organising a counter-protest against austerity this Saturday (June 20), claiming the main demonstration will fail to bring about any change. The group has called for supporters to meet outside Bank of England at midday – an hour ahead of the time scheduled for the march being organised by [...]
Select committee results announced as Keith Vaz regains Home Affairs chair and Meg Hillier takes public accounts June 18, 2015 The results of the select committee elections have been announced as 26 chairs have been elected to the influential parliamentary positions. No ballot was necessary for 11 committees, where there was just one candidate for each chair. These include the two committees that will be controlled by the SNP, Scottish Affairs and Energy and Climate [...]
Ed Balls is back: Former Labour shadow chancellor heads to Harvard to research global financial stability June 18, 2015 The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls, who famously lost his job as an MP in one of the most spectacular defeats in the shock-filled General Election, has finally resurfaced. Balls hasn't had to stand in the dole queue for too long, bouncing back by lining up a stint at one of the world's top universities. [...]
Labour leadership race: Candidates clash over business as Kendall urges party to back “wealth creation” June 18, 2015 The four candidates in the race to succeed Ed Miliband as leader of the Labour party have clashed over the party's relationship with business in the first televised debate. Andy Burnham, the favourite in the race, said that Labour had to be the party that helped "everyone get on in life". Asked if a budget [...]