Boris Johnson to outline ‘levelling up’ plans in Queen’s Speech tomorrow May 10, 2021 Boris Johnson is expected to outline more of his plans to “level up” the North and the Midlands in tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech fresh off the back of winning a crucial by-election in Hartlepool. The Tories also made ground in traditional Labour heartlands of Sunderland, Durham and Newcastle in local elections as it won hundreds of [...]
Boris Johnson under investigation for £15,000 Caribbean holiday by MP standards watchdog May 10, 2021 Boris Johnson is under investigation by Westminster’s parliamentary watchdog for his £15,000 Caribbean holiday to Mustique with his fiancee Carrie Symonds. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone announced today that it was looking at Johnson’s holiday over the 2019/20 New Year period, after an initial saga over who paid for the holiday. The probe [...]
BNP Paribas urges investors to pressure politicians on climate rules May 10, 2021 Bank BNP Paribas has begun urging investors to press politicians to commit to the Paris Agreement with policy and make rules for net-zero targets. Investors are failing to chase strong climate policies, global head of sustainability at BNP Paribas Asset Management, Jane Ambachtsheer, told Bloomberg. Instead of chasing policies, however, investors should start chasing politicians [...]
Government raised £40.8bn in green taxes in 2020, just six per cent of total May 10, 2021 The government raised £40.8bn through ‘green taxes’ last year, just six per cent of the £633bn raised through taxes overall, according to law firm Pinsent Masons. Over the last decade, the money raked in by green taxes has only risen 19 per cent which has clashed with the 53 per cent surge in taxes as [...]
Labour reshuffle: Former BoE economist Rachel Reeves named shadow chancellor May 10, 2021 Rachel Reeves has been named shadow chancellor after Anneliese Dodds was sacked from the role late on Sunday night. The move came as part of a reshuffle of Labour leader Keir Starmer’s top team after a host of miserable results in Thursday’s local and mayoral elections. Dodds, well-liked and a competent performer, failed to cut [...]
Keir Starmer to hold Labour reshuffle after election defeats May 9, 2021 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to carry out a reshuffle of his front bench following his party’s poor performance in local elections. Starmer is facing criticism after Labour was defeated in the Hartlepool by-election and lost control of a string of councils. He has already removed his deputy Angela Rayner as the party’s [...]
Sadiq Khan wins 2021 London mayor election over Shaun Bailey May 8, 2021 Sadiq Khan has swept to victory in the 2021 mayor of London election, comfortably beating out Tory challenger Shaun Bailey. After two rounds of voting, Khan won with 1,206,034 total votes to Bailey’s 977,601 votes. The incumbent mayor won the election in a closer race than most pundits expected, with Bailey getting the most votes [...]
Confirmed: Sadiq Khan WINS Mayor of London election May 8, 2021 Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London mayor, getting the most votes in almost all constituencies that have reported today after opening up a five-point lead over rival Shaun Bailey. Khan and Bailey had been neck-and-neck in counting over the past 24 hours, which made the race closer than pundits predicted, with the [...]
London Assembly election results: Labour set to take the most seats May 8, 2021 Labour are set to be the biggest party in the London Assembly, with the party on track to win at least 12 of the 25 seats in the 2021 election. From the constituencies that have announced results, Labour have won eight and the Conservatives have won five seats. Labour is expected to win the last [...]
Angela Rayner to be sacked as Labour party chair and campaign co-ordinator May 8, 2021 Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has reportedly been sacked as party chair and campaign co-ordinator, after a series of devastating defeats in the Thursday’s elections. Multiple media outlets are reporting that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is blaming the party’s poor campaign on his deputy and has removed her from her posts in a move [...]