Buy-now pay-later firms welcome Labour call to regulate amid Treasury delays November 7, 2023 Buy now pay later (BNPL) firms have welcomed calls from Labour to regulate services such as Klarna in the same way as credit cards.
70 per cent of Tory members think Nigel Farage should be able to join, poll finds November 6, 2023 Almost three quarters of Conservative members say Nigel Farage should be allowed to join the party if he wishes to, according to a ConservativeHome poll.
X owner Elon Musk tells PM Rishi Sunak AI will eventually mean ‘no job is needed’ November 2, 2023 Elon Musk has told Rishi Sunak he believes artificial intelligence (AI) is “the most disruptive force in history” and that eventually “there will come a point where no job is needed”.
2019 Tory voters more likely to switch to Reform UK than Labour, YouGov poll finds November 2, 2023 More voters who backed the Conservatives in 2019 would now switch to Reform UK over Labour, a YouGov poll for Sky News has found.
Badenoch: Too many British firms put virtue signalling over profit November 2, 2023 A row has broken out after Labour criticised Kemi Badenoch’s claim that businesses “fear the entrepreneurial” and focus too much on 'virtue' rather than profit
Cummings’ insults are petty distraction from grim lockdown lessons November 1, 2023 The originator of the phrase is lost to the vagaries of time, but talk to enough people in the pubs of Westminster about the inner workings of British politics and sooner or later someone will offer it up.“The only difference between Westminster and The Thick of It,” they’ll say, referring to the foul-mouthed BBC comedy, [...]
Britain must remember its post-Holocaust pledge: never again October 31, 2023 The last day of October, and the last day of a month that will live in infamy. Hamas’s attacks on Israeli citizens just over three weeks ago have triggered a Middle East conflagration that threatens to become a defining conflict of our age. It is to their credit that the British government, so far, has [...]
Government stuck in public services ‘doom loop’, top think tank warns October 30, 2023 The government is stuck in a “doom loop” with the UK’s public services “in a dire state”, a top think tank has warned. An annual report on UK public services has forecast that almost all services, other than child social care, could perform worse in 2027-2028 when compared to pre-pandemic levels. This is due to [...]
Government to ‘announce plans to phase out leasehold’ in King’s Speech October 29, 2023 All new houses across England and Wales will have to be sold as freeholds, as part of a Leasehold Bill led by Michael Gove, and expected to be announced in the King's Speech, according to the Sunday Times.
Crispin Blunt arrest not sign of wider cultural issue in Tory party, says education sec Keegan October 27, 2023 Gillian Keegan has insisted there is no wider cultural problem within the Conservatives, after senior MP Crispin Blunt was suspended by the party after being arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances. Mr Blunt, a former minister, identified himself as the man that Surrey Police detained in Horley on Wednesday morning, [...]