Angela Rayner promoted to shadow levelling up secretary as Starmer reshuffles top team September 4, 2023 Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has secured a promotion to shadow secretary of state for levelling up in a reshuffle of Sir Keir Starmer’s front bench. Rayner, who was independently elected deputy party leader by the membership, has been moved from shadow secretary for the cabinet office and also given the title of shadow deputy [...]
What to expect from our MPs before the end of the year September 4, 2023 The long weeks of parliamentary recess for MPs have finally drawn to a close. Next year's election campaign has already begun.
Rishi Sunak hits his lowest ever rating as just 32 per cent of Britons think he makes a good PM September 1, 2023 Rishi Sunak has scored his lowest ever rating for how much of the public think he would make the best Prime Minister, according to new polling. The Conservative Party leader convinced just 32 per cent of the British population that he is the best choice for Prime Minister, pollsters at Savanta found, dropping two points [...]
Labour more trusted than Tories on Brexit and the economy, new poll finds August 29, 2023 Voters place more trust in Labour than the Conservatives on issues including the economy, tax policies, Brexit and unemployment, new polling has revealed. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party secured a higher trust rating than the Tories on nine out of ten issues that voters were polled on by YouGov for The Times. Prime Minister Rishi [...]
56 per cent of Brits expect Labour leader Keir Starmer to be next PM – with bleak picture for Tories: poll August 25, 2023 A majority of the public expects Sir Keir Starmer to become prime minister, a new poll has found. Some 56% of people told pollster Ipsos UK they thought it was “likely” the Labour leader would succeed Rishi Sunak, with only 28% saying they thought it was unlikely. That figure equals the previous high point for [...]
Labour raises £47m in donations as scrambled egg offensive pays off August 24, 2023 Labour’s success in raising £47m in donations over the past year shows it is “on course” ahead of a general election next year, sources say. According to figures published today by the Electoral Commission, Sir Keir Starmer’s party has built up a £47m war chest over the last year, trumping the Conservative Party, which saw [...]
Labour to water down gig economy pledges in business vote bid: reports August 18, 2023 Labour have watered down protections for workers’ rights in a bid to woo big business, it has been reported Sir Keir Starmer has rolled back his plans to create a single category of ‘worker’ for all but those genuinely self-employed, which was intended to secure “rights and protections” for all. But at the party’s national [...]
Avoid ULEZ options but tackle air pollution, Starmer says August 14, 2023 Cities should look at other options for tackling air pollution instead of schemes like London’s ULEZ (ultra low emission zone), Sir Keir Starmer has suggested. The Labour leader said no-one in the UK should be “breathing dirty air” but added that proposals for reducing air pollution should not have a disproportionate impact on people’s pockets [...]
Don’t ‘clobber’ Londoners with ULEZ, Rachel Reeves says July 27, 2023 Now is not the right time to “clobber” Londoners with the ULEZ charge, Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. The shadow chancellor has weighed in on the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) expansion row engulfing City Hall and Labour politics in the wake of the Uxbridge by-election defeat. She told the Sun she was [...]
Relax some net zero measures, says Michael Gove July 23, 2023 Top Conservative minister Michael Gove has called for some net zero measures to be relaxed as he warned against green policies becoming a “religious crusade”. Gove’s intervention came in the wake of a Labour defeat in the Uxbridge by-election which saw the victorious Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell run a single-issue campaign opposing the ULEZ rollout. [...]