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  • End in sight for US-China trade war with ‘framework’ announced in London 

    June 11, 2025

    The US and China have agreed on a “framework” by which to implement a trade truce after two days of “marathon negotiations” in London.  Details from the framework agreed on Tuesday have yet to be released, but US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik said it put “meat on the bones” of the Geneva deal, which lowered [...]

  • Reeves vows to ‘renew’ Britain as Tories say it’s just ‘borrow and spend’

    June 10, 2025

    Rachel Reeves is expected to focus on regional growth as she unveils £113bn in capital investment as part of her Spending Review on Wednesday. The Chancellor will outline some of the government’s key priorities and will pledge investment aimed at ensuring “people can see a doctor when they need one, know that they are secure [...]

  • Israeli ministers face UK sanctions over Gaza stance

    June 10, 2025

    Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich were sanctioned by the UK government over “monstrous” comments on Gaza and the use of violence to expand control in the West Bank. Ben-Gvir, Israeli security minister, and Smotrich, the finance minister, will face financial sanctions – their assets will be frozen – as well as a travel [...]

  • Conservatives defy claims the party is ‘dying’ with millions in fundraising

    June 10, 2025

    The Tory party raised £3.4m in donations in the first quarter of 2025, surpassing all other parties’ fundraising efforts and defying claims the party was ‘dying’. In addition to short money – meaning taxpayer and electoral commission funding – the Tories received £5.5m in the three months to end March. In the last quarter of [...]

  • Reform UK: TalkTV’s David Bull to replace Zia Yusuf as chairman

    June 10, 2025

    TalkTV host David Bull has been tapped as Reform UK’s new chairman on Tuesday morning. Bull is a long-standing member of both Reform and the Brexit party, and was previously deputy leader of the party between 2021 and 2004, alongside Ben Habib. He was also a Member of the European Parliament for six months in [...]

  • London to lose out on major local growth funding in Spending Review 

    June 10, 2025

    The London Mayor has doubled down on his crusade against the terms mandated by the Treasury’s Spending Review amid concerns over losing access to local growth funds. London and other English regions could lose access to the £2.6bn UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Growth Hub Funding, and the £4.8bn Levelling-Up Fund.  A source close to the [...]

  • Green light for Sizewell C as £14.2bn to go to major nuclear project as part of Spending Review

    June 10, 2025

    The UK’s nuclear energy capacity is set to receive a major boost after the government confirmed it would put up the funds for the Sizewell C plant, ending months of uncertainty. Funding for the project is set to be announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves alongside a decision on the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition at [...]

  • Fresh blow for Rachel Reeves as voters scorn growth plans

    June 10, 2025

    A dwindling number of Brits have confidence that the government can deliver on its plans for economic growth, fresh polling has found, laying bare the scale of Rachel Reeves’ challenge to restore voter trust as she prepares to unveil the Spending Review on Wednesday. Just 22 per cent of Brits have some confidence in the [...]

  • Reform and Conservative supporters are open to an alliance, City AM poll finds 

    June 10, 2025

    Over half of Reform and Conservative voters support a merger or deal between the two parties, fresh polling by Freshwater Strategy and City AM has found, as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch wrestles to contain the surge in support for her upstart rivals in the wake of the local elections. The prospect of a ‘unite the [...]

  • Employment rights minister denies bill will deter hiring

    June 9, 2025

    Labour’s employment rights minister has insisted that the government’s Employment Rights Bill won’t scare firms out of hiring, amid growing concern among businesses over the impact of rising costs and bureaucracy. Key private sector voices warn the bill will deter hiring, with more than half of employers polled by the Institute of Directors (IoD) warning [...]

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