Jeremy Corbyn clashes with Theresa May over her flagship grammar schools plan September 14, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has clashed with Theresa May over her plans to push for new grammar schools, increasing the pressure on her flagship reforms. Earlier today London mayor Sadiq Khan called on May to drop to her first major policy as Prime Minister, which she has described as a key part of Britain becoming “the great meritocracy”. [...]
Labour has secured a top role in overseeing the Brexit process, with a party MP set to chair a new select committee September 14, 2016 Labour has secured a plum role in the oversight of government Brexit policy, with an MP from Jeremy Corbyn's party set to chair a new select committee on leaving the EU, following an agreement between party whips. Read More: Chuka Umunna to bid for Home Affairs committee leadership The committee will shadow David Davis' new Department [...]
Sadiq Khan calls on Theresa May to axe her school reform plans September 14, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the government to drop plans to open new grammar schools. Speaking in City Hall today, Khan rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's claims that reintroducing the schools, along with the associated testing for students, would raise standards. Instead, he warned the programme would inevitably lead to segregation. Only four per [...]
David Davis puts the government on collision course with the House of Lords over Brexit approval September 13, 2016 Brexit secretary David Davis has put the government on collision course with the House of Lords after slapping down demands from a committee of peers for a parliamentary vote on Brexit. The House of Lords constitutional committee today warned that the government should not trigger Britain's departure from the EU without “explicit parliamentary approval”. The Lords [...]
The government is set to rule out an ambitious plan to protect Tata’s steel pensioners with legal reforms September 13, 2016 The government is inching away from Tata Steel's preferred plans for dealing with its £15bn pension scheme. The Department for Work and Pensions closed a consultation into the future of the British Steel Pensions Scheme in late June, and both Tata and trustees have been pushing for the scheme to be hived off. The scheme [...]
The UK’s EU referendum was the biggest nationwide vote since John Major was elected in 1992 September 13, 2016 June's Brexit referendum saw a higher turnout than any UK-wide vote for more than 20 years, the Electoral Commission has revealed. The figures confirmed that a massive 72.2 per cent of voters showed up to vote on 23 June, with almost 26.3m votes cast at polling stations. It means the referendum dwarfed every election since John [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could see his constituency scrapped under new boundary proposals September 13, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing another blow as he enters his second year as Labour leader, with the Boundary Commission revealed plans to scrap his constituency, even as polls show a yawning divide between his party and the government. Figures from pollster ICM yesterday showed his party trailing the Conservatives by 13 points at [...]
As Cameron steps down, Osborne plots a way to protect his own political legacy September 12, 2016 Former chancellor George Osborne is close to launching a new think tank to keep alive one of his flagship policies, City A.M. can exclusively reveal. Osborne is said to be in the final stages of establishing a project focused on his Northern Powerhouse agenda, a central tenet of his economic and political thinking, designed to boost [...]
David Cameron is standing down as an MP just months after resigning as Prime Minister September 12, 2016 Former Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down as an MP. Cameron has represented the Oxfordshire seat of Witney since 2001, and served as Prime Minister from 2010 up to this Summer, when he was replaced by Theresa May. Cameron informed May of his decision to step down earlier this afternoon, and told ITV News that he [...]
Conservatives handed a 13 point lead over Labour as Corbyn marks a year in office September 12, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn today marked one year since his election to the Labour leadership, but was handed dispriting news by the polls, which show his party trailing Theresa May's Conservatives by 13 points. Figures from an ICM poll commissioned by the Guardian put the Labour on 28 per cent, behind the Tories at 41 per cent. [...]
