Tory MP: Let supermarkets suffer to bring back the village shop October 3, 2021 A Conservative MP has today said it is in the UK’s “long-term interest” for supermarkets to face crippling shortages and that he would like more local producers to be able to sell their milk in village shops. West Dorset MP Chris Loder told a fringe event at the Tory party conference in Manchester that it [...]
Tory MP says supermarket shortages are in UK’s ‘long-term interest’ October 3, 2021 A Conservative MP has today said it is in the UK’s “long-term interest” for supermarkets to face crippling shortages and that he would like more local producers to be able to sell their milk in village shops. West Dorset MP Chris Loder told a fringe event at the Tory party conference in Manchester that it [...]
Liz Truss lays out plan to strengthen west against China and other ‘malign actors’ October 3, 2021 Liz Truss has used her Conservative party conference speech to vow that “Britain’s best days lie ahead” as she plots out a new “network of liberty” to hit back against authoritarian foes. The foreign secretary said she wanted to create a series of new security alliances – similar to the recently signed Australia, UK and [...]
Liz Truss: A UK-US trade deal not ‘the be all and end all’ October 3, 2021 Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said signing a UK-US trade deal is not “the be all and end all”, after negotiations stalled this year. The former international trade secretary told a fringe event at the Conservative conference in Manchester that there are many other trade agreements the UK can close post-Brexit, apart from the long [...]
Boris Johnson admits UK shortages are here to stay until Christmas October 3, 2021 Boris Johnson has admitted the UK’s goods shortages will likely last until Christmas, while adding that “we need to see” a “period of adjustment” post-Brexit. The Prime Minister said today that he would not “pull the lever” of more immigration in the short-term to stop the lorry driver shortages. Petrol shortages are still being seen [...]
City of London Corporation may U-turn on decision to remove slaver statues September 30, 2021 Statues of a slave owner and slave trader from the 18th century may remain at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall headquarters, despite initially deciding to take them down earlier this year. The statues of Sir John Cass and William Beckford were going to be removed in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests [...]
Sunak to unveil £500m grants to ease cost of living for UK’s poorest September 30, 2021 Rishi Sunak is set to announce £500m in grants to help the country’s poorest during the current cost of living crisis the UK is facing. The chancellor is expected to announce in his Tory party conference speech next week that it will be put in place to help households cope with costs over what is [...]
Labour: Triggering article 16 of Northern Ireland Protocol would be ‘tragic’ September 29, 2021 It would be “tragic” if the government triggers article 16 of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol and suspends the treaty, according to Emily Thornberry. The shadow international trade secretary today said the government needed to dial down its constant threats to rip up the protocol as UK-EU negotiations over its implementation continue. Negotiations between the [...]
Labour conference: Now comes the hard part for Keir Starmer September 29, 2021 Fourteen heckles, seventeen standing ovations and 90 minutes of Sir Keir Starmer speaking about tools, looms and robotic exoskeletons. That was how the Labour conference ended today, with a speech that finally finished the Corbyn-era and put the party back on the long road to government. Let us not forget that last year’s conference had [...]
Starmer promises ‘strong economy’ and tells Johnson to ‘get a grip or get out of the way’ September 29, 2021 Sir Keir Starmer has vowed in his party conference speech to “never again under my leadership go into an election with a manifesto that is not a serious plan for government”, while promising four times to deliver a “strong economy”. The Labour leader said “the good society and the strong economy” are “partners” as he [...]
