Boris Johnson to launch £1bn schools building programme June 28, 2020 Boris Johnson will announce a new schools and further education building programme worth more than £1bn tomorrow. The Prime Minister will announce that the first 50 projects of a ten-year rebuilding programme will get under way in 2020-21. A further £560m and £200m has also been earmarked for repairs and upgrades this year for schools [...]
UK’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill resigns June 28, 2020 The UK’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill has resigned from his three-pronged role as cabinet secretary, national security adviser and head of the civil service. Sedwill announced his resignation today and will step down from his role in September, after 30 years in the civil service. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has nominated Sedwill for [...]
Sir Keir Starmer overtakes Boris Johnson as preferred PM June 28, 2020 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has overtaken Boris Johnson in polling as the UK’s preferred prime minister for the first time. An Opinium Poll out last night showed 37 per cent of people thought Starmer would do a better job as prime minister, compared to 35 per cent for Johnson. Starmer has a +27 per [...]
Robert Jenrick warned by civil service about £1bn development before approving it June 28, 2020 Under fire housing secretary Robert Jenrick was urged by civil servants to block a controversial £1bn East London housing development by Tory donor Richard Desmond before he approved it. Jenrick went on to ignore the advice of his mandarins and instead reversed the Tower Hamlets Council’s decision to reject the planning application. The Sunday Times [...]
Boris Johnson prepares spending splurge for ‘thunderclap’ economic downturn June 28, 2020 Boris Johnson has pledged to spend tens of billions of pounds on a raft of infrastructure projects and jobs programmes to help the UK economy bounce back from the coronavirus crisis. Johnson said he would “double down” on his election commitment to “level up” the country and would fast track a swathe of infrastructure projects. [...]
Priti Patel confirms likely Leicester lockdown June 28, 2020 Leicester could become the first city to be placed into a local coronavirus lockdown, home secretary Priti Patel has confirmed. Patel said today that there had been a coronavirus flare up in a hospital and that “there will be support going into Leicester”. Speaking to the BBC, she said: “The health secretary [Matt Hancock] was in [...]
Exclusive: Lib Dems urge all UK retail banks to create ‘green accounts’ June 18, 2020 Acting Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called for all the UK’s high street banks and building societies to offer green accounts Davey said the entire UK banking sector should make environmentally sustainable banking available for everyone, with funds from green accounts “invested in green technology and the green economy, on projects like renewable energy [...]
Michael Gove ‘concerned’ at how few UK businesses have made Brexit preparations June 18, 2020 Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said he is worried about how few businesses have made Brexit preparations for the UK’s exit from the EU single market and customs union. Gove, the defacto Brexit minister, said today that figures showing that almost two-thirds of businesses had made no preparations for the end of the Brexit [...]
Brexit: UK ‘won’t hang around’ for a trade deal June 18, 2020 Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has warned the EU that the UK will not wait around for a post-Brexit trade deal and that negotiators are prepared to walk away from talks. Raab told LBC that the UK does not “want to hang around” and will not “wait for this to be dragged out into the autumn [...]
Dominic Raab says taking a knee comes from Game of Thrones June 18, 2020 Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said he would only “take the knee” for the Queen and his wife, while also mistakenly claiming the symbol comes from Game of Thrones. Black Lives Matter protesters have co-opted the symbol from former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who refused to stand during the American national anthem before games to [...]
