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Tory MPs pile pressure on Sunak to retain green policies July 25, 2023 Senior Tory MPs have warned Rishi Sunak against backing away from policies aimed at tackling climate change. Labour’s loss in the recent Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election has been interpreted by some as a de-facto referendum on the controversial ULEZ expansion. Danny Beales, who lost to the Conservative candidate Steve Tuckwell by just 495 votes, [...]
Date for petrol car ban ‘immovable,’ says Michael Gove July 25, 2023 The 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales is an immovable deadline, Cabinet minister Michael Gove has insisted after Rishi Sunak cast doubt on the policy. The Housing Secretary warned costly plans to tackle the climate crisis could create a “backlash” as ministers come under pressure from the Tory right to relax existing pledges. Amid [...]
A housebuilding revolution has many advantages – growth being one July 25, 2023 Go to tech conferences, and much of the buzz revolves around ‘Web 3.0,’ a catch-all term for the future of the internet that even when pushed most of its proponents struggle to define. Perhaps, then, we should be grateful that government continues to tootle along with plain-old 2.0. It’s two years or so since Rishi [...]
Don’t let the eco-sceptics bend Sunak’s ear against green investment July 24, 2023 Months later, Rishi Sunak is yet to set out a plan to compete with the billions Joe Biden has offered climate-friendly firms in the UK, writes Cameron Smith
UK inflation will top Bank of England two per cent target until end of 2024, EY claims July 24, 2023 Inflation will top the Bank of England’s two per cent target for over a year, hobbling UK economic growth and eroding workers’ finances, new forecasts out today claim. Prices are set to ease much slower than previously expected due to food and energy costs remaining elevated, according to consultancy the EY Item Club. UK inflation [...]
Sunak vows to meet one million new homes promise amid shortfall warnings July 24, 2023 Rishi Sunak has vowed his government will meet a Conservative manifesto pledge to build one million new homes before the end of this parliament. The Prime Minister made the promise ahead of a speech by housing and levelling up secretary Michael Gove on measures to slash red tape on loft conversions and extensions. It comes [...]
Starmer’s ULEZ meddling shows Labour still has a lot to learn July 24, 2023 Only the Labour Party could turn a night in which they overturned a 20,000 majority Tory seat in Yorkshire into an almighty row over a tax on fewer than 10 per cent of outer London’s cars. The Conservatives’ narrow victory in Uxbridge, which had at least something (but by no means all) to do with [...]
Brits want to stop the boats, but they also want closer trade ties with the EU July 24, 2023 Sunak's new laws to stop illegal immigration via boats on the Channel is overwhelming popular among voters, but those same people also want a warmer relationship with Europe, writes Eliot Wilson.
Bring Commonwealth Games to London, says capital business body July 23, 2023 London is the “ideal city” to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, a top business lobby body has said. The £3.5bn, 12-day event was meant to be held in the Australian state of Victoria but premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the region had pulled out after costs tripled. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said London “stands [...]
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. [...]