Brexit: Starmer will seek overhaul of Boris Johnson’s trade deal September 18, 2023 In an interview with the Financial Times, Starmer said he will "attempt to get a much better deal for the UK" in 2025, when the current arrangements come up for review.
A culture secretary who has never been to a football match is a welcome relief September 18, 2023 Our obsession with football in politics has given it an outsized dominance in the Culture Secretary's brief, writes Eliot Wilson
Basic competence a first step – then Tories can afford ideology September 18, 2023 Liz Truss has been accused of many things over the past year, but nobody could level any accusations about her willingness to front up. Many politicians would have retired, tail very much between legs, to the outer reaches of our public life and sought the quiet life. Not Truss, who today will reassert her position [...]
Truss: Tories have let the left capture economic consensus – and Sunak’s no better September 17, 2023 LIZ TRUSS will warn today that a lack of supply side reform under Rishi Sunak will lengthen a 25-year-long ‘economic consensus’ that has seen growth effectively flatline across the west.
Murdoch executives ‘told Sunak not to resign’ after partygate fine September 16, 2023 Rishi Sunak was persuaded not to quit as chancellor over his fine for breaking lockdown laws after an intervention by media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s executives, it has been claimed. The claim is detailed in a new book by the Telegraph’s political editor and published by the newspaper on Friday. It is the latest report to [...]
UK will not follow Biden’s ‘subsidy bowl’ economic policy, Chancellor says September 16, 2023 The government’s £500m intervention into Britain’s biggest steelworks is not a sign that ministers are set to follow Joe Biden’s “subsidy bowl” economic policy, the Chancellor has said. Jeremy Hunt insisted that the financial backing for Tata, the Indian conglomerate owner of the Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales, came after “very credible commitments” were [...]
Ex-Kemi Badenoch advisor: Government ‘does not know, nor really care’ about business issues September 15, 2023 A former adviser to Kemi Badenoch has made a string of criticisms of her former boss and government business policy
Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond joins exodus of Tory MPs quitting at next election September 15, 2023 Stephen Hammond has become the latest MP to confirm they will call it quits at the next election. The Wimbledon MP and former minister will join a Conservative exodus, with more than 40 announcing that they will not defend their seat in an election that is likely to take place next year. In a letter [...]
Another HS2 mess: Downing Street refuses to guarantee it will run to Manchester September 14, 2023 Downing Street has refused to guarantee the HS2 railway line will run to Manchester as planned.
Rolls-Royce AI lead replaces Sir Patrick Vallance as national technology adviser September 14, 2023 A former Rolls-Royce technology officer who led on AI is set to replace Sir Patrick Vallance as the government’s national technology adviser. Dr Dave Smith, previously managing director of the software firm Roke that developed Hawkeye, will work on integrating academic and industry expertise with the government. Dr Smith told City A.M. he wanted to [...]