Johnson’s cunning plan to boost COP26 attendance
With concerns over world leaders turning down the opportunity to attend COP26, Boris Johnson has a sudden change of heart over covid lockdowns as part of a cunning plan to boost attendance.
‘I want more out of every country’ says Sharma as expectations managed ahead of COP26
As more than 190 countries and 25,000 delegates gather at the COP26 summit today, the conference’s President-designate, Alok Sharma, has urged world leaders to step up. “This is obviously a very big tough ask we’ve got here in Glasgow, … I want more out of every country”. Appearing on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips on Sunday […]
Average household will pay £3,000 more in tax by 2027, says think tank
The Chancellor has set the stage for a new high tax economy – rather than the high wage economy pledged by the Prime Minister, or the low tax one favoured by many Conservative MPs – the Resolution Foundation said today in its overnight analysis of the 2021 Budget and Spending Review unveiled yesterday. The report […]
Boris cuts Sunak down to size
Budget day has arrived, and it appears Boris Johnson may be sizing up the competition of the man who will be holding the famous red box on the steps of Downing Street. A senior MP has suggested to the media in recent weeks that Simon Clarke’s (6 foot 7 inches tall) appointment as chief secretary […]
Michael Gove sees the funny side of Boris Johnson jibe
Michael Gove saw the funny side of Labour’s jibe about ‘torpedoing’ Boris Johnson, when he was asked about the government’s controversial planning reforms in the House of Commons this afternoon. The new housing secretary notoriously sabotaged Boris Johnson’s first attempt to become prime minister, by launching his own failed leadership bid following David Cameron’s Brexit-inflicted […]
Starmer strikes up conciliatory tone during sombre PMQs
“After the week we’ve just had, I really don’t want to resort to that kind of knock-about.”
The quest for a four-day working week
It could have been so different. Back in 2019, two leaders on the opposite ends of the political spectrum pitched their vision to their country. Boris Johnson boldly set out his stall: “Get Brexit done”. Jeremy Corbyn promised to empower workers’ rights. The public emphatically chose Johnson. Nearly two years later, could the prime minister […]
Johnson says Conservatives will have the ‘guts’ to tackle ‘aching’ inequality
In his keynote address to the Conservative party’s annual conference this afternoon in Manchester, the Prime Minister outlined his hope to reform the UK economy by tackling regional inequality and slammed Labour’s policies on drugs, crime and the economy. In his first in-person conference speech since the 2019 general election, he began by paying tribute […]
Boris Johnson conference speech: As it happened
Boris Johnson conference speech: LIVE
End to Universal Credit uplift sparks widespread criticism
The £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit introduced in April 2020 will end today. The top-up was intended as a temporary measure to help people on low incomes during the pandemic, but many have urged the government not to scrap it. The exact date the money will stop being paid will vary depending on […]
