Rishi Sunak unveils interim shadow cabinet as Holden and Cameron resign
Rishi Sunak has announced his interim shadow cabinet after the Conservative Party’s historic election defeat last week.
Richard Holden and Douglas Ross compound the Conservatives’ election woes
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this essential election briefing. Another day, another Conservative election calamity: just in case you thought Rishi Sunak’s re-election bid couldn’t get any more hectic, Douglas Ross announced his intention to resign as leader of the Scottish Tories this morning. More […]
New Conservative chairman calls for unity as he stresses ‘I’m on the party right’
The new Conservative Party chairman has issued a call for unity this morning as yesterday’s reshuffle continues to face criticism from MPs from the party right. Richard Holden, who replaced Greg Hands as chairman at Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle yesterday, was questioned this morning about the PM’s apparent pivot to the centre ground and the […]
Renting shake-up will strike ‘right balance’ between the rights of tenants and rights of communities, minister vows
The long-promised renters’ (reform) bill will be published later today almost three-and-a-half years after the government was elected on a manifesto promising to end “no-fault” evictions. Among the new proposals, no-fault, or Section 21, evictions which currently allow landlords to take back possession from tenants without giving a reason will be scrapped, with housing secretary […]
Wallace announces security review, as minister suggests ‘it’s possible’ China has sent ‘spy balloons’ to the UK
Defence secretary Ben Wallace has announced a security review after a series of objects in Western airspace were shot down by the US military, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon. The review will assess the dangers posed by suspicious flying objects and will work with the US and other partners to analyse intelligence. The review […]
Minister dismisses IMF warning that the UK economy is set for sharp contraction as ‘wrong’
The UK is set to be the world’s worst-performing big economy this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its latest World Economic Outlook update, the IMF downgraded its UK GDP forecast, predicting a contraction of 0.6 per cent. The new outlook for the year puts the UK behind its counterparts in the […]
