Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report | Coronavirus
The UK has been hit much harder by the coronavirus pandemic than other developed countries because the NHS has been “severely weakened” by disastrous government policies over the past decade, a wide-ranging report due to be published this week will conclude. An NHS review by world-renowned surgeon Professor Ara Darzi, commissioned by Health Secretary Wes […]
Tory leadership frontrunners hit out at rivals’ promises to leave ECHR | Conservative leadership
The two front-runners for the Conservative leadership position have criticised their rivals for promising to withdraw from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as the race intensifies with just days to go before the first MPs are chosen to withdraw. Shadow Communities Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverley rejected the idea […]
Childminder married to Tory councillor pleads guilty to stirring up racial hatred | UK news
A nursery teacher married to a Conservative MP faces a “significant” prison sentence after admitting inciting racial hatred with inflammatory social media posts. Lucy Connolly, 41, from Northampton, tweeted her views about hotels holding asylum seekers on the same day that three girls were stabbed to death at a dance class in Southport. She said […]
The justice system is rising to challenge of UK riots – despite dire Tory legacy | Shabana Mahmood
ohOn Thursday I met with the Prime Minister at a mosque in Solihull. We met with members of defiant communities who have also been living in fear for the past week. I know their fears because I have felt the same fears. I know what it feels like to worry about your family and friends, […]
Angela Rayner unveils sweeping plans to tackle ‘scandal’ of Tory housing legacy | Housing
The government is due to announce a sweeping overhaul of town planning rules this week to encourage the building of more affordable homes as it confronts the economic and social legacy of 14 years of Conservative rule. Deputy First Minister Angela Rayner is due to present a new national planning policy framework to MPs on […]
New Sunak appointments mean four in 10 Tory MPs are on frontbench | Conservatives
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has appointed new MPs from among the vastly reduced Conservative membership in Westminster, meaning four in 10 Conservative MPs now sit on the party’s frontbench. Newcomers include Danny Kruger, co-chair of the right-wing Neo-Conservative group and now shadow defence secretary, and Alicia Kearns, a former chair of the House of Commons foreign […]
Rishi Sunak should stay as Tory leader until November, says senior Tory – UK politics live | Politics
Important Events In an interview on Times Radio this morning, Lisa NandyCulture Minister Nandy all but confirmed the football regulation bill would be included in Wednesday’s King’s Speech. Asked whether Labour would revive the bill, which was introduced by the previous government earlier this year but died when an election was called, he replied: “Yes, […]
Tory Party Smashed Itself by Betraying Voters
The British Conservative Party has betrayed its voters by getting rid of two-thirds of its elected members, a rising star MP told US conservatives on Monday. “We have a lot of [conservative] “There was nothing in the policy document and we did nothing,” Suella Braverman MP told the National Conservative Party Conference on July 8. […]
Almost half Tory members want merger with Reform UK, poll suggests, as leadership infighting escalates – UK politics live | Politics
good morning. Keir Starmer I will be in Washington to attend the NATO summit and make my debut on the world stage as prime minister. This will be a major diplomatic moment and a major policy challenge. My colleagues Pippa Crerar She was accompanied by reporters and, as reported in a feature in the Guardian, […]
David Cameron quits Tory frontbench as Sunak names interim top team | Conservatives
David Cameron has left Rishi Sunak’s frontbench job as the Conservative Party announces its interim shadow cabinet team ahead of the leadership election. The Conservative party announced that Lord Cameron, the former foreign secretary, and Richard Haldane, who led the Conservative party through its disastrous election campaign, had resigned from Mr Sunak’s top leadership team. […]