The UK’s inflation rate dropped sharply last month to its lowest level in two years. The Office for National Statistics confirmed this morning that consumer prices in the year to October were 4.6 per cent higher than the year before, but this
Even by by-election standards, last night’s results were a disaster for the Conservative Government. Losing Tamworth, a bell weather seat, whose MP resigned after an eight-week suspension for drunkenly groping two men, is one thing, but to lose the ultra-safe Mid-Bedfordshire, is
On Monday the MP for North Norfolk, Duncan Baker, held an adjournment debate titled, ‘Light Pollution and Protecting Our Dark Skies.’ The debate focused not just on the impact of light pollution on the UK’s nocturnal wildlife, but also touch on how
As the banners and security hoardings are taken down from around the Conservative Party’s Manchester Conference venue, two lingering questions remain, can the Rishi Sunak win the next election and has his 7,500-word conference speech helped or hindered? Let me start, with
“Cowardly” senior politicians should stop ignoring the evidence and stand-up for marriage by ditching anti-family policies that penalise poor couples who tie the knot and embrace radical “Hungarian style” reforms to boost marriage rates, says a major new study from Marriage Foundation.
The Westminster Government must listen to parents over their concerns about new Relationships and Sex Education Regulations being imposed on post-primary schools and stop treating Northern Ireland differently to other parts of the United Kingdom according to the findings of a major
In recent years, the political landscape in the United Kingdom has experienced significant shifts and realignments. One such development has been the dominance in Scotland of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Under their two previous leaders, Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon the
In January, in what was largely seen as a “reset” the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, delivered a keynote speech promising to deliver “peace of mind” to the public, even as his government grappled with war in Ukraine, a cost of livingcrisis and
The Labour Party claims a Treasury fund originally designed to profit from the Bank of England’s quantitative easing programme has turned from a £73.6 billion asset into a £177.6 billion liability in the space of just three years. The black hole in the Treasury’s bond fund
Labour has today set out plans to deliver a national Warm Homes Plan which would boost job opportunities for almost four million workers, including those working in construction and other skilled trades as well as those joining these professions over the coming
