When voters go to the polls in 107 local authorities across England on 2nd May, they will hold more than the fate of their local councillor or metro mayor in their ballot pencils. These elections in two weeks could well prove to
The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is bracing himself for a major Parliamentary revolt by Conservative backbenchers, including two former prime ministers and a string of former ministers, as he seeks to outlaw smoking for the young. Simon Clarke the former chief secretary
MP at centre of honeytrap scandal resigns from influential committees, but why has the PM not acted?
William Wragg, the MP as the centre of the Westminster honeytrap scandal, has finally announced his resignation as Vice-Chairman of the influential 1922 Committee, the body that oversaw the election of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minster. It has been reported that he
In a rare bit of good news for the embattled Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s much talked about Rwanda Bill sailed through its second reading in Parliament yesterday evening. A jubilant Down Street was relived that after days of wrangling by MPs on
Labour has pledged to establish a Flood Resilience Taskforce that will meet every winter ahead of the peak season for flooding. The COBRA-style taskforce will coordinate flooding preparation and resilience between central government, local authorities, local communities, and emergency services. Labour claims
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
LI remember well as a young lad in my hometown of Conwy,seeing from our kitchen door the searchlights spotting German planes bombing Liverpool and learning of the devastation they caused – so much suffering and deaths. At the bottom of our road,
The Conservative Government has claimed to have delivered on its manifesto pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officer. Publishing new figures that show 20,951 extra police officers have been recruited in England and Wales as part of the Conservative Government’s manifesto pledge,
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has claimed that an “anti-maths mindset” is holding the economy back, as he announced a major review of the subject in England. The review will be led by a new group of experts, including mathematicians and