L abour’s overwhelming win in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election could put the party on course for Downing Street if it is replicated across Scotland, polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice has said. Labour candidate Michael Shanks won Scotland’s first recall by-election after securing more than twice the votesContinue Reading
T he Government’s Network North rail plan has been described as a “shambles” after apparent pledges were watered down or dropped altogether a day after being announced. A pledge of “£100m for a mass transit system for Bristol” appeared in documents on the Government website on Wednesday but had disappearedContinue Reading
T he commissioners appointed to oversee Birmingham City Council after it declared itself in financial distress last month have been announced. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) wrote to the city council’s chief executive, Deborah Cadman, on Thursday to inform her that leading local government figure MaxContinue Reading
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used his speech at the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday to confirm he has axed Phases 2a and 2b of the high-speed railway. Mr Cameron said the decision would fuel the view that Britain is “heading in the wrong direction”, while Mr Osborne stated he agreedContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak has faced criticism from his predecessors in Number 10 for losing a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” by cancelling the northern leg of HS2. The Prime Minister defied senior Tories and business leaders to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester saying “the facts have changed” and the cost of theContinue Reading
H S2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged in 2009. Here is a timeline of key events: – January 2009 Labour establishes HS2 Ltd to examine the case for a new high-speed rail line. – December 2010 A consultation on a route for HS2 from London to BirminghamContinue Reading
A Government minister has criticised Susan Hall for claiming Jewish Londoners are “frightened” of Sadiq Khan. Business minister Nusrat Ghani said Conservatives should not “stoop” to using the “language of fear and demeaning our political opponents” when asked about remarks made by the Tory Mayoral candidate. Ms Hall is challengingContinue Reading
A majority of the British public think Rishi Sunak is doing a bad job delivering on his priorities as the Prime Minister prepares to address his party’s annual conference. Mr Sunak began the year setting out five priorities of halving inflation, growing the economy, cutting government debt, shortening NHS waitingContinue Reading
A prominent London Conservative was removed by security from Suella Braverman’s speech at the party’s conference on Tuesday, after calling it “trash”. Andrew Boff, chair of the London Assembly, was filmed heckling the home secretary when she described “gender ideology” as a “poison” in modern Britain. Mr Boff, who hasContinue Reading
T he Conservative candidate for London mayor Susan Hall has been accused of “dog whistle” politics after suggesting some Jewish Londoners are “frightened” of Sadiq Khan. Ms Hall, speaking at at the Conservative Friends of Israel event at the Tory conference in Manchester on Monday, said: “I know how frightenedContinue Reading
