N igel Farage has not denied a report that he isn’t wealthy enough to hold an account at private bank Coutts. The Brexit leader fell below the financial threshold needed to hold a Coutts account, and was offered a standard account at NatWest instead, the BBC reported on Tuesday. TheContinue Reading
C ouncillors in Orkney have voted to back a motion to explore the future governance of the islands. Orkney Islands Council leader Councillor James Stockan proposed a motion that instructs the local authority’s officers to publish a report on different options available to the islands, including exploring previous “Nordic connections”.Continue Reading
The Tory former cabinet minister will seek to table his Republic of Somaliland (Recognition) Bill on Tuesday, with the aim to challenge the diplomatic inertia that has kept the East African nation unrecognised on the international stage for decades. Somaliland, a self-declared independent state in the north-western part of Somalia,Continue Reading
A Labour government will ensure that community decisions are taken by “people with skin in the game”, according to the party’s deputy leader. Angela Rayner is expected to use a speech on Tuesday to pledge that a Sir Keir Starmer premiership will give local people a “bigger stake” in theContinue Reading
T he Foreign Secretary hailed the “close and friendly” co-operation between London and Brussels in a speech to EU parliamentarians. James Cleverly said the “level of trust” between him and European Commission diplomat Maros Sefcovic was part of the reason the Windsor Framework was secured. He accepted that it hadContinue Reading
A n under-threat police station in Boris Johnson’s old constituency is set to remain open, after London Mayor Sadiq Khan intervened to save it weeks before a crunch by-election. Local campaigners have long opposed the potential closure of the police station, with the former prime minister using a rare CommonsContinue Reading
S tate schools in England have paid recruitment agencies more than £8 billion in fees since 2010, Labour has said. It came as Sir Keir Starmer’s party promised that its plan to address growing concerns over the retention and recruitment of teachers would save taxpayers billions of pounds. Labour hasContinue Reading
T ributes have been paid to a “true public servant of the highest integrity”, Lord Bob Kerslake, after his family announced he has died. The former head of the civil service, 68, died on Saturday after “a short battle with cancer”, his “devastated” sister Ros Kerslake CBE said in aContinue Reading
A new package of measures to recruit and retain teachers in English schools would lead to “world-class teaching for every child”, Labour has said. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to use a speech next week to promise to reinstate the requirement for new teachers to have or to be workingContinue Reading
L iz Truss is set to launch a new taskforce of economists aimed at finding solutions to sluggish growth in the West. The new Growth Commission, which will be launched later this month, has been convened by Ms Truss as an independent body to help tackle the causes of lowContinue Reading
