D owning Street has appointed Oliver Dowden as Deputy Prime Minister, replacing Dominic Raab who resigned earlier in the day following a report into claims he bullied colleagues. The Cabinet secretary moves up to become Rishi Sunak’s right-hand man, while Alex Chalk has been named the new Justice Secretary inContinue Reading
T he Deputy Prime Minister has resigned from Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet, following the conclusion of an inquiry into bullying allegations. In a post on Twitter on Friday morning, Dominic Raab, who is also the Justice Secretary, said he had “called for the inquiry and undertook to resign, if it madeContinue Reading
E xtinction Rebellion has promised to avoid disrupting the London Marathon as it prepares for “40,000 to 50,000” activists to protest in the capital while the race is on. The group is staging a four-day protest outside Parliament Square from Friday but has been in talks with the marathon raceContinue Reading
After being accused of “dither”, the Prime Minister was taking a second day to determine whether he will kick Mr Raab out of his Cabinet as he reviews senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC’s investigation. Mr Sunak received the report on Thursday morning but Downing Street was unable to say ifContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak has been accused of “dither” as he delayed a decision over Dominic Raab’s fate after receiving the findings of an inquiry into whether the Deputy Prime Minister bullied officials. Mr Raab has read the report handed to Downing Street on Thursday morning and maintains that he hasContinue Reading
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that the Government expects senior civil servant Robert Watt to carry out the findings of a report into a botched secondment. The secretary general of the Department of Health rejected the findings of an external report into an attempt last year to second former chiefContinue Reading
M ichael Gove has warned shareholders in cladding companies that the firms will face “severe consequences” if no post-Grenfell financial support package is forthcoming. The Housing Secretary has written to Kingspan, Arconic and Saint-Gobain investors, the Department of Housing confirmed on Thursday, to call on shareholders to use their “positionContinue Reading
It’s not just tens of thousands of classic films being left behind by the move to ditch DVDs—it’s people too.Continue Reading
A ny move to allow ministers to ignore European Court of Human Rights orders stopping the removal of migrants would undermine the rule of law, a former top judge has warned. Lord Thomas, a former Lord Chief Justice and cross-bench peer, expressed deep reservations amid reports that the Government hasContinue Reading
T he Government has reportedly caved to backbench Tory rebels and agreed to amend its controversial Illegal Migration Bill, allowing ministers to ignore European judges in certain situations. A group of Conservative MPs say they have reached a deal with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to change new rules for removingContinue Reading
