V oters in Boris Johnson’s former constituency have said they are turning away from the Tories as Labour tries to win the seat for the first time in its history. Some passers-by in the centre of Uxbridge, at the heart of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency where a by-electionContinue Reading
Bus Éireann is to spend €30 million installing electric chargers for buses in regional towns and cities. As the Irish Examiner reports, the transport body is seeking to assemble a panel of companies for the supply, installation, and maintenance of specialised electric vehicle chargers for buses by the year 2035.Continue Reading
T he UK will provide an extra £16 million of humanitarian aid to Ukraine after a dam collapsed in the south of the country. Flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam near Kherson has directly affected 32,000 people. Ukraine has accused Russia of blowing up the dam. TheContinue Reading
Wexford General Hospital’s emergency department is to reopen next month following a major fire in March. The HSE has confirmed that the hospital’s emergency department (ED) will reopen on July 25th. The ED was forced to close on March 1st due to the damaging large parts of the facility. ItContinue Reading
B oris Johnson has resigned as an MP with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. The former Prime Minister said he was quitting parliament “at least for now” because he was “bewildered and appalled” at the Privileges Committee’s investigation into him. The Privileges CommitteeContinue Reading
B oris Johnson’s notebooks could be withheld from the former prime minister to stop him from handing over unredacted documents to the Covid inquiry, Government lawyers have appeared to suggest. Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett had given the Government until Friday to set out its position on whether it would submitContinue Reading
A report into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs over his partygate assurances will be published “promptly” after the former prime minister’s decision to dramatically quit the Commons. The Commons Privileges Committee said the cross-party panel of MPs will meet on Monday to complete its inquiry. It comes after Mr JohnsonContinue Reading
Boris Johnson said he was quitting his seat and triggering an immediate by-election because he was “bewildered and appalled” at the Privileges Committee’s investigation into him. He said he had received a letter from the committee which is investigating whether he lied to MPs over partygate “making it clear, muchContinue Reading
The former prime minister’s list also includes Tory candidate for Mayor of London Shaun Bailey and Parliamentary hairdresser Kelly Jo Dodge. Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries and Sir Alok Sharma, president of the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, were absent from the list, following reports the Government cut them atContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak is expected to address a conference of Conservatives in the north of England later, as senior Tories seek signs of Government commitment to levelling up pledges. The Prime Minister, fresh from his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington, is expected in Doncaster on Friday afternoonContinue Reading
