Sir Keir Starmer has been spending more time removing portraits of “great strong conservative female leaders” rather than governing, Priti Patel said during the official launch of her Tory leadership bid on Friday, 30 August. The former home secretary’s remark came after the prime minister moved a £100,000 portrait ofContinue Reading
Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz shake hands as prime minister arrives in Berlin Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit emailContinue Reading
Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz shake hands as prime minister arrives in Berlin Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit emailContinue Reading
The UK’s largest Jewish community organisation has lambasted Tory MP Esther McVey over her “repugnant” use of a famed poem warning of the horrors of Nazi persecution to criticise plans to ban smoking in pub gardens. It emerged on Wednesday night that the government is considering a ban on outdoorContinue Reading
Nigel Farage has branded smokers the “heroes of the nation in terms of the amount of taxation they pay”, in response to a potential cigarettes ban outside pubs. The Reform UK leader lit up a cigarette outside the Westminster Arms shortly before 6pm on Thursday (29 August), less than 400mContinue Reading
Ministers are considering a ban on outdoor smoking as part of a way to end the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products for future generations, according to reports. Papers seen by The Sun, suggest that Sir Keir Starmer’s government is considering a ban in specific outdoor areas such asContinue Reading
Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz shake hands as prime minister arrives in Berlin Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit emailContinue Reading
Watch as Sir Keir Starmer meets French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday 29 August. The prime minister has travelled from Berlin, Germany to France as he undertakes two days of meetings designed to show the UK wants to “reset” its relationship with the European Union following years ofContinue Reading
The government has scrapped plans that would have allowed large numbers of badgers to be culled for at least a decade and is set to launch a fresh review of the policy. But conservationists are not celebrating yet because thousands of animals are still set to be killed this autumnContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised for lacking ambition in wanting to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU after he rejected free movement for under-30s and rejoining the students’ Erasmus scheme even before talks got underway. The prime minister made it clear he was not open to a dealContinue Reading
