Rishi Sunak clashes with Laura Kuenssberg over inflation Rishi Sunak clashed with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg this morning in a grilling on the day the Tory conference kicks off. The Prime Minister faced questions on topics including the war on taxes, the war on motorists and net zero. But the pair repeatedly spoke over each other during the testy interview. […]

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been slammed for prioritising ULEZ over tackling the capital’s knife crime problem after a teenager was stabbed to death on her way to school. Richard Holden, the Roads Minister, on Thursday said that the Mayor should focus more on the city’s crime.  On Thursday, the parents of Elianne Andam, 15, described their daughter as the […]

Caroline Nokes says GB News should be ‘taken off air’ Conservative MP and GB News host Philip Davies has blasted his colleague Caroline Nokes for demanding the channel is “taken off air” in a row which threatens to fuel the civil war between factions of Tory MPs. Ms Nokes, chair of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, made her comments […]

Suella Braverman has gone head-to-head with Sir Elton John after she recently claimed that asylum seekers “pretend to be gay” in her latest outburst, with the singer accusing the Home Secretary of “legitimising hate” against LGBT+ people. Speaking to ITV’s Anushka Asthana in a pre-recorded interview for Peston, Ms Braverman said that operational evidence suggested people seeking asylum were purporting to […]

Kemi Badenoch discusses £600m BMW investment in UK A leading trade expert said that Britain will “definitely” hit Kemi Badenoch’s ambitious target of £1trillion a year in British exports by 2030 but could be doing even better with one important change. The analysis by Marco Forgione, Director General of the Institute of Export and International Trade (IoE) represents a massive […]

Nadine Dorries in ‘first TV interview since resigning’ Labour’s candidate in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election has been criticised by Tory chairman Greg Hands after sparking an official warning from the Charity Commission over his latest campaign video. Alistair Strathern, who is standing to replace Nadine Dorries in the crunch mid-term vote, posted a video from the Millennium Country Parkrun, in […]

Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to announce proposals which would force convicted rapists to serve their full sentence as part of a ‘gear change’ on crime. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk was reportedly asked to draw up the proposals and the changes are likely to be included in the King’s Speech in November and feature in a speech in the coming […]

Andrea Leadsom says Brexit ‘apologists’ MPS should leave PPA A group of academics, commissioned by France and Germany to explore future EU reforms, has proposed a multi-tiered membership system for the European Union. The proposal, which includes an “EU lite” category for countries like the UK, has emerged as the EU considers expanding from 27 to 36 members due to […]

Ms Harman already leads the House of Commons Privileges Committee and oversaw an inquiry that found Mr Johnson “misled” Parliament over parties in Downing Street. The former Prime Minister announced his resignation as an MP after learning that the Committee planned to recommend his suspension from the Commons for 90 days. Mr Johnson’s supporters condemned the inquiry as a witch-hunt. […]

Nations across the globe must work together to tackle a massive increase in illegal migration and people smuggling, Home Secretary Suella Braverman will tell a Washington audience this week. She will warn that institutions set up after the Second World War to ensure refugees were given a safe haven are no longer “fit for purpose”. Her comments are likely to […]