Boris Johnson conference speech: LIVE 10:30am – After Starmer’s successful show in Brighton last week, can Boris beat him? Usually parties get a bounce after their conferences, but after the infighting at the Labour conference and misplaced positivity in the face of a tough winter at the Conservative conference, both parties might feel like they could…
In his keynote speech at the Conservative party’s annual conference in Manchester this afternoon, Chancellor Rishi Sunak defended the government’s tax rise, said Brexit was in the UK’s long-term interests, and announced an artificial intelligence scholarship scheme. He began with the line “Whatever it takes …” saying this phrase was what defined his introduction to…
With the Conservative party conference opening in Manchester today, Johnson gave the usual pre-conference interview to Andrew Marr this morning. The political backdrop to this interview and the Conservative conference more broadly is widely understood to hold several problems for our PM. He is currently grappling with shortages across the economy as well as the…
Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ program on Friday, transport secretary Grant Shapps reaffirmed the government’s line that ongoing labour shortages are “a distribution issue”. Pointing to how the market was working to solve the shortage of drivers, Shapps commented, “A lot of people are coming into the market…. There is a lot of…
Boris Johnson has just reshuffled his cabinet, bringing some new faces to the fore. But how many members of the new cabinet can you name? Good luck! The post Can you name the new cabinet? appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
