Veteran Brexiteer Sir William Cash has accused the prime minister of only scrapping “trivial” EU laws after the government U-turned on its post-Brexit “bonfire” of regulations last week. Sir William, who serves as chairman of the European scrutiny committee, has criticised the PM in a letter following the government’s decision to water down the axing
Suella Braverman will be among those gathering at the National Conservatism Conference today, where she will challenge the prime minister to deliver the Conservative manifesto promise to reduce net migration so that Britain does not forget how to “do things for ourselves”. The home secretary will use the speech to warn her cabinet colleagues against
Those travelling to the Eurovision Song Contest and the FA Cup Final by rail could find their trains cancelled by a series of strikes, after the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, ASLEF, called more walk-outs in May and June. Staff will stop work at more than a dozen train operators
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has quit after a report found misogyny, harassment and bullying in the pro-Welsh independence party. It follows months of difficulties within Plaid, including allegations of a toxic working culture. In his resignation letter, Mr Price said he felt “morally bound” to step down as leader following a recent report which
The government has announced a climbdown over its post-Brexit plans to remove EU laws from the British statute book by the end of the year. The EU retained law bill, which is currently going through parliament and recently passed its commons stages, was set to automatically remove any EU laws at the end of 2023
The government’s controversial illegal migration bill returns for its second reading in the House of Lords today. In a rare intervention, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is included on a list of 87 speakers and he is expected to argue against the bill. The legislation is designed to help fulfil prime minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge
After Sir Keir Starmer signalled yesterday that Labour would ditch his pledge to abolish tuition fees, a shadow minister has said that it is important to recognise “the system” on university tuition is “broken”. But, speaking to Sky News this morning, shadow financial secretary to the treasury James Murray defended Sir Keir’s U-turn on tuition
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is confident that partygate investigator Sue Gray has not “broken any rules” during the process that led up to her appointment as the Leader of the Opposition’s chief of staff. It comes as the cabinet office will later publish an update into the “circumstances leading to the resignation of
Foreign secretary James Cleverly has said that the government will in time create “safe and legal routes” for people fleeing conflict in Sudan, but added that he refused to “speculate on the numbers of nature of those routes”. It is a view that contradicts that expressed by the home secretary Suella Braverman who has said
