Politics
Labour overwhelmingly backed to take Boris Johnson’s seat
The Lib Dems, meanwhile, are clear favourites to win Mid Bedforshire after the seat was vacated by Nadine Dorries, suggesting a pact could be on the cards.
Sunak accuses Johnson of ‘not right’ peerage demands as Tory civil war continues
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his one-time Conservative ally asked him to ‘do something I wasn’t prepared to do’.
Nurses ‘struggling to live’, union leader warns amid new strike ballot
The Royal College of Nursing is currently balloting members in England on further strike action over pay.
Cost of living causing almost two million people to regularly skip meals
A YouGov poll of more than 6,000 people found 9.6 million Britons live in households classed as in ‘serious financial difficulties’.
Minister Paul Scully fails to make Tory shortlist to be London mayoral candidate
The list of candidates to take on London Mayor Sadiq Khan at next year’s election has been whittled down to three.
Petition to block Boris Johnson’s honours list hits 340,000 signatures
The list has sparked outrage after Johnson knighted Jacob Rees-Mogg, gave a damehood to Priti Patel and an OBE to his hairdresser.
MPs to conclude partygate inquiry in the aftermath of Johnson’s resignation
Johnson told The Times that the Cabinet Office was refusing to return his notebooks in case he turns them over to the inquiry,.
Johnson resigns, but is Rishi guilty of the exact same offence?
The former chancellor told parliament that he "did not attend any parties" in December 2021. He received a FPN just months after.
Lib Dems kick-start Mid-Bedfordshire by-election campaign after Dorries’ exit
The Lib Dems came third in the seat in 2019 and would need a swing of 23.6 per cent to win in a by-election.