New Zealand passes law aimed at combating climate change
The Zero Carbon bill aims to make the country reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to the point it becomes mostly carbon neutral by 2050.
Labour vows to expand 30 hours’ free childcare offer
The move comes on top of a £1bn investment scheme to reverse Conservative cuts.
PM says widespread flooding is ‘not a national emergency’
The Environment Agency repeated warnings for people to stay away from swollen rivers.
Ex-Tory MP Charlie Elphicke’s wife to contest his Dover seat at election
Natalie Elphicke said she was ‘delighted’ to have been adopted as the Conservative candidate for Dover and Deal.
Poorest families have borne brunt of housing crisis, think-tank says
The Resolution Foundation said that for the poorest families, the proportion of income spent on housing has more than doubled since 1980.
Senior Tory accused of ‘whitesplaining’ by Baroness Warsi
It comes after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Conservatives would be conducting a ‘general investigation into prejudice’.
Nicola Sturgeon warns Boris Johnson SNP now has a mandate for indyref2
Launching the party’s General Election campaign, the SNP First Minister warned Boris Johnson has “no right to block the democratic wishes of the people of Scotland”.
After Boris Johnson’s failure to deliver, the day Britain didn’t explode
The turnout of around 500 from the much quoted 17.4 million leave voters must have been disappointing to those leading the ‘leave now/no deal’ lobby.