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Conservative leadership favourite Boris Johnson has announced he would cut income tax for the highest earners if he became the Prime Minister. Johnson indicated he would raise the 40p threshold from £50 to £80k. Boris used the Telegraph to make his case for the cut, saying: “We should be raising thresholds of income tax – so that we help the huge numbers that have been captured in the higher rate by fiscal drag.” This would cost the country almost £10...

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to outline plans to ban single-use plastics by 2021. Plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks will be among items due to be banished in the country according to reports in CBC News. The full list of plastics to be banned by the federal government will follow the model chosen by the European Union, which voted in March to also ban products made of oxo-degradable plastics, such as bags,...

A new Survation poll reveals the backlash the Conservatives will face if they try to sell off the NHS to US private healthcare companies. Just 17% of the public think the NHS should be included in trade deal discussions with the US government in a post-Brexit scenario. The figures are revealed as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tells GMB’s Annual Congress in Brighton today: ‘whatever Donald Trump says – our NHS will never be ‘on the table’. Mayor Khan and...

However high the wannabe PMs’ ambitions soar, they are all ignoring the massive come-down when Brexit reality actually kicks in.

Analysis shows households face a 17% surge in grocery shopping basket costs if UK defaults to WTO trade terms Shoppers face being hit with hundreds of pounds extra on food and drink bills if the UK leaves the EU with ‘no deal’, new analysis for GMB union reveals today. The figures show a family's weekly shop could rocket by more than £800 a year. A report by Acuity Analysis for GMB union compares a weekly basket of goods in current...

Theresa May has formally resigned as Conservative party leader officially triggering the start of race to succeed her.  She'll stay Prime Minister until her successor is chosen, probably in mid-July. Applicants to be the new PM have until 5pm on Monday to register their interest in the vacancy, with 11 contenders to be whittled down in votes by Tory MP with the final two to be put to the Tory membership to decide on. The Labour leader today insisted that...

Theresa May has handed in her formal resignation to the Conservative Party. She informed the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs today. Her time as PM has been turbulent and overshadowed with mishaps and mistakes. May will remain as leader until a succesor is chosen, with Boris Johnson the most likely to become PM. A large field of contestants have come forward to battle for the position. The 1922 Committee said in a statement: "Following notification from the Prime Minister, Rt Hon...

A new poll has put Rory Stewart ahead of Boris Johnson as the public’s choice for Prime Minister. The results have been revealed on the day Theresa May officially resigned as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, with the 1922 Committee inviting nominations from MPs wanting to replace her. Stewart was selected as the preferred successor by 30 per cent of people polled when adjusted for those who selected “don’t know who he/she is”. He is one point ahead...

British-American lawyer Dr Ann Olivarius is representing the victims who discovered they were mentioned in the vile messages