Politics

The seats held by Chris Pincher and Nadine Dorries will be contested in what is likely to be another crunch moment for Rishi Sunak.

“The whole thing is designed so that they can force this through in a way that they want.”

The former prime minister also said her Brexit deal would have been better than Boris Johnson’s exit agreement.

Climate protesters disrupted a speech by a Government minister at an artificial intelligence festival in London.

The former premier said criticism of Sir Keir Starmer’s policy offering as too bland was ‘nonsense’.

The Government added to external pressures on the development programme with political turbulence, budget reductions and Brexit, a report said.

Gross domestic product contracted by 0.5% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Some 14,000 people were unable to vote at the recent local elections after being unable to show an accepted form of ID.

Independent Age said the threat of eviction is a real fear for many people given the ‘lack of alternative affordable housing for older people’.