Politics
Rishi Sunak rejects calls by senior Tory MPs to scrap tax hike
The Prime Minister is facing a Budget rebellion over the policy, which is central to his plans to tame inflation.
Senior Tory Damian Green rejected as candidate in next election
The former deputy prime minister was not selected as the Conservative candidate for the new Weald of Kent seat.
Nigel Dodds warns ‘Northern Ireland is colonised by the EU’
He that the DUP would not be supporting any deal that continued regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
Ian Hislop gets Robert Jenrick to denounce his own party
Ian Hislop got Robert Jenrick to denounce his own party in front of the nation and it was absolutely magnificent.
Thousands more ambulance workers set to join strikes
Unison revealed more staff would join the dispute after revealing strike ballot results in other branches of the NHS.
NatWest profits jump by 1/3 and returns annual bonus for bosses
The British banking giant took in more income in 2022 as it ramped up mortgage lending amid a higher interest rate environment.
Truss calls for tougher China policy in first speech since resigning
Former PM expected to use first public speech since standing down to call for Taiwan to be given more support to build defences
Kwasi Kwarteng: Trying to lower taxes in mini-budget was right
The former chancellor said high taxes were not the way to create prosperity.
Sturgeon’s successor should ‘drop National Care Service Bill’
A number of unions, think tanks, charities and Holyrood committees have also voiced concern about the proposed centralised service.