Politics
Truss admits plan to scrap 45p top income tax rate was ‘bridge too far’
The former prime minister continued to defend her failed bid to boost growth in her first interview since stepping down.
Tories struggling to find candidates for local elections amid fears of a humiliation
"We could go into the biggest local elections since 2019 not even fielding a full slate of candidates”, one ex-Cabinet minister said.
Nicola Sturgeon publishes her personal tax returns dating back to 2014
The returns show Sturgeon receives one source of income - her salary as First Minister - and that she donates 20% back to the public purse.
Telegraph claims Truss had a ‘democratic mandate’ to tank economy
Despite being voted in by a measly 0.17 per cent of Brits and having a net favourability rating of -70 she had a democratic mandate, apparently.
Just three Labour MPs back calls for higher pay for staff
Parliamentary staff will vote on a motion to ballot for industrial action on 17th February. They won't find any friends on the Labour benches.
Matt Hancock’s latest TikTok video makes social media users crease up
What is he trying to achieve here?
Brexiteers will admit EU exit has been a disaster ‘after a drink or two’ – Amber Rudd
“One of the reasons I’m not in politics, and a lot of my former colleagues aren’t in politics anymore, is because we can’t get up and say Brexit is a success."
Best reactions as Truss claims she was ‘brought down by left-wing economic establishment’
"Very weird how a ‘left-wing economic establishment’ can bring down a Tory Prime Minister with an 80 seat majority in 49 days, after 13 years of a Conservative govt which also managed to ‘Get Brexit Done’."
UK will join Russia and Belarus as only nations outside Council of Europe if it pulls out of ECHR
The PM and home secretary are expected to introduce immigration legislation that will take Britain to the “boundaries” of international law.