Politics
Activists hit out at government for allowing new oilfield weeks after Cop26 climate summit
One campaign group leader said she sees "little to no benefit for UK energy customers or taxpayers", and that "the only winners are the oil firm behind the project”.
Gordon Brown, Ed Balls and Penny Mordaunt shortlisted for Parliamentary Book Awards
Shortlist includes books on the global future of Britain, the legacy of imperialism and a manifesto against far-right extremism.
PMQs: Johnson doubles down on Starmer Savile smear
Starmer accused Johnson of promoting the "conspiracy theories of violent fascists" with his comments.
Priti Patel claims Macron jab at UK immigration system ‘just wrong’
The French president said Britain "manages economic immigration through hypocrisy".
Tory councillor claims ‘everyone broke the rules’ in defence of Boris Johnson
A Lancashire County Councillor said there are "much more important things to worry about".
Another top Tory submits letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson
Tobias Ellwood said Partygate would "invariably slide towards a very ugly place".
Michael Gove empty-chaired by GMB as he flogs ‘levelling up’ plan
Gove was forced to deny claims that the new 'levelling up' plans contain no new money or fresh ideas.
Increase in emergency traffic measures on south coast ‘nothing to do with Brexit’
A system made to prevent lorry queues blocking Dover town centre has been enforced 18 times since the beginning of this year – a 100% increase on January 2021.
Levelling up: Tories doing ‘regeneration on the cheap’, Nandy says
Nandy said Gove's plan amounted to little more than "small pots of money dolled out from Whitehall".