Rishi Sunak has refused to commit to tax cuts or the HS2 link to Manchester despite growing calls for action from within his own cabinet. Secretary of state for levelling up Michael Gove told Sky News on Sunday he wants tax cuts before the next election. Sunak, interviewed on BBC 1, reiterated his priority is […]
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Angela Rayner has come out fighting following a turbulent 24 hours in which she was scapegoated for Labour’s disastrous Super Thursday results and sacked as chair of the party by Sir Keir Starmer, who had just said he took “full responsibility” for the results. However, his rush to be seen to act decisively, with speed […]
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Thousands of anti-lockdown protestors defied the government and Covid restrictions to take to London’s streets today, with at least 33 arrested by the Metropolitan Police after “ugly clashes”. Huge protests in Manchester passed without any arrests reported though the city centre was brought to a standstill by demonstrators against the new policing bill, violence against […]
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Pensioners, some in their 90s, are among thousands of people evacuated from their homes in England and Wales after flooding caused by Storm Christoph. Three “danger to life” flood warnings were still in place in Cheshire on Thursday afternoon, where 45 elderly residents were evacuated to safety from their retirement village that had been left […]
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Wales’ first minister has announced the country will go into a full lockdown on Friday for a 17-day “firebreak” to stem the rise in coronavirus cases. Mark Drakeford said the two-and-a-half weeks will provide a “short, sharp shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and give us more time” in order to […]
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