Nick Robinson asks Rishi Sunak ‘Where was the proposal for a tax on meat?’ Support for the Tories and Rishi Sunak appears to be trending up after a number of Conservative MPs privately expressed new optimism about the party’s potential fortunes at the next election. The positive poll is a major boost for Mr Sunak on the eve of the […]

Penny Mordaunt criticises new speed restrictions in Wales More people have signed a petition against Wales’s new 20mph speed limit than voted for Welsh Labour at the last Senedd election. Earlier this month, Wales became the first country in the UK to drop the default speed limit from 30mph to 20mph for residential roads. A petition against the move by the Labour-run […]

Keir Starmer pushing for HS2 to be scrapped in 2015 The Tory mayor of Teesside, Ben Houchen, has launched a scathing attack on HS2 in stark contrast to his fellow mayors – both Tory and Labour – who have so far been united in criticising reports that Rishi Sunak will cut the infrastructure project. Mr Houchen slammed HS2 as a […]

Rishi Sunak faces backlash over step back from Net Zero promises Britain’s future energy security was handed a massive boost after drilling at a major oil and gas development off the coast of Scotland was given the go-ahead. Ministers said Rosebank – one of the largest untapped fossil fuel resources in UK waters – would also protect hundreds of thousands […]

Labour MP clashes with Tory over net zero Families face paying more than £6,000 a year until 2050 because of net zero targets, a think tank has suggested. Britons “will face significant increases in cost” during the race to reduce carbon emissions, the report by Civitas suggested. Ewen Stewart, report author, called this “a highly expensive exercise with no obvious […]

GB News said it has launched an investigation into what it describes as “totally unacceptable” comments made by Laurence Fox about a female journalist.  Fox, leader of the Reclaim Party,  made a string of vile misogynistic remarks about Ava Evans, the political correspondent for online news site Joe, during an episode of Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday (September 26).  Fox, 45, […]

Kemi Badenoch discusses £600m BMW investment in UK Kemi Badenoch is on the verge of closing a massive £1trillion trade deal with the US state of Florida after her eye-catching US win in Washington State this week. Trade experts have told Express.co.uk that Florida is the next in line of 20 states expected to sign a deal with Brexit Britain. […]

Sir Ed Davey made a foul-mouthed swipe as he suggested the Tories are “c****” in a keynote speech closing the Lib Dem conference today. The Liberal Democrat leader apologised for previously calling the Conservatives “clowns”. He said a party member who is a clown got in touch to say he “took great offence”. Sir Ed said: “On reflection, I have […]

Nick Robinson asks Rishi Sunak ‘Where was the proposal for a tax on meat?’ Rishi Sunak will face a major push by the right of his party to adopt “common sense policies” in the next Conservative election manifesto, which will tackle the biggest crises facing Britain. A rally at the Tory conference next week organised by the New Conservatives – […]

Tory mayoral hopeful Susan Hall vowed to make London’s streets safe as she told of her terror at facing death threats on her own doorstep. The former businesswoman promised to take a “zero tolerance” approach to crime in the capital that is “more stick than carrot” if she wins in May. Ms Hall said she would “rather be hungry” than […]