Ministers are said to have made the decision to axe proposals to move jobs to Birmingham and Newcastle. More than £1million has already been spent on the two projects. The findings were revealed in a report from the Government Property Agency. MP John Stevenson, who chairs the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs from “red wall” seats, described the move […]

Children whose lives were shattered by Covid have suffered a fresh blow with a return to the pre-pandemic exam grading system, experts say. Charities highlighted a crisis in mental health and called for counsellors to be employed in every school across the country. This year’s A-level and GCSE grading in England returned to the traditional system in place before the […]

Rishi Sunak last week said there is “light at the end of the tunnel” with average weekly pay going up by 7.8 percent in the three months to June. But voters still think the country is heading into trouble. Exclusive polling by Omnisis found 62 percent believe the economy is getting worse – with a mere 11 percent saying it […]

On a cool August night on the crowded patio of his private club in New Jersey, former President Donald J. Trump held up his phone to his dinner companions. The Republican front-runner was having dinner with a Fox News contributor and columnist, Charlie Hurt, when a call came in from another member of the Fox team. The man on the […]

The Downing Street attempts to show support for the Lionesses ahead of their World Cup final has been described as a “complete shambles”. The bunting draped from the Downing Street railings on Friday morning appeared to be in “stark contrast” from the decorations ahead of the men’s European Championships final in 2021, reports The Telegraph. Dame Caroline Dinenage, the chairman […]

Queen Elizabeth II: MPs pay tribute in the House of Commons Flooding, leaking, stinking toilets, damp, masonry crumbling off, fire risk and asbestos — not quite what springs to mind when one thinks of the Palace of Westminster. But unfortunately, these are just some of the issues riddling the UNESCO world heritage site at the heart of British democracy — […]

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is said to have scaled back his next Cabinet reshuffle next month. According to The Telegraph, the PM was planning to move ministers who said they are planning on standing down at the next election onto the back benches. This would include Defence Secretary Ben Wallce, who announced in July he wanted to go in the […]

The first Republican presidential debate next week was already looking like a stern test for Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is battling to overcome sagging national poll numbers, a fund-raising crunch and an overhaul of his top campaign staff. Now his tall task appears towering. On Thursday, key details about how he might approach the crucial debate were revealed […]

Sadiq Khan 'unwilling to delay' Ulez expansion Sadiq Khan is facing a ULEZ rebellion with hundreds of cameras vandalised or stolen in just four months. The Met Police had recorded 288 crimes relating to ULEZ cameras as of August 1. This includes 185 reports of cables being damaged, 164 cameras being stolen and 38 cameras being obscured. Commander Owain Richards […]

England’s former deputy chief medical officer has accepted a position with biotechnology firm Moderna. Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, 59, one of the many faces of the Government’s Covid response, has become a part-time consultant for the vaccine giant that helped pioneer the live-saving jab. The Health Protection professor, known affectionately as JVT, commenced the role in May, according to recent business […]