Truss tells Tory MPs: Unite behind me or face defeat to Labour October 9, 2022 Liz Truss has told her own Tory backbenchers that they must unite behind her leadership or face electoral wipeout at the hands of Labour. Number 10 and several cabinet ministers have today come out to warn rebel MPs about Tory disunity, after a party conference marked by vicious infighting and attacks on Truss. Former cabinet [...]
Zahawi says it’s ‘extremely unlikely’ UK will have winter energy blackouts October 9, 2022 It is “extremely unlikely” the UK will face planned energy blackouts through winter, Cabinet Office minister Nadhim Zahawi has said. Zahawi said “we plan for every scenario”, but that there is a “buffer” of energy supplies that will get the UK through winter. National Grid said earlier this week that British households should cut their [...]
Russia suffers huge blow with Crimean bridge explosion October 8, 2022 The only bridge connecting the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia has been engulfed in flames this morning, following reports of an explosion - taking out huge sections of road which have fallen into the Kerch Strait.
Home Office reprimanded after sensitive documents left at London venue October 7, 2022 The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a formal reprimand to the Home Office, after sensitive documents were found at a London venue. The documents, which were handed by venue staff to police in September 2021, included two Extremism Analysis Unit Home Office reports and a Counter Terrorism Policing report. The Extremism Analysis Unit analyses ideologies [...]
Trade minister Conor Burns has whip suspended over claims of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ October 7, 2022 The Conservatives have suspended the whip for Trade Minister Conor Burns MP over claims of “inappropriate behaviour” at the Party conference this week. A Whips’ Office spokesman told City PM:“We have suspended the Whip pending investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour earlier this week. “We take all such allegations extremely seriously. The Prime Minister has [...]
UK and US make ‘significant progress’ on data partnership as Biden pens EU wide deal October 7, 2022 The government said it has made “significant progress” in securing a new tech and data partnership with the US. It comes as Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan met with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo earlier today to work on a new data adequacy agreement in the coming weeks. Data adequacy agreements allow personal data to [...]
Just Stop Oil protestors block roads by Vauxhall Bridge in latest action October 7, 2022 Campaigners from Just Stop Oil blocked a key road in central London this morning in the latest wave of protests. Twenty-two protestors sat across the road near Vauxhall Bridge, blocking passing traffic. The group took action on a number of roads around Trafalgar Square earlier this week, with calls to end any new oil and [...]
Joe Biden: Putin ‘not joking’ about using nuclear weapons October 7, 2022 US President Joe Biden has warned Vladimir Putin is “not joking” about using nuclear weapons and the world could face the prospect of “armageddon”. The leader of the free world made his comments at a fundraising event for his Democratic Party in New York, as the battle for eastern Ukraine continues to rage after Putin’s [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Starmer sounds alarm on house price ‘shocks’ as mortgage rates rise October 6, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has warned about potential housing price “shocks” across the UK in the wake of dramatic mortgage rate rises. The Labour leader today told City PM there’s “no market confidence” in the government and that “we are going to see these shocks in mortgages and housing as a direct result of it”. Starmer [...]
Hundreds of thousands of nurses to vote on strike over pay in historic ballot October 6, 2022 Britain’s largest nursing union will poll hundreds of thousands of its members today over strike action, the biggest ballot in its 106-year history. The Royal College of Nursing union is campaigning for a pay rise of five per cent above inflation, which currently stands at 9.9 per cent – the highest in around 40-years. Around [...]
