Selby and Ainsty MP Keir Mather to be sworn in to House of Commons

2023-09-22 17:28:10 • 1 min

Dividing lines: where do Sunak and Starmer stand on key UK issues?

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have faced off against each other for the past 11 months as leaders of their parties, but the time has been marked by...

#dividinglines #education #bill

2023-09-22 18:01:25 • 2 mins

Trouble for Sunak as Tory MPs in blue wall left vulnerable by PMs net zero U-turns

Rishi Sunak s decision to backtrack on key climate policies could leave Conservative MPs in blue-wall seats vulnerable, polling suggests. Research by...

#bluewall #research #analysis

2023-09-23 06:21:14 • 1 min

Battles, old flames and key narratives: a look ahead to conference season

Although the next general election may be more than a year away, the main parties are already beginning to outline positions on key issues a process likely...

#flame #ford #brexit

2023-09-23 07:00:22 • 1 min

Chris Mason: The week UK politics changed gear

By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News The pace is quickening. The collective heart rate of Westminster is notching up. The summit - a general election -...

#chrismason #ukpolitics #money

2023-09-23 08:55:00 • 2 mins

SNP MP Lisa Cameron 'can't rule out forcing a by-election'

SNP MP Lisa Cameron has said she "can't entirely rule out" forcing a by-election in her constituency if she is not nominated to stand again. Ms Cameron has...

#healthcare #cameron #lisa

Former Liverpool star and ex-England U21 captain signs for Warrington Town in the SIXTH TIER of...

2023-09-22 18:03:52 • 1 min

Football

A former Liverpool player and England youth international has joined National League North outfit Warrington Town. During two seasons without playing...

#footballingcareer #englandyouth #competitivefootball

Daily Mail

2023-09-22 17:18:11 • 1 min

Cameron and Clegg considered audacious electoral pact in 2015

The decision by the Lib Dems to form a coalition government with the Conservatives in 2010 torpedoed the partys electoral support for years. Yet senior...

#option #economy #policy

2023-09-23 13:20:42 • 2 mins

Sunaks advisers ready to let Rishi be Rishi but dont call it a reset

Rishi Sunak was installed as prime minister nearly a year ago to bring stability to a country, economy and political party in turmoil wreaked by his two...

#sunaks #economy #education

2023-09-22 15:00:19 • 2 mins

Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia's closely watched legislative elections

RICHMOND, Va. Early voting started Friday in Virginia's costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials...

#legislativeelections #senate #gov

WJXT

2023-09-22 17:23:30 • 1 min

MPs hope Zelenskyy's visit counters creeping fatigue over cost of war support

Some MPs worried about waning enthusiasm among their constituents for supporting Ukraine's defence say they hope President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit...

#president #gov #inflation

CBC

2023-09-23 08:00:00 • 1 min

Jeremy Hunt accuses Keir Starmer of plotting to unpick Brexit

Jeremy Hunt has accused Sir Keir Starmer of wanting to unpick Brexit after he made his boldest comments yet on how he sees the UK and EU working together if...

#JeremyHunt #laws #business

2023-09-22 07:30:28 • 1 min

Keir Starmer is borrowing from Tony Blair, but that doesnt make him a Blairite

When his parents named him after Keir Hardie, Labours first leader, they could not have imagined how often their son would be measured against other people...

#TonyBlair #KeirStarmer #election

2023-09-17 07:02:52 • 1 min

Brexit campaigners to descend on Westminster for rejoin the EU protest

Tens of thousands of anti- Brexit campaigners will descend on central London on Saturday in a bid to put rejoining the EU back on the agenda. A spate of...

#brexit #politician #election

2023-09-22 16:59:58 • 1 min

Rishi Sunak considers new 'British baccalaureate'

By Nathan Standley & Nick Eardley BBC News Rishi Sunak is considering a reform of the school system in England which could see the introduction of a new...

#option #government #RishiSunak

2023-09-22 17:10:49 • 1 min

Tories and Labour neck and neck in battle for Nadine Dorries seat, poll shows

Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the byelection battle for Nadine Dorries old constituency of Mid Bedfordshire, new polling has revealed....

#nadine #split #election

2023-09-16 15:23:09 • 1 min

Lib Dems promise to double statutory pay for parental leave

The Liberal Democrats will commit to doubling pay for parental leave and increase the amount of time parents can take off work by nine weeks. Under a new...

#parentalleave #education #government

2023-09-23 08:21:02 • 1 min

The Guardian view on British attitudes: a nation of possibilities

The problem with modern Britain, said Liz Truss in a recent interview, is that it remains in thrall to social democratic ideas ushered in by New Labour in...

#policy #income #tax

Keir Starmer: No case for going back into EU

2023-09-22 17:25:05 • 2 mins

World

By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Sir Keir Starmer has insisted there is no case for rejoining the European Union, after the government accused him of...

#laws #KeirStarmer #toryministers