Tory rebels could block Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in parliament

Tory rebels could block Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in parliament

Tory rebels could block Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in parliament The Prime Minister’s plans have provoked anger from some Conservative MPs  By Political Editor Published: 22:32 BST, 21 September 2023 | Updated: 07:00 BST, 22 September 2023 Rishi Sunak‘s plan to delay the … Read more

Environmentalist plot legal challenge to Rishi Sunak’s green U-turn on cars and boilers after he accuses them of not caring about the £15,000 cost to families of Net Zero plans

Environmentalist plot legal challenge to Rishi Sunak’s green U-turn on cars and boilers after he accuses them of not caring about the £15,000 cost to families of Net Zero plans

Environmentalists and leftwing activists will try to scupper the Prime Minister’s plan to reduce the financial impact of climate change policies on families.  Friends of the Earth and the Good Law Project have both written to ministers warning that they could seek to undo the PM’s U-turn at the High Court. It comes the day … Read more

Grant Shapps says Rishi Sunak did not alter Boris Johnson’s honours list ‘in any way’

Grant Shapps says Rishi Sunak did not alter Boris Johnson’s honours list ‘in any way’

Grant Shapps says Rishi Sunak did not alter Boris Johnson’s honours list ‘in any way’ as Energy Secretary denies claims PM intervened to block peerages for his predecessor’s allies Energy Secretary insists neither PM nor No10 aides altered Boris Johnson’s list  By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:29 BST, 11 June 2023 | … Read more

Nadine Dorries resigns hours before Boris Johnson to force a by-election

Nadine Dorries resigns hours before Boris Johnson to force a by-election

Nadine Dorries resigns hours before Boris Johnson to force a by-election after finding herself blocked on the former Prime Minister’s honours list She quit Parliament after being blocked from receiving a peerage in honours list Former business secretary Sir Alok Sharma also dropped from list at last minute  By Political Editor Published: 23:10 BST, 9 … Read more

Ex PM Boris Johnson sees surge in support with six Cabinet ministers leading clamour for a comeback

Support for a Boris Johnson comeback surged yesterday as six Cabinet ministers threw their weight behind the former prime minister. Writing in today’s Daily Mail, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said Mr Johnson was the ‘standout star’ to replace Liz Truss after she resigned. It came after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said yesterday he was also … Read more

Number 10 aide Allegra Stratton switches from sanitary products to eco-friendly menstrual cups 

Number 10 aide Allegra Stratton makes going green a very personal affair as she switches from traditional sanitary products to eco-friendly menstrual cups Allegra Stratton replaced sanitary products with eco-friendly menstrual cups She has reached for a Mooncup, described as a ‘safe’ alternative to tampons She recently raised eyebrows in No 10 by advocating merits … Read more

Alok Sharma: ‘Ditch coal to save the planet’

‘Ditch coal to save the planet’: Alok Sharma will urge countries around the world to stop financing new power stations that emit greenhouse gases in desperate bid to combat global warming Alok Sharma urges world nations to stop financing new coal-fired power stations Greenpeace and Oxfam called the comments hypocritical amid Cumbria mine  The UK will … Read more

Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst resigns after ‘devastating’ family news

Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst resigns after ‘devastating’ family news as Boris Johnson says he is ‘very sad’ to lose the ‘brilliant minister’ Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst announced she was stepping down from her role  Posted letter on Twitter last night addressed to PM explaining her resignation The MP said she was standing down after receiving … Read more

New leasehold reform sees end of charges excessive

The end of toxic leaseholds has been announced by the Government – much to the delight of long-suffering homeowners. Housing minister Robert Jenrick said the new laws are being introduced to banish the ‘scandalous pitfalls of leasehold’ and ‘put fairness back at the heart of the housing system’. The changes have been widely welcomed as … Read more