The government is set to announce a sweeping change to planning rules this week that will spur the building of far more affordable homes as it confronts the economic and social legacy of 14 years of Conservative rule. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner will unveil a new National Planning Policy Framework to MPs on Tuesday… Read More »
‘The reason we gather here today is not just to honor those who showed such extraordinary courage that day… to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them; because they are calling us.’ President Joe Biden gave a moving account of the international D-Day commemoration ceremony held on Omaha beach in Normandy on… Read More »
The strange thing about Keir Starmer’s policy ideas is that they tend to evaporate over the years. He ran for the Labor leadership with clear and radical promises: to abolish the House of Lords, waive all university tuition fees and more. Over time, such promises were downgraded and completely removed. On Thursday, the act of… Read More »
The Chancellor has dampened hopes of a tax cut by admitting there is less room in the spring budget than he had previously hoped. Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that he warned the cabinet on March 6 that there was less scope for tax cuts, despite clamor from Tory ranks for cuts to sway voters ahead… Read More »
New WhatsApp messages have revealed Michael Gove warned that he “broke” the government’s response to Covid at the height of the outbreak and would “regret it for a long time”. Expletive-laden messages shared in the Covid inquiry show the senior cabinet minister telling No 10 strategist Dominic Cummings weeks before the first lockdown that the… Read More »