Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have been urged to set out their plans for bold environmental action. The Conservative Environment Network has written a letter to the Tory leadership candidates which has been signed by more than 400 members. The letter insists that a green plan would help win back potential voters. It says: “As…
A parliamentary committee will probe new allegations of Indian foreign interference in Canada that led to the expulsion of diplomats by both countries in tat-for-tat-moves. At an emergency meeting on Friday, MPs on the standing committee on public safety and national security agreed to undertake a study concerning the “electoral interference and violent criminal activities…
PA Wind and solar farms that are ready to be built would be allowed to jump the queue for a connection to the UK’s electricity system under government plans. All energy schemes which need a connection to the National Grid are currently in a single queue which operates on a “first-come-first-served” basis. Some projects face…
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops Friday, a day after Israel said its forces in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of last year’s brutal attack on Israel that sparked the current conflict Sinwar’s killing in…
A presenter on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme has apologised for mispronouncing the surname of shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt as a rude word. Nick Robinson made the error while interviewing employment minister Alison McGovern on the programme on Friday morning. Listeners heard him say: “When the Tories announced £12 billion in welfare cuts, and…
You can learn a lot about modern election campaigns by looking at the rows about TV debates. And the current Conservative leadership race is no different. More often than not, the perceived frontrunner is rather more circumspect about putting themselves on a potential collision course with calamity or embarrassment than the perceived challenger. And, therefore,…
The government will not follow the advice of the previous Tory administration when it comes to slashing the welfare bill, a minister has said following reports the chancellor is eyeing up £3bn worth of cuts. Work and pensions minister Alison McGovern said the UK was “paying the price of failure” from the previous government, with…
Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay until after the election the unsealing of court records and exhibits in the 2020 election interference case and said the court would release evidence submitted by the government on Friday. In her five-page order, Chutkan said there was a presumption that there…
Washington — An independent panel tasked by President Biden with reviewing the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, found the Secret Service suffers from “deep flaws” that enabled the attack at the Trump campaign rally, and called for the agency to undergo “fundamental reform” to carry out its mission of…
Former President Donald Trump will be headlining the annual Al Smith charity dinner Thursday night, where he was jeered eight years ago as he delivered a pointed speech targeting his 2016 opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t attending the event in person, declining to leave the campaign trail in…
