Politics

Henry Newman: There is a path for the new Prime Minister that leads to Brexit. But it's very narrow - and must be taken at once

Henry Newman is Director of Open Europe. As ConservativeHome readers may recall, I backed the Withdrawal Agreement, not because it was perfect, but because I was convinced it...
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Chris Philp: Cut Stamp Duty - and unleash a new Home Ownership Revolution

21 minutes ago | Conservative Home

Chris Philp is has served as PPS in the Treasury and MHCLG, and on the Treasury Select Committee. He is MP for Croydon South. One of the signal achievements of the Thatcher...
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Bob Seely: In the Gulf, we are paying the price for starving defence of funding for so long

21 minutes ago | Conservative Home

Bob Seely is MP for the Isle of Wight. As if the Brexit crisis wasn't enough for Boris Johnson's first week as Prime Minister, he now has an international crisis in the Gulf...
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Diane Abbott and Owen Jones caught red-handed speaking metres away from Communist flags

31 minutes ago | Daily Express

DIANE ABBOTT and Owen Jones were seen speaking metres away from Communist symbols on Monday.
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Project Fear returns as David Gauke sends desperate Lib Dem warning to stop no deal Brexit

31 minutes ago | Daily Express

JO SWINSON could win millions of Tory voters to the Liberal Democrats according to a sensational claim by outgoing Justice Secretary David Gauke.
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Katy Bourne: In Sussex, technology is helping free up police time

39 minutes ago | Conservative Home

Katy Bourne is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex. In May 2020 we will have elections in England and Wales for the third term of Police and Crime Commissioners. That...
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Staff at devolved benefits agency ‘struggle' with computer problems

1 hour ago | Herald Scotland

MINISTERS have admitted staff at Scotland's devolved benefits agency “struggle” with a key IT system and revealed there is also a lack of fundamental information about the cost...
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Derek Mackay offers meeting on future of troubled Clyde ferry yard

1 hour ago | Herald Scotland

FINANCE Secretary Derek Mackay has offered to meet politicians worried about the last commercial shipyard on the Clyde amid reports he may be planning to nationalise it.
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Pledge to end smoking in England by 2030

3 hours ago | BBC

The ambition is part of a range of measures to tackle the causes of preventable ill health.
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Conservative leadership: Johnson and Hunt await result of members' vote

4 hours ago | BBC

Tory members will choose either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt as Theresa May's successor in No 10.
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Jo Swinson elected new Lib Dem leader with vow to thwart Brexit and keep UK...

JO SWINSON has been announced as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats and has vowed to thwart Brexit and keep the UK shackled to the EU indefinitely. Read more ...

Boris Johnson faces the hardest task as PM since Winston Churchill says...

WILLIAM HAGUE has advised Boris Johnson on how to approach his position as Prime Minister, with bookies believing Mr Johnson is set to win the Tory leadership race today. Read more ...

Alan Duncan quit after plot for immediate no confidence vote in Boris...

ALAN DUNCAN has revealed he quit as a Government minister the day before the result of the Tory leadership race because his attempt to hold a no confidence vote in Boris... Read more ...

Newslinks for Monday 22nd July 2019

Ellwood says Iran crisis proves Royal Navy is too small... “The Royal Navy is now too small to fulfil its global role, a defence minister admitted last night as it emerged that... Read more ...

Boris Johnson 'to humiliate Jeremy Hunt and SACK Foreign Secretary' if he...

BORIS JOHNSON is planning on sacking Jeremy Hunt as Foreign Secretary if he becomes Prime Minister, insiders have claimed. Read more ...

Philip Hammond resignation: Who could replace Philip Hammond as chancellor?

PHILIP HAMMOND announced today he would resign as chancellor if Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, saying it was not something he could “ever sign up to”. Who could replace... Read more ...

Philip Hammond resignation: Why has Philip Hammond said he will resign?

Philip Hammond has announced he will resign as Chancellor before Theresa May stands down as Prime Minister on Wednesday - here's why Read more ...

PM Boris Johnson set to be confirmed TODAY with landslide mandate for Brexit...

BORIS JOHNSON is set to be crowned the new leader of the Conservative Party today in a landslide victory that will give him a mandate to strike a new Brexit deal with the EU. Read more ...

Blair grilled over 'undemocratic' Brexit stance on BBC Newsnight - 'like a...

TONY BLAIR sensationally confessed he did not have a solution for finding a Brexit solution to BBC Newsnight host Emily Maitlis. Read more ...

Boris Johnson to unveil plans to tackle Theresa May's domestic policy failures

BORIS JOHNSON will unveil new plans tomorrow, if he is elected Prime Minister, to tackle the problems that Theresa May's Government failed to improve. Read more ...