William Hague: Badenoch has better chance of becoming prime ...
1 day ago · Lord Hague has said Kemi Badenoch has a better chance of becoming prime minister than he did, with the new Conservative leader facing a similar situation to her predecessor following Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. Lord Hague was elected Conservative Patty leader in 1997 following Tony Blair’s victory in the general ...
Starmer commits to an 81% cut in UK emissions by 2035 ...
17 hours ago · Ambitious new climate plan needed to ensure UK targets are met Reacting to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut UK emissions by 81% by 2035, announced today at the UN climate talks, Friends of the Earth’s head of campaigns, Rosie Downes, said: “With the warning signals flashing red, a planet battered by increasingly severe floods,... Read more »
UK will seek ‘common ground’ with Trump on climate change ...
1 day ago · The government will seek “common ground” with Donald Trump on climate change and net zero, Ed Miliband has said. The energy security and net zero secretary suggested the US president-elect, who has repeatedly referred to climate change as a “hoax”, could be persuaded by the economic arguments for shifting to green power.
Where do Labour cabinet ministers stand on assisted dying ...
1 day ago · Views of Labour cabinet ministers on assisted dying: Keir Starmer. The prime minister voted in favour of assisted dying when the House of Commons last debated the matter in 2015. Starmer is understood to remain of this view, having told reporters last year: “I personally do think there are grounds for changing the law”.
Labour failure could lead to ‘Nigel Farage as prime minister ...
17 hours ago · A Labour grandee has warned the UK could “end up with Nigel Farage as prime minister” if the government fails to tangibly improve people’s lives. Lord Blunkett, a former cabinet minister, said that the primary lesson of Donald Trump’s victory in the recent US presidential election is that government “tinkering” is not enough ...
Why the Blairites are back - Politics.co.uk
2 days ago · In recent weeks, a venerable succession of Tony Blair-era advisers have been marched back into the halls of power by a prime minister in search of tested and attested operators. Jonathan Powell, appointed national security adviser on Friday, was the only senior adviser to last the whole of Blair’s time in No 10 as the ex-PM’s chief of staff ...
Where do Labour cabinet ministers stand on assisted dying ...
2 days ago · Views of Labour cabinet ministers on assisted dying: Keir Starmer. The prime minister voted in favour of assisted dying when the House of Commons last debated the matter in 2015. Starmer remains of this view, having told reporters last year: “I personally do think there are grounds for changing the law”.