Rebellious Conservative MPs are piling pressure on Downing Street to remove Dominic Cummings – after the controversial press conference over his 260-mile trip to Durham. Mr Cummings, 48, faced an hour-long live television grilling tonight where he attempted to mount a defence of his decision to drive from London to County Durham with his son and Covid-carrying wife. … Read more
Rebellious Conservative MPs are piling pressure on Downing Street to remove Dominic Cummings – after the controversial press conference over his 260-mile trip to Durham. Mr Cummings, 48, faced an hour-long live television grilling tonight where he attempted to mount a defence of his decision to drive from London to County Durham with his son and Covid-carrying wife. … Read more
Yorkshire mine Sirius sinks into a cash crisis as MPs plead with government to save it By Jamie Nimmo For The Mail On Sunday Published: 09:14 BST, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 09:14 BST, 25 August 2019 The Government is being urged to provide emergency financial support to Sirius Minerals to prevent its huge fertiliser … Read more
Menopausal women should be protected from workplace discrimination just as pregnant woman are, say MPs Women battle anxiety, depression, hot flushes and muddled thinking at work Sky newsreader Kay Burley, 58, and BBC presenter Louise Minchin, 50, have spoken out on how the menopause has affected their work Women across the country have lost jobs … Read more
Furious Tory MPs demanded Boris Johnson sack top aide Dominic Cummings today for breaking the coronavirus travel lockdown, as the first cracks in party unity appeared. Steve Baker, a former Brexit minister and a senior hardline Brexiteer like Mr Cummings, broke cover to demand the advisor be removed, demanding the Prime Minister ‘take back control’ … Read more
Furious Tory MPs demanded Boris Johnson sack top aide Dominic Cummings today for breaking the coronavirus travel lockdown, as the first cracks in party unity appeared. Steve Baker, a former Brexit minister and a senior hardline Brexiteer like Mr Cummings, broke cover to demand the advisor be removed, demanding the Prime Minister ‘take back control’ … Read more
Tory MPs call on Keir Starmer to ‘get off the fence’ and give his personal view on whether schools should reopen as he reveals his children have been going to classes The Labour leader is accused of avoiding confrontation with teaching unions His son, 11, and daughter, nine, have been in lessons as his wife … Read more
Cabinet tensions over lockdown as Rishi Sunak tells Tory MPs Italy and Greece are ‘opening up’ economies and UK must not ‘be the only country where you can’t go to the pub’ Rishi Sunak thought to be among most hawkish ministers on lifting lockdown Told Tory MPs UK must not be ‘only country in world … Read more
Business leaders and politicians pleaded last night with the Government to unlock the economy and get Britain moving after figures appeared to show the Covid-19 outbreak was coming under control. Experts suggested coronavirus was ‘disappearing’ from the UK, with deaths down and new cases in London below 50 a day. Official figures revealed on Thursday … Read more
Business leaders and politicians pleaded last night with the Government to unlock the economy and get Britain moving after figures appeared to show the Covid-19 outbreak was coming under control. Experts suggested coronavirus was ‘disappearing’ from the UK, with deaths down and new cases in London below 50 a day. Official figures revealed on Thursday … Read more