May approves Hinkley Point plant “Theresa May has given the go-ahead for the proposed £18bn nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, ending months of uncertainty over the fate of Europe’s biggest energy project. The plans were unexpectedly put on hold in July to give the new UK prime minister time to assess concerns […]
Cameron continued 1) MPs criticise him over Libya ‘David Cameron’s “ill-conceived” military intervention in Libya led to the rise of Islamic State in North Africa according to a scathing report from MPs. The former Prime Minister took the country to war against Col Muammar Gaddafi on a series of “erroneous assumptions” and then drifted into […]
Cameron leaves the Commons ‘David Cameron’s spectacular fall was complete last night when he quit as an MP rather than clash with Theresa May over grammar schools. The former prime minister, who just 16 months ago won the first outright Tory majority in 23 years, claimed he did not want to be a ‘distraction’ to his […]
Rudd ‘slaps down’ Johnson over Brexit group “Cabinet tensions over Brexit resurfaced yesterday after Boris Johnson publicly backed a new pressure group demanding the Prime Minister get on with the job. Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson recorded a message for Change Britain – formed by leading backers of the Vote Leave campaign said to favour a ‘hard Brexit’… It […]
Johnson backs Change Britain – i.e: Continuity Vote Leave – which “will campaign for Hard Brexit”. Gisela Stuart will chair it “Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind a new group putting pressure on Theresa May to deliver a ‘hard Brexit’. In the latest sign of tensions between the Brexiteer Ministers and No 10, the […]
May vows to take on grammar school critics “Theresa May today vows to defy critics of her education revolution because of the debt she owes her grammar school past. In an exclusive article for the Daily Mail, she says she will press ahead with new grammars until every child has the same ‘opportunities that I enjoyed’. The […]
May plans big increase in school freedoms for selective and faith schools “Every school in England will be free to convert to a grammar or selective school under the biggest education revolution in decades. Theresa May will today promise to allow the opening of new grammar schools for the first time since 1998 in a bonfire […]
May makes her case for new grammars, telling the ’22: “We already have selection by house price.” ‘Britain’s education system already has “selection by house price”, Theresa May said on Wednesday night as she defended her plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools. The Prime Minister said she wanted to create a “21st century […]
May to ‘press ahead’ with grammars in face of cabinet split ‘Theresa May is to press ahead with plans to bring back grammar schools despite a cabinet split over the pace and scale of the reform. Justine Greening, the education secretary, has raised concerns about the prime minister’s plan to lift an 18-year ban on […]
May plans ‘far tougher’ immigration system than points-based model ‘EU migrants would need a job before entering the UK under post-Brexit border plans. The regime will be more rigorous than the points-based system proposed by Leave campaigners, Government sources said last night. David Davis, who is Cabinet minister for Brexit, said the UK was prepared […]
Migration: May repeats opposition to points-based system… “Theresa May yesterday rubbished Boris Johnson’s proposed Australian-style points system for immigration into the UK, saying it was not a ‘silver bullet’ solution. In a putdown to her Foreign Secretary, Mrs May said she was not convinced the migration control method worked – and indicated she will not introduce it […]
G20 1) May’s first prime ministerial appearance on ’international stage’ takes place in China today ‘The new PM will join the globe’s club of most powerful men and women at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China. Using her first appearance on the major international stage, she will tell the elite group that the UK is […]
May flies to China for her G20 summit as PM – but no deal on Hinkley Point “Theresa May will this weekend refuse to give reassurances to her Chinese hosts about a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point amid mounting concern that she is poised to block a deal. The Prime Minister is expected to […]
May indicates she won’t back down against militant doctors… “Theresa May yesterday accused striking junior doctors of ‘playing politics’ with patients’ lives, and told them they’ve never had it so good. In a sign of intent, the Prime Minister intervened to make it clear the Government will not back down against the BMA’s militant leaders on […]
Britain must trade its way to success, say ministers “As discussions on Britain’s future turned to past glories, ministers lined up to call for the country to recapture the energy that drove Britain to dominate world markets during much of the 19th century. Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, promised to present a new outward-looking […]