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Tobias Ellwood stripped of Tory whip after missing confidence vote
Suggestions have been made that Johnson removed the whip from the MP, who is an outspoken critic of the PM, as a means of eliminating a vote for Penny Mordaunt.
Tory leadership contest lurches further to the right with elimination of Tom Tugendhat
‘The latest vote says a lot about Tory MPs.’
Tory leadership hopefuls accused of not taking climate crisis seriously
“We need a prime minister willing to put climate action at the top of the agenda but, so far, despite the searing heat, we’ve barely even had warm words from the candidates,” says Greenpeace UK.
High court ruling deems government’s net zero climate strategy ‘unlawful’
A ‘breakthrough moment’ for climate delay and inaction, means the government will have to revise its climate change strategy to show how emissions reduction targets will be met.
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Boris Johnson told to ‘turn up for work’ after skipping heatwave crisis meetings to host chequers party
The prime minister has “clearly clocked off”
Daily Mail slammed for Islamophobic front page
“You would have thought that meeting the first woman leader of the largest Muslim umbrella body would be welcomed and applauded”
Just 4% of Tory party members think hitting net zero target should be a policy priority
The views of the party membership are in stark contrast to the concerns of the majority of the country, with a poll in April finding that 64% of all voters supported the government’s plans to hit the net zero target.
UK workers set for worst pay squeeze in G7, warns TUC
Britain sits at the bottom of the league for pay growth among the world’s seven advanced economies.
Calls grow for UK to make public transport free to ease cost of living burden
Spain has announced free tickets for its rail services, and the UK government is being urged to follow suit.