Speculation that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will approve the controversial Jackdaw oil and gas field is “unfounded”, the minister’s department said. The Times reported that Mr Miliband, the key proponent of Labour’s net zero plans, is set to give the project the green light. Jackdaw was previously approved under the Conservatives, before being put on…
👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 It’s an Easter special – so grab yourself a hot cross bun and listen in as Beth, Ruth and Harriet answer all of your questions. From whether Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage might have more in common than they think, to if…
Reform’s new housing chief has been sacked over his comments about Grenfell Tower fire victims, which survivors and families called “deeply dehumanising”. Sir Keir Starmer and opposition parties had called for Simon Dudley to be sacked as Reform’s new housing spokesman after he said the 72 deaths were a “tragedy and a failure” but “everyone…
Two migrants have died off the coast of France during an attempt to cross the English Channel. Six other migrants were rescued, with one of them taken to hospital. It comes a day after the government signed an extension with France over current arrangements on beach patrols as part of efforts to reduce the number of…
The survivor of a sexual assault that took place in a Travelodge hotel room has accused its CEO of not taking the issue of women’s safety “very seriously”. Molly, not her real name, has chosen to speak publicly after the attack in 2022 by a man who was wrongly given access to her Berkshire hotel…
👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 MPs may be on recess – but as the Iran war enters its fifth week should Whitehall ramp up contingency planning for its impact at home? With the Strait of Hormuz still shut and reports of a potential US ground invasion, Prime Minister Sir…
The government is reviewing its electric car sale quotas – one of its flagship green policies. With 2025 having the lowest vehicle production in the UK since 1952, ministers are now looking at how to change the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, the government confirmed. If it decides to lower the quotas, it would represent…
It’s a windy March morning and I’m standing in the forecourt of a small service station that has been re-dressed in Reform teal. Across the petrol station’s price board in giant lettering reads Reform Refuel: 25p off with Farage. A gaggle of journalists, TV cameras, and photographers have gathered, alongside some curious locals. Alan Graves,…
Cards on the table, when I first read a story heavily suggesting the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s mobile phone was somehow connected to requests for messages about Lord Mandelson, I thought to myself: that is an absurd conspiracy theory. After all, what are those “raising an eyebrow” at this affair saying happened? Was Number 10’s…
Sir Keir Starmer says Donald Trump is seeking to “put pressure on me in different ways” – but has insisted that he won’t “buckle under pressure”. Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby, the prime minister said he “wanted a good relationship” with the US president and still does, but vowed he is “not…
