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Labour general secretary to stand down after party conference

Hollie Ridley has been credited with organising the ground campaign which led Labour to its landslide election win in 2024

No10 Takes Control of Transport Project Cancellation to Pay for Starmer’s DIP

Ministers have not been able to bring themselves to own the cancellation of transport infrastructure projects to pay for defence. Cut welfare not roads… Labour minister Hamish Falconer even tweeted his criticism of the scheme’s cancellation. It wasn’t the only one to be cancelled… The £297 million A46 Newark Bypass scheme was cancelled this week.…

New Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis branded a ‘shifty weasel’ by SAS Commander

The Defence Investment Plan has been criticised for not meeting the full requests of defence chiefs

Andy Burnham urged to end social care crisis with massive changes to council tax

Council leaders warn local services are in crisis,

Daniel Pitt: There’s a lot of groups the Conservatives need to tap into more and academia is one of them

Yes, the vast majority of academics in our country are on the left of the political spectrum, and they were, and still are, against Brexit. Yet, there are a few academics who are of a conservative persuasion, and the party must tap into this pool of talent. The post Daniel Pitt: There’s a lot of groups the Conservatives need to tap into more and academia is one of them appeared first on Conservative Home.

Andy Burnham embarrassed as ‘tax plans’ shredded by bankers - 'economically disastrous'

Burnham’s Spending Commitments So Far Add Up to More Than £250 Billion

Guido has done cost estimates of Burnham’s spending commitments and inherited black holes so far. It’s not pretty: Defence Investment Plan: Budget allocated-spending and unallocated efficiency savings: £15 billion. “The biggest council house building programme since the postwar period.” Late 1970s benchmark was circa 40,000 council house completions per year. Annual cost now: £8 –…

Starmerite Labour General Secretary to Step Down After Conference

Hollie Ridley has been in place since 2024 and was an ally of Morgan McSweeney. She has told staff she will step down after Labour Conference. Another space clear for a Burnhamite… She told colleagues in an email. Read it below: “This morning I announced my decision to stand down as General Secretary of the…

Starmer's flagship mission boards quietly abolished

Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer's flagship mission boards have been quietly abolished or have stopped meeting entirely in the dying weeks of his failed premiership.

Inside the illegal high street vape racket with criminal gangs taking over UK high streets

Parents fear children are put in danger is black market tobacco and vapes are sold

Keir Starmer ally Hollie Ridley to step down as Labour general secretary

Exclusive: As well as citing personal reasons, Ridley says she is making way for a successor ‘to work alongside new leader’ Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary, is to step down this autumn after two years in the job, she has announced to party staff. Ridley, an ally of Keir Starmer who ran Labour’s field operations in the 2024 general win election, said in an internal email she would stand down after the party’s annual conference in September. Continue reading...

A council housebuilding boom is central to Burnham’s vision. Can it be done?

With 1.5m families waiting for social housing and Labour’s building targets already falling short, the challenge is huge From the front garden of the red-brick terrace where she has lived for nearly three decades, Coral McKeown, 50, points to the gleaming new council house she was supposed to move into five years ago. It sits behind heavy metal fences surrounded by building work and an empty construction vehicle. She does not expect it to be ready until next year at the earliest. Continue readi