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Ed Miliband’s net zero boss blasted for ‘hypocrisy’

Critics have accused the new head of Ed Miliband's net zero drive of "not believing the drivel he is forcing on everyone else".

UK not obliged to support every demand of ‘transactional’ US president, minister says

Donald Trump has threatened Nato allies over failure to send ships to protect strait of Hormuz, but Pat McFadden says UK relation with US remain strong Middle East crisis live Donald Trump is a “very transactional” president, whose repeated demands on Iran must be seen in this context, one of Keir Starmer’s most senior ministers has said in an unusually blunt UK assessment of relations between the countries. Asked about the US president’s threats of some sort of retaliation against allies who

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Businesses to get £3,000 state bonus for hiring unemployed young people

Businesses will be given a £3,000 government bonus for hiring a young person who has been out of work for six months.

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer to give major update at Downing Street press conference

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Inside the young Tories’ plot for a Conservative revival

The Conservative Party must “embrace a new radicalism” and “significantly accelerate” its renewal if it is to be ready for power by 2029, according to a bold new report from a group of Tory rising stars. The post Inside the young Tories’ plot for a Conservative revival appeared first on Conservative Home.

EU demands Keir Starmer rips up key Brexit deal that would cost UK £140m a year

Downing Street is understood to be quietly costing the move as a bargaining chip in Rachel Reeves's drive for deeper single-market alignment

David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close

Wanting the US action against Iran to replace an evil regime with something much better is one thing, but the odds were always that is not going to be the case.  In such circumstances, reticence in supporting the US was not a moral failure, but perfectly sensible. The post David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close appeared first on Conservative Home.

Andrew Griffith: Labour are determined to make April the start of fresh misery for businesses and the self-employed

2025 was the year Labour killed jobs.  This year may well prove the year they kill the high street. Businesses are aching for a government that understands them, and that is precisely what we are building. The post Andrew Griffith: Labour are determined to make April the start of fresh misery for businesses and the self-employed appeared first on Conservative Home.

Scotland's assisted dying debate reaches final stages on eve of vote

The long-running political battle over assisted dying comes to an end as MSPs get ready to vote.

Scotland's assisted dying debate reaches final stages on eve of vote

The long-running political battle over assisted dying comes to an end as MSPs get ready to vote.

James Ford: Cars are hardly Oxford Street’s biggest problem, so why does the Mayor insist on pretending they are?

I believe that his misdiagnosis of the West End’s woes is deliberate and cynical; the pretext for a shameless power grab. The post James Ford: Cars are hardly Oxford Street’s biggest problem, so why does the Mayor insist on pretending they are? appeared first on Conservative Home.