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LONDON — Amid the political turmoil of the last 12 months, one thing remains a constant: love is still in the air in Westminster, and the political world beyond SW1.
On what is fast-becoming a Valentine’s Day tradition, POLITICO today brings you its latest, definitely-not-scientifically-ranked 2023 list of Britain’s top 40 political power couples.
And with two changes of government since last year’s list was published, there are some
LONDON — Liz Truss’ inaugural conference as Conservative Party leader unfolded in shambolic fashion with a major policy U-turn and open dissent from senior ministers. But the hard work’s just getting started as restive MPs return to Westminster.
Fresh from reversing her plan to cut the top rate of tax, the U.K. prime minister is under pressure to guarantee that social security will keep pace with the cost of living — with major divisions in the party bursting into the
King Charles III today paid a moving tribute to his late mother on his first public engagement with his wife since the Queen’s death.
His Majesty and the Queen Consort Camilla formally conferred city status on Dunfermline as part of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations – and the monarch said the event would ‘gladden my dear mother’s heart, as it certainly gladdens mine’.
Charles and Camilla were welcomed to Fife by community groups including a local pipe band and schoolchildren
Nicola Sturgeon’s flagship minimum alcohol price policy forced problem drinkers to sacrifice food and heating, according to her own Government’s health agency.
Scotland became the first in the world to introduce a minimum unit pricing (MUP) in May 2018, meaning alcohol cannot legally be sold for cheaper than 50p per unit.
The SNP move was touted as a way to target problem drinkers who opt for low-price and high-alcohol drinks, reduce hospital admissions and save lives.
Sturgeon called it a
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ABERDEEN — Oil workers in Aberdeen have every reason to loathe green groups. Instead, on the precipice of the end of oil, they are building a tentative alliance.
“A couple of years ago the only thing we would have shared was a square go” — Scottish for a fist fight — said Scott Agnew, a seafarer in the offshore industry since 1999. That’s no surprise since climate campaigners wanted to bring to an
LONDON — Politics is a passionate business and — from the prime minister on down — Westminster’s awash with loved-up political pairings.
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, POLITICO brings you the definitive, not exactly scientifically-ranked 2022 list of British politics’ power couples.
The couple everyone in Westminster has an opinion on — the prime minister and his former Tory comms chief
Decisions by Scotland and Wales to rely on tougher Covid restrictions throughout the pandemic may not have been ‘worth it’, scientists said today.
Nicola Sturgeon is still yet to commit to a date for ending work from home guidance, despite England dumping the advice last week, while Mark Drakeford is refusing to lift the highly-controversial ‘rule of six’ for another four days.
Both nations resorted to tougher Covid curbs than England early out in the pandemic, and kept people living
Boris Johnson was today urged by health experts and business leaders to relax the 10-day quarantine rule for positive cases in favour of a test and release scheme to stop Omicron ‘disabling everything’.
At a press conference this afternoon, Nicola Sturgeon warned essential services could come under threat due to the number of people off work and suggested more restrictions may be needed to stop this from happening.
An analysis of official figures suggests Britain could reach up to 460,000
