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Key dates in the Tory leadership race between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak

The Tory leadership race is hotting up, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak pulling out all the stops as they go for the top job in politics. Having fought off their competitors this week, the final two candidates are each set to try and persuade ...

23 Jul 2022 at 11:37

Tory MP ‘not confident’ Government on track to end rough sleeping by 2024

A Conservative MP and leading campaigner on homelessness has warned the Government is not on track to end rough sleeping by 2024. Bob Blackman, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ending Homelessness, cited recent figures ...

13 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Ministers to set out plans to make England smoke-free by 2030 in ‘coming weeks’

The Government will set out its response to a major review aimed at making England smoke-free by 2030 “in the coming weeks”, a minister has said. Health minister Neil O’Brien told MPs the Government would soon bring forward its plans ...

09 Mar 2023 at 17:03

Empty council offices could provide 20,000 new homes, say MPs

Empty council offices could provide up to 20,000 homes in England, MPs have said. An inquiry by a cross-party group of MPs published on Monday said converting empty commercial and business premises into flats could play a ...

10 Jul 2023 at 17:10

UK urged to arrest visiting Xinjiang governor over Uighur ‘genocide’

MPs believe an official from a region of China accused of “genocide” should be arrested if he arrives in the UK for talks with the Foreign Office (FCDO). The House of Commons heard the governor of Xinjiang, Erkin Tuniyaz,...

09 Feb 2023 at 15:04

Concern over rising number of Ukrainian refugees in UK facing homelessness

Concerns are growing that increasing numbers of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are facing homelessness or destitution, the Government has been warned. The latest official figures show that 4,295 Ukrainian households have ...

20 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Government must ‘up its game’ on infrastructure investment by water companies

Rishi Sunak’s government has faced calls from its own backbenchers to “up its game” on enforcing water companies to invest in infrastructure. Conservative former minister Caroline Nokes urged more investment in the ...

21 Feb 2023 at 14:09

Ministers urged to safeguard aid to Afghanistan after ban on female aid workers

Ministers have been urged to maintain aid spending in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred aid groups from employing women. Labour MP Dan Jarvis asked an urgent question on the issue in the Commons, urging Foreign ...

19 Jan 2023 at 13:04

People should not be arrested ‘just if they smell’ – Cabinet minister

People should not be arrested for smelling bad, a Cabinet minister has said amid a growing backbench rebellion against plans that could “criminalise homelessness”. More than 40 Conservative MPs are expected to ...

02 Apr 2024 at 13:51

Key dates in the Conservative leadership contest

Tory MPs hope to have reduced the search for Boris Johnson’s successor, due to be announced on September 5, to two possibilities in the coming days. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak, trade minister Penny ...

17 Jul 2022 at 03:53

Tory leadership race to be slimmed down in days as 1922 Committee sets rules

Tory leadership race could be slimmed down as 1922 Committee sets rules

The Tory leadership contest is a crowded race, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss one of the most recent to officially join the field of 11 candidates vying for the top job. But the number could be ...

11 Jul 2022 at 15:40

Tory MP calls for crackdown on shisha lounges

Shisha lounges should be clamped down on, as part of legislation to reduce smoking and the use of vapes, a Tory MP has said. Bob Blackman said failing to include shisha lounges and chewing ...

12 Sept 2024 at 12:39

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