May seeks consensus with the Labour party
On the day the PM met her Australian counterpart, she also pre-released a section of a speech due tomorrow in which she seeks consensus with the Labour Party.
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On the day the PM met her Australian counterpart, she also pre-released a section of a speech due tomorrow in which she seeks consensus with the Labour Party.
Lots has gone wrong in a negotiation which started with the promising omens of two party leaders very well-disposed to the whole idea.
The west London fire has had an effect in Westminster, causing a delay in the announcement of a deal between the Conservatives and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. And that could mean the Queen’s Speech to open the new parliament is put back by more than a week.
Former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine on the issue that he believes is dividing the Conservative party.
The leader of resurgent Scottish Conservatives – Ruth Davidson has said she won’t be breaking away from the main UK party. There were suggestions that the Scottish Tories, who won an additional 12 seats and fought their campaign with a rather different tone might want to move their branch of the party away from English…
The government Chief Whip Gavin Williamson has been in Belfast for talks with the Democratic Unionist Party. The DUP has been at the centre of attention since winning 10 of Northern Ireland’s 18 seats and finding itself the party of choice to help the Conservatives. Many are questioning what any such alliance could mean given…
Conservative tax plans are in complete chaos, according to the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – after Theresa May failed to back up comments by one of her senior ministers. Michael Fallon said that voting Conservative was the only way to ensure income tax wouldn’t rise. But Mrs May would only say it was the party’s…