Category: Politics
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Ministers will tout progress on ‘stopping the boats’ with plan to cut number of hotels housing asylum seekers
Contracts are set to be terminated with more than 100 hotels so that they are no longer used to house asylum seekers, it will be… Read More
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Three-quarters of voters want Rishi Sunak to call general election by May next year
Almost three quarters of voters want Rishi Sunak to call an election by May next year, a new poll has suggested. A More in Common… Read More
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NANS commends Sen Ifeanyi Ubah defection to APC
By Ovat Abeng The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has commended Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah for defecting from the Young Progressive Party (YPP) to… Read More
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Week-in-Review: Rishi Sunak is running out of time
What was the point of Rishi Sunak? When he was gushed into Downing Street last year, he could not have been plainer: “some mistakes were… Read More
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I am the new YPP national leader – Anambra lawmaker, Ike
By Ovat Abeng The Lawmaker representing Nnewi North Constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Honourable Onyekachukwu Ike, has said he is now the new… Read More
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Sunak told Tamworth and Mid Beds results expose ‘serious mistake’ of net zero pivot
The Conservative Party lost the Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections with swings to Labour of 20.5 percentage points and 23.9 points respectively in a historically… Read More
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By-elections: Starmer says Labour ‘redrawing the political map’ as it takes Tamworth and Mid Beds from Conservatives
The Conservatives have suffered twin losses in the Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer hailed the “phenomenal” news as he said… Read More
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Reform UK, UKIP and Britain First win a combined vote of 9.4 per cent in low-turnout Tamworth by-election
Right of Conservative parties Reform UK, UKIP and Britain First amassed a combined 9.4 per cent of the vote at the Tamworth by-election, with each… Read More
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Rishi Sunak referred to as ‘Dr Death’ in WhatsApp messages seen by Covid inquiry
During the proceedings of the Covid inquiry today, a WhatsApp message was revealed which showed an exchange between Dame Angela McLean, chief governmental scientific adviser,… Read More
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Stephen Metcalfe: ‘From HS2 to climate change, maths matters in politics and policy making’
It was appropriate that Rishi Sunak closed Conservative conference with a long term decision on the future of high speed rail. Whether you look at… Read More