Media captionLive coverage of D-Day anniversary commemoration events in a BBC1 special programme The only words we can say to veterans are “thank you”, Theresa May has told a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Her words were echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron, who told D-Day veterans gathered in northern […]
Image copyright PA The chancellor has warned Theresa May that reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 could cost the UK more than £1tn. The Financial Times reports that the PM wants to introduce the legislation to Parliament next week as “one of her most important legacies”. Philip Hammond has written to her, […]
Image copyright MOD Voters are heading to the polls in Peterborough to vote in a by-election for a new MP. A total of 15 candidates are running in the contest to replace former MP Fiona Onysanya – who was removed in May following a recall petition. The polls in the Cambridgeshire city opened at 07:00 […]
Image copyright PA Conservative leadership contender Michael Gove has said he regards the UK’s 31 October Brexit deadline as “arbitrary” and is “not wedded” to it. He told an event in London the UK must not be bound by a “fixed” date if it needs slightly more time to get a deal. But he insisted […]
Image copyright PA Conservative leadership contender Michael Gove has said he regards the UK’s 31 October Brexit deadline as “arbitrary” and is “not wedded” to it. He told an event in London the UK must not be bound by a “fixed” date if it needs slightly more time to get a deal. But he insisted […]
Image copyright PA Conservative leadership contender Michael Gove has said he regards the UK’s 31 October Brexit deadline as “arbitrary” and is “not wedded” to it. He told an event in London the UK must not be bound by a “fixed” date if it needs slightly more time to get a deal. But he insisted […]
Image copyright PA Conservative leadership contender Michael Gove has said he regards the UK’s 31 October Brexit deadline as “arbitrary” and is “not wedded” to it. He told an event in London the UK must not be bound by a “fixed” date if it needs slightly more time to get a deal. But he insisted […]
Image copyright PA Tory leadership contender Matt Hancock has described Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite during an election hustings in Parliament. If Mr Corbyn became PM, the UK “could end up with the first anti-Semitic leader of a Western nation since the Second World War”, Mr Hancock said. Labour called the health secretary’s […]
Image copyright PA Conservative leadership contender Michael Gove has said he does not regard the UK’s 31 October Brexit deadline as a “fixed date”. He told an election hustings in Parliament that he was not “wedded to a single date” for leaving the EU. But he insisted any further delay would be a matter of […]
Media caption“I voted Liberal Democrat” says Alastair Campbell Alastair Campbell says he has hired lawyers to fight against his expulsion from the Labour Party. Tony Blair’s former spin doctor was kicked out in May after admitting he had voted for the Liberal Democrats in the European elections. Labour said supporting someone else in a poll […]
