Mayors could use skills powers to boost migrant integration and regional economies
Ahead of local and mayoral elections in England, which are just six weeks away, the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think-tank has today set out three...
Burnham urges Sir Kier Starmer to propose alternative plan for social care
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is urging the Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer to present alternative plan for social care
Writing in his...
Johnson “in all humility”apologises for Partygate but Labour calls it a joke
“In all humility” Boris Johnson offers a “wholehearted apology” to the House of Commons after being fined over the partygate scandal
In a statement to...
Reports say 1922 Committee favours sending delegation to PM to ask him to resign
It has been reported this morning that the 1922 Conservative Back Bench Committee now favours sending a "delegation" of MPs to Boris Johnson to...
Home Office rules out independent public inquiry into Oldham child sexual abuse scandal
Home Office minister Amanda Solloway MP has ruled out an independent public inquiry into child sex exploitation in Oldham.
Oldham’s Liberal Democrat Leader councillor...
Tory leadership latest as Sunak announces he is standing
Rishi Sunak has announced that he will be standing for the post of Tory leader and still appears to be the apparent frontrunner in...
Rayner calls for PM to sack Nadhim Zahawi
Deputy Labour leader and Greater Manchester MP Angela Rayner has called on Rishi Sunak to sack Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative Party chairman after reports...
Manchester study asks Are ethnic and religious minority voters key to election success?
New research led by experts from The University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews, the University of Essex and the University of Nottingham...
Five point plan for a new deal for the North of England
The Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank has set out a five-point plan as part of its call for a “New Deal” for the North
Its...
Home Secretary makes joke about spiking his wife’s drinks
The Home Secretary James Cleverly has apologised after he joked about sedating his wife with illegal date-rape drug rohypnol behind closed doors in Downing...