EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European court of justiceFears that the UK is heading for a trade war with the EU have been fuelled by strong indications from the government that it thinks proposals to be unveile…
Sajid Javid working on radical plan to merge social care with health in England
Proposal aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care could be included in white paper on reformRadical plans for a new national care service under which health and social care would be delivered by the same organisation are being actively consi…
‘This is not democracy’: Tories accused of selling out to developers
Environmentalist and landowner Isabella Tree says that ‘troubling’ relationship with housebuilders calls the party’s environmental credentials into questionThe prominent role played by a large housebuilding company and Tory donor in last week’s Conserv…
Like all cults, Borisology is detached from reality and destined to end badly | Andrew Rawnsley
In thrall to one capricious character with few deep beliefs, the Tories are abandoning once-cherished convictions and trashing traditional alliesThe Conservative & Unionist party is no more. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its …
Brexit is all around us, yet politicians run scared of even uttering the ‘B word’ | Anand Menon
It did not get a look-in at either party conference but make no mistake: Brexit is alive and kickingWe seek it here, we seek it there. Yet Brexit is nowhere to be seen. Neither Labour in Brighton nor the Conservatives in Manchester wanted to utter the …
Analysis: six squeezes on the UK economy from bills to shopping to petrol
Britain is short of 100,000 lorry drivers, energy firms are sinking, food items are running scarce and employers are scrambling for staff as multiple crises eruptMany of the problems facing the economy relate to Britain’s shortage of 100,000 lorry driv…
Tories’ manifesto pledge to build 300,000 houses a year now ‘almost impossible’
Shortages of material, labour and drivers put the party’s mid-2020 target in serious jeopardy, say analystsBoris Johnson’s election pledge to build 300,000 new houses a year is in serious jeopardy in the face of labour and material shortages that are c…
Sadiq Khan’s 24/7 security challenges our notions of non-racist London | Nick Cohen
London’s mayor needs heavy security to guard against extremists but who protects him from the new rightwing politics?Today, as every day, police protection will be at its highest around the Queen and the prime minister and around a politician who in no…
Priti Patel’s fury as Johnson blocks public sexual harassment law
Home Office fears PM views aggressive targeting of women and girls as ‘mere wolf whistling’ amid moves to create specific offenceBoris Johnson has infuriated the home secretary by overruling attempts to make public sexual harassment a crime. This has p…
Tory MP says people using term ‘white privilege’ should be reported as extremists
Jonathan Gullis also urges ‘sacking’ of teachers who criticise Conservative party in classroomA Conservative MP has said anyone using the term “white privilege” should be reported to the government’s counter-terror programme, and that teachers who crit…