Andy Street says the region’s new Tory voters need concrete policies to match Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledgeBoris Johnson has been urged by one of the most senior Conservative figures outside London to match the symbolism of his “levelling up” p…
Overconfident and rebellious – Johnson will rue the day he made a Tory party in his own image | Martin Kettle
Clashes over the climate crisis and Covid are revealing deep divisions in government. A time of reckoning is approachingCompared with the fate of the globe, that of Boris Johnson is infinitesimally trivial. Yet the two things are interconnected. In Nov…
NHS waiting lists could top 15 million in four years without major rise in capacity
Overspend of at least £5bn likely, says Nuffield Trust – but cabinet is deeply split over size of future funding settlementThe waiting list for NHS care in England could rise to 15 million people in the next four years without a significant increase in…
Johnson and Sunak urge UK pensions to back riskier investments
PM and chancellor aiming to ignite ‘investment big bang’ to fuel post-pandemic economic recoveryBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will urge UK pension schemes to back Britain’s “entrepreneurial spirit” with billions of pounds of savers’ funds to fuel the e…
Taylor Wimpey profits show what a waste Sunak’s stamp duty giveaway was | Nils Pratley
The housebuilder and its rivals did not need help from the taxpayer to get through the pandemicFrom where Rishi Sunak sits, he might regard Taylor Wimpey’s bumper set of first-half figures as a triumph of policymaking. The chancellor threw subsidies at…
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson in Scotland: an undeclared campaign
The impasse over a second referendum has not stopped the question infiltrating every other issue When Boris Johnson visits Scotland, there is no rule that says he must meet Nicola Sturgeon, although courtesy would probably have brought them together if…