Rishi Sunak scraps home energy efficiency taskforce
The group set up to drive home insulation and boiler upgrades is a casualty of the PM’s green rethink....
Rishi Sunak considers radical shake-up of A-levels
Rishi Sunak weighs up a new “British baccalaureate” qualification but no decisions have been taken....
Lib Dems to launch conference with £5bn-a-year free social care plan
Party leader Ed Davey says reforming social care is one of the biggest challenges facing the country....
Labour pledges more watchdog power after Truss mini-budget
Sir Keir Starmer says huge damage was done to the economy and can not be allowed to happen again....
Councils in limbo after seven-bin policy scrapped
Local authorities call for clarity after Rishi Sunak ruled out households needing seven bins....
Keir Starmer: No case for going back into EU
Conservative ministers have accused the Labour leader of wanting to reverse Brexit....
Tax cuts ‘virtually impossible’ at present, says Jeremy Hunt
The chancellor says the cost of public debt has left him with some “very difficult decisions”....
MP Brandon Lewis claims Tory activists struggle to get mortgages
Brandon Lewis says his volunteers are regarded as ‘politically exposed persons’ (PEPs) by banks....
Voters aren’t talking about Brexit, says Lib Dem leader
Re-joining the EU isn’t on the agenda, Sir Ed Davey says as the Lib Dems gather for their annual conference....
Labour plans greater powers for economic watchdog
The changes could prevent a repeat of the mistakes made in Liz Truss’s mini-budget, the party says....