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3 days ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
The Greens have urged Keir Starmer to ‘start discussions with the EU on what rejoining would involve’ ahead of crucial talks next week as the party slams the estimated £100 billion Brexit bill. MPs from the left-wing party have tabled an amendment to the Tories’ opposition day motion on the upcoming UK/EU summit, calling on the government to confront the ongoing damage of Brexit.
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4 days ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Furious Tories are writing to Kemi Badenoch demanding her resignation following “disastrous” local election results earlier this month, The London Economic has learnt. Many figures and activists have signed an anonymous open letter circulating among Tory groups calling for “fresh blood” instead of Kemi Badenoch “allowing Reform to take our space” – who are currently 13 points ahead of them in the polls.
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1 week ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Keir Starmer’s cuts to disability support mark a “fresh round of austerity on vulnerable people”, a Labour MP has told The London Economic as he has written to Keir Starmer alongside 42 parliamentary colleagues calling for a change in direction. Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden has revealed he will vote against Labour’s plans to cut welfare support as it threatens his constituents’ “financial security” amid fears in No 10 that the government is heading towards an explosive rebellion.
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1 week ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
The lives of transgender people are at risk of becoming “almost unliveable”, Nicola Sturgeon has said in her first public comments after the Supreme Court ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman.
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1 week ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
More than a dozen top Tories have broken ranks with their party to write to the prime minister to call for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state. Seven MPs and six members of the House of Lords from all wings of the Conservative Party have signed a letter to Keir Starmer, calling on him to oppose the Israeli government and formally recognise Palestine in advance of pivotal UN talks next month, according to the Guardian.
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1 week ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Kemi Badenoch spent the day “doom scrolling” following her party’s humiliating election loss, insiders have said. The Tory leader refused to talk to the media on Friday after losing 674 council seats in the local elections last week, instead opting to dispatch Robert Jenrick, her potential successor. According to The Times, Badenoch told aides she will “learn lessons” from the defeat but Conservative donors, MPs, and former party aides are discussing whether to make a bid to remove her as leader.
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2 weeks ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Kemi Badenoch has called for the construction of a statue of Margaret Thatcher outside parliament, despite there already being one inside the Palace of Westminster. The Tory leader acknowledged fears that the proposed statue could be defaced due to her controversial decisions while in government but urged Brits to treat sculptures with “a bit more respect” in a last attempt to win over Reform UK voters ahead of the local elections.
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2 weeks ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Keir Starmer has said voters are being “conned” by Reform and Tories in a scathing attack ahead of local elections. The prime minister labelled the electoral threat of Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch as “equally” challenging. It comes amid calls for the two parties to unite and join together in a bid to defeat Labour. Talking to Sky News, he said: “The Tories have got a terrible record, 14 years of failure. Reform moan about everything, but have got no answers.
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2 weeks ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Stanley Johnson has called on Keir Starmer to help “undo the huge damage of Brexit” by rejoining the European Environment Agency (EEA) in a bid to rebuild closer ties with the EU. Boris Johnson’s father has said EEA membership should be a priority at next month’s UK-EU summit, the first high-level meeting since Britain departed the single market.
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3 weeks ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Trans people are being forced to “seek asylum abroad” over safety concerns after the Supreme Court ruling, a Labour peer has said. Earlier this week, the court defined a woman by biological sex under the Equality Act of 2010. Now, Lord Cashman has now told parliament that he knows transgender people “looking at seeking asylum in countries where they will not fear for their safety” following the landmark decision.
