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Reform UK chairman resigns as party infighting escalates

3 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

News News Zia Yusuf has resigned as chairman of Reform UK, stating he no longer believes working to elect a Reform government is a “good use of my time”. In a surprise announcement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday evening, Yusuf said: “11 months ago I became chairman of Reform.
Bar Liz Truss from standing as a Tory election candidate, former minister urges party

3 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

News News Liz Truss should be barred from standing as a Conservative election candidate to show “that we get it”, a former minister has said. Conor Burns, who served consecutively as a Northern Ireland and international trade minister from 2021-2022, said that his party must “draw a line under the ClusterTruss”. Truss’ premiership in autumn 2022 lasted just 49 days. Her “mini-budget” included a series of unfunded tax cuts, triggering significant market turmoil.
The damage Liz Truss did to Conservative politics will not be easily undone

3 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

The Conservative Party “will never” risk economic stability with unfunded tax cuts like those in Liz Truss’ mini-budget, the shadow chancellor declared in a speech this morning. The address, delivered by Mel Stride, marks the clearest repudiation yet of the failed former prime minister, by the party that elected her leader in 2022. “For a few weeks, we put at risk the very stability which Conservatives had always said must be carefully protected”, the shadow chancellor conceded.
Reform UK split over burqa ban call as chairman labels stance ‘dumb’

3 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

An apparent split has emerged within Reform UK after the party’s newest MP, Sarah Pochin, called for a ban on burqas in Britain “in the interests of public safety”. The new MP, who won the recent Runcorn and Helsby by-election with a margin of just six votes over Labour, asked her first question at PMQs on Wednesday. She called on the prime minister to “follow the lead of France, Denmark, Belgium and others” in banning the burqa.
PMQs verdict: Keir Starmer relied on evasive manoeuvres

4 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

Kemi Badenoch putting in an uncharacteristically strong performance would usually be the headline story to emerge from a session prime minister’s questions. Badenoch has shown little sign of improvement at the despatch box since emerging as Conservative leader in November last year. But this afternoon, contrary to her crystallising reputation for commons missteps, she succeeded in making the prime minister look uncomfortable.
Transport secretary condemns ‘have-a-go hero’ Robert Jenrick for fare dodger video

4 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

News Heidi Alexander / London Transport / Robert Jenrick News Heidi Alexander / London Transport / Robert Jenrick The transport secretary has dismissed a recent video posted by Robert Jenrick, which showed him pursuing alleged fare dodgers on the London Underground, as the act of a “politician masquerading as a have-a-go hero.” Heidi Alexander suggested that the shadow justice secretary’s actions were motivated by political ambition rather than a sincere effort to address fare evasion....
Robert Jenrick: the Conservative who gets opposition politics

4 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

Another week, another to-camera video courtesy of Robert Jenrick. Last week, the onetime Conservative leadership candidate’s agenda-setting vigilantism, as he intercepted “fare dodgers” on the London Underground, was a remarkable success. By whatever measure — social media clicks, column inches, broadcast commentary — Jenrick chalked up a genuine win. The lively broadside was the logical extension of the shadow justice secretary’s activism this parliament.
Green MP dismisses Reform UK as 'cynical opportunists' in call to nationalise water sector

5 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

Video A Green MP has dismissed Reform UK as “cynical opportunists” as she reiterated her party’s call for the water industry to be brought into public ownership. The intervention came in an urgent question on Thames Water’s financial situation, after private equity firm KKR pulled out of a rescue plan for the heavily indebted company. Late last year, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK committed to nationalising the water sector – a longstanding position of the Green Party.
Speaker Hoyle says government has committed 'blatant breach' of ministerial code

6 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

Video The commons speaker has once again reprimanded the government for making major policy announcements outside of the House. In his strongest comments yet, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the government had committed a “blatant” breach of the ministerial code and called on senior MPs to “inquire into the matter”. The statement from the chair came ahead of an urgent question on government announcements outside parliament, granted to shadow leader of the House Jesse Norman.
Threats against MPs are stifling debate and weakening democracy, speaker warns

6 days ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

News A rise in threats and abuse targeting MPs and election candidates is actively undermining the health of democracy, a cross-party inquiry chaired by the commons speaker has concluded. An interim report from the speaker’s conference found that intimidation is dissuading individuals from standing for office and making it harder for elected representatives and candidates to engage with the public.