Category: Jonathan Reynolds

Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says there is ‘no route to net zero’ that ignores concerns of businesses after wave of closures• Jonathan Reynolds: If we delay the UK’s drive for electric vehicles,...

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How are are cabinet ministers likely to vote on assisted dying?

Cabinet ministers have been asked to stay neutral before the free vote but this is what we know about their positionsThe private member’s bill introduced by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater that would legalise assisted suicide...

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Kemi Badenoch tells Post Office inquiry that being seen to do right thing ‘as important’ in politics as doing right thing – UK politics live

Conservative leader gives evidence to Post Office inquiryHere are some of the main points from Jonathan Reynolds’s evidence to the Post Office inquiry so far this morning.Reynolds said he accepted as business secretary he...

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Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summitKeir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport secretary,...

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One Nation Tory group refuses to back Badenoch or Jenrick in party leadership race – UK politics live

TRG says both candidates have ‘used rhetoric and focused on issues which are far and away from … the values we cherish and uphold’Robert Jenrick, one of the final two Tory leadership candidates, is delivering...

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Robert Jenrick rejects claim Tory MPs put him in final two for leadership ballot by mistake – UK politics live

Jenrick says he thinks Tory MPs voted for ‘the best placed people to lead this party forward’Robert Jenrick, one of the final two Tory leadership candidates, is delivering a speech in London. There is a live feed on...

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Minister strongly rejects claim from business lobby ‘chaotic’ workers bill will cost jobs – UK politics live

Labour promised employment rights bill within first 100 days in officeGood morning. During the election campaign Labour promised to produce an employment rights bill within its first 100 days in office. The anniversary is on...

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What have Labour cabinet ministers said about assisted dying?

The government is remaining neutral in the vote, meaning ministers will be allowed to follow their consciencesMPs are to debate and vote on whether to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people who have six months or less...

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Farage’s claim he cannot hold in-person surgeries in Clacton not supported by Commons authorities – UK politics live

No record of Reform UK leader being advised not to hold surgeries on security grounds, report saysA reader asks:Can you please obtain clarity from a Labour spokesperson, or even an expert in the English language or linguistics,...

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