McFadden rejects Farage’s offer to help government as intermediary with Trump Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has offered to help the Labour government establish a good relationship with the Trump administration. In an article for the Daily Telegraph, Farage says he believes that Trump’s victory is a sign that “politics, including our own, is […]
Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor, and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary Mel Stride, the former work and pensions secretary, has been made shadow chancellor, the BBC is reporting. And Priti Patel, the former home secretary, is shadow foreign secretary. This suggests Kemi Badenoch is serious when she says she wants to unite the party. Stride […]
A few years ago, I got fed up trying to reprogramme my confusing boiler controls twice a year when the clocks change (What is the most efficient way to use central heating? Your energy questions answered, 26 October). So I reset the time on it by just half an hour. Now it comes on a […]
There’s much interest in the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’sdeal with Albania tooffshore asylum procedures, which started this week, in an attempt to tackle the rise of irregular migration. Germany, which has announced new border regulations after suspected Islamist attacks and the rise of far-right anti-immigration political parties, is particularly keen to see how the […]