June 2024

The former Tory net zero tsar Chris Skidmore has revealed he will back Labour at the July 4 general election. Skidmore, who quit as a Conservative MP in January over …

News that four close associates of the Prime Minister are being investigated for betting on the election suggests the Conservative party is taking an increasingly casual approach to basic propriety, …

Moving markets today: Asian shares dip as Wall Street retreats; oil prices drop, gold eyes second weekly gain, UK consumer confidence hits highest since Nov 2021; focus shifts to global …

In the latest in the pre-election series of party leaders TV debates, Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak were grilled by the BBC Question Time audience this evening. The Labour …

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has “certainly not” given up on the Tories’ campaign in the Red Wall, Michael Gove has insisted. The Prime Minister has been forced to deny reports …

ANDREW Balding landed the Group One Coronation Stakes (3.45pm) with Alcohol Free for owner Jeff Smith three years ago, and the pair will be hoping lightning can strike twice on …

IF THE vibes around FAIRY GODMOTHER are to be believed, she is going to be very hard to beat in the Albany (2.30pm). Aidan O’Brien’s filly cost 425,000 guineas at …

Angela Rayner has slapped down the suggestion Labour could “flatten the whole green belt” to build homes. Politico’s London Playbook newsletter quoted an unnamed party official on Thursday, as saying: …

The Centre for London’s Katie Townsend looks at how to solve London’s crippling housing crisis Some 62 per cent of Londoners don’t believe the housing market is working for them. …

Getting tickets to the Olympics this year was an almost impossible task. So, while you’re watching at home, London has come up with a solution, so you’re not missing out. …