Kemi Badenoch Wins Leader Election Saturday, 2 November, 2024 Kemi Badenoch was unveiled as the new Conservative leader this morning on a historic day for the party. In the tightest Conservative leadership race since the modern system was introduced, it was Kemi Badenoch who did enough. Having woken up as shadow housing secretary, she was declared the new Tory leader by lunchtime. Badenoch won 53,806 votes from the Tory faithful (56.5 per cent), while... Articles
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March In Touch 2021 10th March 2021 Our March edition of In Touch is available to download now. Local News
Financial Transparency at UDC 26th February 2021 Financial transparency, it used to be a necessity. Public, and indeed private bodies, are required to publish their accounts and financial transactions. For... Local News
New Measures and Enforcement Rules 10th February 2021 We are introducing tough new measures and enforcement rules for people travelling to the UK to prevent importing new variants from abroad. Currently, passengers... Reports
Grants available to help Essex residents self-isolate 11th January 2021 Grants available to help Essex residents self-isolate Essex County Council is providing extra funding to city, districts and boroughs in the county to help... Local News
New Support for Businesses 5th January 2021 New support for businesses Throughout this crisis, our economic priority remains the same: to protect jobs. We have already set out our economic package of... Westminster News
National Lockdown Announcement 5th January 2021 Last night the Prime Minister addressed the nation, announcing a national lockdown , as he asked the British public to once again: stay at home, control the... Westminster News
Rishi Sunak's Plan for Jobs: Speech in Full 9th July 2020 Our plan for jobs is about supporting people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and... National News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News