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
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News
Your Questions Answered by: Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer 18th June 2020 Your questions answered by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer. National News
Shop safely today: shops can reopen their doors in England 15th June 2020 From June 15th, shops are able to reopen their doors in England, in the next step in our careful easing of lockdown – provided they are meeting robust safety... National News
Let us work peacefully and lawfully to defeat racism and discrimination 9th June 2020 The Prime Minister has condemned the violence seen against police officers during protests over the weekend. National News
Boris Johnson: We will meet our obligations to Hong Kong, not walk away 3rd June 2020 Britain wants nothing more than for Hong Kong to succeed under “one country, two systems”. I hope that China wants the same. Let us work together to make it so. National News
How we're protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods as we begin to kickstart our economy 3rd June 2020 Our top priority has always been to support people, protect jobs and businesses through this crisis. The furlough and self-employment schemes have been a... National News