Reform is set to take control of Doncaster, where Energy Security Ed Miliband is an MP, from Labour at the local elections in May, according to a recent poll. The poll, conducted by Electoral Calculus for The Telegraph, predicts that Reform will take control of eight councils in less than seven weeks’ time, with the Conservatives…
New Delhi: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni launched a scathing critique of what she describes as a “liberal network,” accusing the Left of hypocrisy and of reacting with “hysteria” to the rise of conservative leaders globally. Speaking via video link at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC on Saturday, PM Meloni praised…
By DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 13:32 GMT, 28 January 2025 | Updated: 13:35 GMT, 28 January 2025 Ministers have rejected demands for a blanket ban on mobile phones in classrooms amid fears they are damaging educational standards. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has rejected a Tory call for tougher action to limit…
The Tories will push for a ban on smartphones in schools to be included in the Government’s education Bill. The Conservatives are tabling an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to end the use of mobile phones and other devices during school days by pupils. It is understood that the Labour Government has…
Dozens of Labour MPs have betrayed their rural constituencies by voting against the Tories’ motion to save family farms from Sir Keir Starmer’s inheritance tax raid. MPs opposed the Conservative Party opposition day motion by 339 votes to 181, after a debate with cross-party opposition to the tax plans. Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins pleaded…