Day: June 11, 2017

    In a withering attack on Theresa May who sacked him as chancellor on her arrival in Downing Street last year, Mr Osborne said it was simply a question of how long she is going to remain on death row. Theresa May and her husband Philip arrive at St Andrew's Church in Sonning, Berkshire He predicted she could be out of office as early as the middle of next week. His criticism came as the PM, badly weakened by the loss of her majority in the election, moved to shore up her precarious position. However, this was dealt an early blow after Downing Street mistakenly announcing a deal had been reached with the Democratic Unionists to prop up Mrs May's minority Tory government. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn, buoyed by Labour's showing at the polls, said it was quite possible there would...

    Labour is now ahead of the Tories for the first time since Jeremy Corbyn became leader, a new poll has found. Mr Corbyn’s party is now polling at 45 per cent, six points ahead of the Tories who are lagging behind on 39 per cent. The Survation poll, conducted for the Mail on Sunday, shows a swing of eight points in Labour’s favour since the general election on 8 June. Who could replace May if she resigns? Labour has now overtaken the Tories despite being more than 20 points behind when Theresa May first called for a general election. The news comes as Ms May is expected to enter a confidence and supply” arrangement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in an attempt to shore up her position as Prime Minister. The Tories fell short of a majority in the general election, l...

    Theresa May's bid to do a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party to save her Premiership has been plunged into uncertainty. In a move that could jeopardise her frantic attempts to remain as Prime Minister, the DUP is accusing Downing Street of announcing a deal on its MPs voting with the Tories in the Commons before an agreement has been reached. After the PM sent her Chief Whip Gavin Williamson to Belfast to negotiate a deal to keep the Conservatives in power, No. 10 said the DUP had agreed to the principles of an outline agreement. But in a dramatic twist just before midnight on Sunday, Sky sources said No. 10's account of the talks had been issued in error and the DUP had not yet reached any agreement with the Tories. Jeremy Corbyn's performance at the polls was impres...