Follow BBC NEWS - Politics, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/bbc-news-d-politics Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:14:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etBspKyWaCSIeT5HJgy6HUf Former Strategic Rail Authority boss says cancelling the leg to Manchester would hurt other projects.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:42:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etBspKyWaCSIeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27euO2rM6XpU6LeT5HJgy6HUf The home secretary will tell an audience in the US the 1951 international agreement is "unworkable".]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:27:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27euO2rM6XpU6LeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etx3BIBrleSwuzdsCmHakzH Members vote to keep a pledge to build 380,000 homes a year in England, after calls from the Young Liberals group.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:36:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etx3BIBrleSwuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27ev-9mea3jrbriejEQ2Mq9rY The Lib Dem leader says spending £5bn on social care will save £3bn by speeding up discharges from hospitals.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:01:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27ev-9mea3jrbriejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27ev-9mea3jrbrpVjH6qdYdAk Mr Cracknell is said to be the "clear choice" of Conservative party members in Colchester.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:45:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27ev-9mea3jrbrpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esdplppmC3WtF1cWWor9YPv The PM might have hoped to make an HS2 announcement later this autumn - but that timetable has slipped.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:43:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esdplppmC3WtF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esdplppmC3WtKCY3L745TL_ Rishi Sunak says "there are spades in the ground everywhere" for the HS2 rail project.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:34:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esdplppmC3WtKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esraytXneuZb5s0ohxaO6Yr Sir Ed Davey sets out plans to woo voters in Conservative held seats ahead of a general election.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:46:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esraytXneuZb5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esGBUUU6fp_Eps0ohxaO6Yr Former chancellor says axing Manchester leg of the train line would be an act of "economic self-harm".]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:39:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esGBUUU6fp_Eps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etOQ_LvRxSKeeT5HJgy6HUf The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:00:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etOQ_LvRxSKeeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27eua-KYBJofSVcb1naedg1wr The bank says wider economic problems led to a drop in the valuation of businesses it has invested in.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:28:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27eua-KYBJofSVcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esxf0ToXYuXrOT5HJgy6HUf Businesses and campaigners say they have gravitated towards a party with a sense of optimism.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:47:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esxf0ToXYuXrOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esl0bDbVFAZfJs0ohxaO6Yr The home secretary's move follows the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in London.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:46:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esl0bDbVFAZfJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etUGzszKq9_j5s0ohxaO6Yr Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday guest Yanis Varoufakis attacked the PM's 'incompetence and cynicism'.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:37:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etUGzszKq9_j5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27eu-gQ7xqv9nZps0ohxaO6Yr The party wants housing projects to be led by local communities, not developers, Sir Ed Davey says.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:10:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27eu-gQ7xqv9nZps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27evKkilfnH8fZSlmFkX7M1Jw The defence secretary says the UK has been hit with "enormous costs" because of Covid and the war in Ukraine.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:28:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27evKkilfnH8fZSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27eujSmGyuSGRO5s0ohxaO6Yr Grant Shapps cites Ukraine war costs and a spike in inflation as reasons to weigh up the rail project.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:42:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27eujSmGyuSGRO5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27evAk7K0Q1r8S3n9ye8UNv30 The descendant of the 19th Century PM urges the UK government to apologise for its part in slavery.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 01:58:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27evAk7K0Q1r8S3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etGPXWjFCFv3KCY3L745TL_ The pair say they will vote tactically to support a move to proportional representation.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:36:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27etGPXWjFCFv3KCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esKwDG_GIY1lJVjH6qdYdAk The polling guru says the party is struggling to attract voters who would like to rejoin the EU.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 19:03:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Gq-StER27esKwDG_GIY1lJVjH6qdYdAk