Rishi Sunak election campaign has got off to a bad start.
The Conservatives’ general election campaign is in meltdown after a minister criticised Rishi Sunak’s flagship policy of bringing back national service.
Steve Baker said the PM’s plan for all 18-year-olds to either enlist in the Army for a year or volunteer for community service had been “sprung on” Tory candidates.
It emerged yesterday that just last week, defence minister Andrew Murrison had set out why the government did not support the return of national service.
Lucy Allan was MP for Telford for nine years.
An outgoing Tory MP has been suspended by the party after she backed Reform UK.
Lucy Allan endorsed Alan Adams to succeed her as the MP for Telford as Rishi Sunak’s stuttering general election campaign went from bad to worse.
Writing on X (formerly Twitter) she said: “I am supporting Alan Adams to be Telford’s next MP. If you want to help Alan or donate to his campaign, sign up on his website.”
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Keir Starmer has said he is fed up of “wasting” his life in opposition, as he attacked “weak” and “desperate” Rishi Sunak.
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I’ve had my oldest cat for almost 13 years and there’s not a lot that tiny tabby does that surprises or confounds me these days apart from that open-mouth stare.
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Parents could be punished if their children refuse to sign up to the Conservative’s national service programme, a minister has suggested.
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Menopause is, for most women, an inevitable part of life. This stage, which typically occurs in your 40s or 50s, marks the very end of the menstrual cycle. Your body starts to use energy differently and your ovaries stop producing eggs and oestrogen ― a sex hormone that’s intimately involved in a wide range of body functions. As a result, your body may begin to feel, look and behave differently.
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They may come to the hospital to meet their new grandchild, or perhaps introductions happen over video chat. In the emotional rush, sometimes grandparents do or say things that rub parents the wrong way.
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An alcohol intolerance can develop quickly, for seemingly no reason. Here's how to spot the signs.
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Cats apparently love baby talk, but only when it comes from their owner.
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Therapists say there's one common belief about happiness that's actually preventing us from experiencing it more often.
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Are you ready to venture back into the high-octane world of Mad Max?
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller’s brand new origin story in which The Queen’s Gambit actor takes on the role Charlize Theron first portrayed in the Oscar-winning Fury Road.
If the film has left you marvelling at the post-apocalyptic wastelands, spectacular action sequences and sheer scale of the highly anticipated blockbuster, it’ll come as no surprise that it took... Читать дальше...