Plus: Boris’s party is raided by the Vice and Drugs Squads. The Home Secretary says it was “a police operational decision”
Plus: Soames makes his way towards a gender-neutral loo. Lunch with Tyrie, lunch with Kirby. The Shipley Strangler strikes again. And: George Simpson saves the day.
The Tories ousted Ed Balls and the Liberal Democrats managed to return two seats, but otherwise this region was a low-scoring draw for the main parties.
Plus: The SNP take over a bar, a rumpus at Women to Win, no booze at Steve Hilton’s book launch…and from Russia with Love to Soames.
The region, which the Yorkshire Post argues should have its own Minister, is the scene of intense campaigning.
Lisa Nandy promises the return of the Sock Puppets.
Registering pubs as being of community value will protect them from change of use.
The Instant Voucher Reward Scheme has helped to save money
The deal also means 10 acres of public open space from a derelict site.
Building started on 133,650 in the 12 months to March – up by 31 per cent on the previous year
But that’s not overheating the market, says Kris Hopkins MP – as it’s only 2 per cent of overall sales.
No wonder Tory backbenchers have nicknamed this disreputable ploy Help to Vote.
The shuffle sends out a clear message to Conservative MPs: stay on the right side of the Chancellor. Theresa May and Boris Johnson should note it too
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Here is a selection of the arguments that Tory MPs made during yesterday's debate on limiting the increase in benefits to 1% for each of the next three years. The Government's overall policies help those on low incomes: "The Opposition have argued that this uprating of 1% will impact […]