Politics

Cable: I want the Lib Dems to become a “party of more open, internationalist liberal people who would absorb social democrats of the Labour Party and one-nation conservatives.”

Antoinette Sandbach lost the Conservative whip and last night lost a vote of confidence held by her local party.

The Labour leader has pledged to scrap prescription charges in England and proposes a publicly-owned generic drugs manufacturer.

The arrangement was rejected by Theresa May as a deal that no British prime minister could ever accept.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday that defence exports to Turkey would continue to be reviewed.

The London Assembly said it was an “appalling waste of public money” that was spent in order to fulfil Boris Johnson’s pet project

“After all that struggle and all the sacrifice”, the UK is now in danger of losing our community as a United Kingdom, he said.

Being in both the single market as well as being the “closest neighbour to our friends in the rest of the UK” will give Scotland the “best of both worlds”.

Downing Street ruled out a defeat on the Queen’s Speech being a matter of confidence, which could pave the way for an early general election.