Kemi Badenoch's full shadow cabinet has now been announced.
Here's a breakdown of who she's hired.
A Shadow Foreign Secretary who lied about holding unofficial meetings with Israel - and was forced to resign as a result. 🧵1/ theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
A Shadow Home Secretary who's wife, a leading businesswoman, was accused of corporate espionage and referred to the CPS. While he was the policing minister. 2/ theguardian.com/business/artic…
A Shadow Housing Secretary who owns a large property business. 3/
This weekend has shown some of the worst of our country. Racism, violence, Islamophobia. But it's also shown some of the best of us.
There is a story to be told of humanity and resilience. Let's tell it. 1/13 🧵
In Hull, following 25 arrests after several shops were set on fire, there have been big groups of volunteers taking to the streets to lean up after the rioters. 2/13
In Middlesbrough, a picture was taken of volunteers hugging a Bangladeshi family after cleaning up after rioters smashed their windows. 3/13 mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/g…
🚨WHAT TO DO IF YOU FORGET TO POST YOUR POSTAL VOTE - OR IT DOESN'T ARRIVE IN TIME.
Your postal vote needs to be with the elections team at your local council by 10pm on polling day to be counted.
Please read and share!
A thread 👇 1/
📮If you can't post your postal vote in time, you can take it your polling station.
You may also be able to hand it in to your local council office, but you should contact your Electoral Registration Officer to check if this is possible. 2/
ℹ️When handing in postal votes, you will need to complete a form.
You will need to include your name and address, how many postal votes you are handing in and why you are handing in those postal votes. 3/
Rishi Sunak has finally acted to drop the Conservative PPCs at the heart of the betting scandal.
He promised to restore “integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level” when he arrived in Number 10.
So in light of that, here are all the scandals he's overseen.👇1/
Gavin Williamson & Dominic Raab were both forced from office amidst bullying scandals.
The Raab allegations came to light just a week after Gavin Williamson was forced to resign from cabinet over claims he told one official to “slit your throat”. 2/ independent.co.uk/voices/dominic…
Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as party chairman after failing to disclose that HMRC was investigating his taxes.
Last month he admitted for the first time he paid nearly £5m to the tax authority to settle his tax affairs. 3/ bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
14 years of the Conservatives in government, in charts, by the @FT.
Seeing the legacy of 14 wasted years laid out starkly is, frankly, astounding. 👇1/
Almost half of children in large families now live in poverty.
These trends reflect policy decisions. While the pensions “triple-lock” ensures the state retirement income of over-65s will not lose value in real terms, large families have received benefits cuts. 2/
After 14 years of the Tories, per-pupil spending has only just recovered to 2010 levels - but capital spending remains far below 2010 levels.
Meanwhile teacher pay has dropped, at the same time as they're paying out of their own pockets to support students in poverty. 3/
All the gaffes from the Conservatives' election campaign so far. Follow this thread for regular updates! 1/?????? 🧵👇
Gaffe 1: Things Can Only Get Wetter. To everyone’s surprise, Rishi Sunak calls a snap General Election. He makes the announcement in Downing Street with the rain pouring down and D:Ream’s things can only get better playing over it. 2/ theguardian.com/politics/artic…
Gaffe 2: Sunak visits Wales and asks football fans if they are looking forward to the Euros, despite Wales failing to qualify for the tournament. On the same day, he rules out flights to Rwanda before the election. 3/ bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol…