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Rishi Sunak has cancelled plans to carry a second spherical of Boris Johnson's £3.6bn cities fund in a transfer that might anger Tory MPs.Sky News can reveal that the £300m put aside for an extra competitors will as an alternative be transferred to the levelling up fund, which has been criticised for sluggish supply. The cities fund was first introduced by Boris Johnson in July 2019 and initially supported the event of 100 places, together with former Labour heartlands that turned Conservative for the primary time on the final basic election.The fund shortly attracted criticism of "pork barrel" politics after analyses discovered that the overwhelming majority of locations benefitting from the money had been held by Tory MPs.In November 2020, MPs on the general public accounts...

The House Wednesday averted a vote that might have pressured lawmakers to resolve whether or not to censure Rep. Adam Schiff for his allegations towards former President Donald Trump of Russian collusion within the 2016 election. ...

Boris Johnson has executed all the things he presumably may to discredit the Privileges Committee's report on claims that he lied to MPs over partygate. But to date he has met fierce resistance.After declaring conflict with allegations of a "witch-hunt" and kangaroo court docket", his newest assault was directed at committee member Sir Bernard Jenkin, after a report that he attended a celebration that broke lockdown guidelines. In a letter to Harriet Harman, who chairs the committee, Mr Johnson mentioned if Sir Bernard broke the foundations he was not a "valid judge" and was responsible of "flagrant and monstrous hypocrisy".Politics newest: Dorries to 'delay ache' for PM by resigning laterStrong stuff. And after earlier accusing Sir Bernard of "a total contempt of parliament"...

WASHINGTON — The prime Republican on the Senate Energy panel is asking for an investigation of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, after she instructed the committee she mistakenly offered false details about her household’s inventory holdings in testimony earlier this yr. ...

Boris Johnson has been accused of utilizing a "distraction tactic" after calling for an MP on the Privileges Committee to resign over allegations of lockdown rule-breaking.A contemporary row erupted on the eve of a long-awaited report that's poised to search out the previous prime minister misled parliament over the Downing Street events scandal. Politics Live: Tories 'arguing about peerages' whereas nation suffersIn a dramatic twist on Wednesday night, Mr Johnson and his allies known as on senior Tory MP Sir Bernard Jenkin to "explain his actions" and resign from the inquiry, following claims he attended a drinks reception in December 2020.Mr Johnson known as the allegations "nauseating" - however he was accused of trying to distract from the report's findings by opposition ...

The House on Wednesday handed the second of two GOP-led payments to safeguard pure fuel stoves and block the Biden administration from imposing rules or a ban on the favored family cooking equipment. ...

Nadine Dorries has stated she is not going to formally resign till after she will get solutions from Downing Street about why she didn't get her peerage. In a Twitter thread, the previous tradition secretary responded to the "speculation" as to why she is but to formally give up the Commons, after saying her intention to take action on Friday. She insisted it's "absolutely my intention to resign" following strategies she is dragging out the method to trigger political ache for Rishi Sunak.However she stated she is "awaiting responses" to data she has requested from the House of Lords Appointments Committee (HOLAC), the Cabinet Secretary Simon Case and the Cabinet Office.She stated: "I have requested copies of WhatsApp's, text messages, all emails and minutes of meetings both ...

Protecting Americans’ TikTok information from China’s prying eyes is a bipartisan concern requiring new regulation, in line with a bunch of federal lawmakers.  ...

Nadine Dorries is delaying her formal resignation as an MP to lengthen the political ache for Rishi Sunak, Sky News understands.The dates of the by-elections attributable to the resignations of Boris Johnson and his ally Nigel Adams are attributable to be introduced as we speak, however it's understood the competition in Ms Dorries's seat of Mid Bedfordshire will occur at a later date. Ms Dorries introduced she was standing down as an MP with "immediate effect" after it turned clear she had been handed over for a peerage in Mr Johnson's controversial resignation honours record.The former tradition secretary had been chosen by Mr Johnson for a peerage, together with Mr Adams and former COP26 president Sir Alok Sharma.But when the record was lastly revealed, the three names had...

China is probably going utilizing the chaotic situations on the U.S. southern border to insert army personnel into the U.S., the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee charged on Wednesday. ...