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...Alok Sharma, the former Tory minister who was president of the COP26 climate summit in 2021, said on the social media platform X that the UK “had been a leader on climate action but we cannot rest on our laurels...
...Even if Labour wins back most of the seats it lost in 2019, recent history shows the party cannot rest on its laurels....
...Letter in response to this article: UK cannot rest on its laurels if it is to remain Europe’s tech hub / From Yoko Spirig, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Ledgy, London E1, UK...
...Some senior government officials have started referring to BaronessHarding and Lord Bethell, health minister, as “Laurel and Hardy”....
...Some Number 10 officials privately refer to Dido Harding and James Bethell, the two Tory peers in charge of the testing programme, as “Laurel and Hardy”....
...However, a Downing Street official said that unlike previous defence reviews, this one “doesn’t have to be cost neutral”, suggesting that there could be an increase in spending....
...On manoeuvres But this may be the least of Mrs May’s problems, amid reports that allies of Brexit minister David Davis are working to hasten her exit from Downing Street....
...“And when Holmes visited the prime minister he would not have visited him at Downing Street he would have visited him here,” he said, motioning towards Chatham House....
...Stanley Baldwin occupied Downing Street from 1924-29 and 1935-37....
...But Downing Street and senior Liberal Democrats in the coalition government rejected an early end to the 50p rate on earnings above £150,000 – introduced as an emergency measure by the previous Labour government...
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