Tag: Shapps
Tory conference: Liz Truss will lose 45p tax rate vote, says Shapps
Ex-cabinet minister accuses PM of not listening to public concern over tax cuts for the well-off.
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Rail strikes: Grant Shapps on unions and pay offers
The transport secretary said unions “don’t bother” to put pay offers to members “and just call more strike dates”.Grant Shapps said rail workers were [...]
Boris Johnson resignation: Shapps latest to enter Tory leadership race
The transport secretary promises a focus on the cost of living as he bids to replace Boris Johnson.
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Grant Shapps: Train strikes are ‘full responsibility of the unions’
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been speaking in the House of Commons, ahead of this week's mass strike action by the railway unions.Mr Shapps sa [...]
Labour’s Haigh tells Shapps on rail strikes: Do your job
Labour's shadow transport secretary has said her party does not want rail strikes this week to go ahead.Louise Haigh called on Grant Shapps to reach a [...]
Grant Shapps: ‘Rail union determined to go on strike’
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has accuse the RMT union of being "determined to go out on strike come what may"."The strike is the last thing we nee [...]
Grant Shapps: PM would win a confidence vote
The transport secretary tells the BBC he does not believe Boris Johnson will actually face such a vote.
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Partygate: Boris Johnson would win a confidence vote, says Grant Shapps
Some Conservative MPs say a vote on Boris Johnson's leadership could be triggered in the coming week.
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Cancelled flights: Travel firms have oversold flights and holidays – Shapps
The UK's transport secretary seeks a meeting with airlines and airports to "find out what's gone wrong".
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Partygate: Shapps says red boxes in photos suggest PM was working
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been pressed about whether photos showing Boris Johnson drinking during a Covid lockdown constituted a party.The [...]
PM wrong to attend lockdown party, says Grant Shapps
The government has faced intense pressure over gatherings held in and around Downing Street during Covid lockdowns. Se [...]
Grant Shapps: PM is mortified over party fines
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says he feels the same anger as the public about lockdown parties in Downing Street.But he adds that Boris Johnson is [...]
P&O boss ‘needs to step down’ – Grant Shapps
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has called for P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite to "step down" after the ferry company's CEO admitted to MPs that a d [...]
P&O boss should resign, says transport secretary Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps calls for Peter Hebblethwaite's resignation after the no notice sacking of 800 staff.
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Shapps on P&O sackings: We will change the law
The government will stop companies firing staff on-the-spot, after P&O Ferries “exploited a loophole” in current laws, the transport secretary has [...]