SNP demand to know if Scots Tories voted for foreign aid cut in exchange for Johnson job offers
Ian Blackford has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson claiming that ministerial posts were dangled in front of the six Scottish Tory MPs who backed his £4 billion cut to foreign aid.
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Ian Blackford claimed dodgy dealing in the Commons aid cut vote (Image: PRU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Theresa May named as new Aldersgate Group chair
Green business coalition the Aldersgate Group has named former Prime Minister Theresa May as its new chair, effective from Tuesday (20 July).
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May is replacing Joan Walley, former Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent, who had acted as chair since 2015. Walley has completed a two-term period of office and each chair of the Group is permitted a maximum of two consecutive terms.
In a statement released today (19 July), the Aldersgate Group pointed to a number of green policy milestones delivered during May’s time as Prime Minister. The decision to enshrine the UK’s net-zero target for 2050 in law was one of May’s last major acts before she stepped down as Conservative Party leader in 2019 and came following extensive engagement work with the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. Her approach was to amend the Climate Ch