Steve Double: Last News

The Tory leadership election is heating up as a new prime minister is set to be chosen next week following Liz Truss' bombshell resignation.

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after less than 50 days in charge.

Liz Truss faces a tough clash with Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions today, having been forced to junk her entire economic strategy and with her leadership in peril.

An official drought has been declared for some parts of England as temperatures soar to above 30C.

Another restaurant discount scheme could be introduced this winter following the success of Eat Out to Help Out.A government minister told MPs in the House of Commons today that the idea is being kept 'under review'.Tory MP Steve Double told MPs that the hospitality industry in his constituency faces a big challenge heading into winter.He asked whether the chancellor would consider something similar to the successful Eat Out to Help Out scheme - which gave diners 50 per cent of their meal up to £10 - to be run in winter in order to "help as many businesses as possible survive and be here for next summer". Financial secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman replied: “I would say that there is this wider package… of course the Treasury keeps all