Tag: UK Politics
about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak was branded ‘Dr Death’ by top government scientist in secret Covid WhatsApp messages

Deputy chief scientific adviser also called NHS England director a ‘f***wit’

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Nigel Farage teases he ‘would be very surprised’ if he weren’t Tory leader by 2026

Ex Ukip leader playing hot and cold over joining Conservatives

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak accused of ‘spreading misinformation’ and ‘damaging democracy’ by fact-checking charity

Prime minister told to stop repeating dodgy claim

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Leaked Tory memo reveals fears party will lose half of vote share in key by-elections

But document may have been leaked to manage expectations ahead of tight contest

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Low-level offenders to be spared jail to free up space in overcrowded prisons

Government will switch penalties to community service and release some prisoners early

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Government to step up deportations in bid to free up space in prisons

Ministers are to unveil a slate of emergency measures in a bid to free up space

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Hamas wants to spark war across Middle East, James Cleverly warns Israel

James Cleverly says UK expects Israel to act with restraint

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about 1 year ago
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Liz Truss’s ‘growth commission’ to publish alternative Budget

Report will come just over a year after former prime minister’s real Budget caused financial chaos

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

UK could be legally complicit in Gaza war crimes, senior Tory MP warns Rishi Sunak

Ex foreign affairs committee chair Crispin Blunt says UK’s ‘unqualified support’ puts Britain in ‘legal peril’

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about 1 year ago
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Rishi Sunak was warned by own watchdog three years ago that prisons would run out of space in 2023

Exclusive: National Audit Office said government’s failure to invest and longer sentences were driving shortfall

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about 1 year ago
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Britain deploys Royal Navy and RAF to support Israel and ‘ensure regional stability’

Surveillance aircraft and auxiliary vessels sent to region as Royal Marines and helicopters put on standby

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

New Labour attack ad claims Sunak is letting rapists walk free as prisons crisis deepens

Party’s latest attack ad targets prime minister over prisoners

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Misery for motorists as Rishi Sunak’s HS2 cut ‘set to put half a million more lorries on the road’

Transport bosses say HS2 plan to shift huge quantities of freight to rail now impossible

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

The five key moments in Keir Starmer’s speech

From unleashing ‘big build’ to distancing himself from Corbyn, the main talking points from the opposition leader’s L...

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Revealed: Why stage invader glitterbombed Keir Starmer

Man shouted ‘we are in crisis - politics needs an update’ before he was dragged off stage by security

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Just 9% of British voters think Brexit has gone well, poll finds

But 61 per cent of Leave voters still say leaving will turn out well in the end

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of leaving Britain isolated on world stage

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy will promise a Labour government would ‘reconnect’ UK abroad

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson blasts Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking for future generations

Former PM claims policy will create ‘smoking apartheid’

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

From Net Zero to HS2: The five biggest rows to watch out for at Tory conference

From leadership ambitions to the environment, there’s a lot to keep the Tories occupied in Manchester

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Revealed: Proof PM knows cutting HS2 would lead to chaos

Secret document leaked to The Independent details dire consequences of cancelling high-speed rail extension – as Bori...

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Boss of HS2 building firm savages Rishi Sunak over scrapping new London station

Mark Reynolds says his firm will be more cautious about taking big UK contracts in future

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about 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Silent protest over jury rights held outside Bristol Crown Court

They held up signs repeating the rights of juries to give verdicts according to their convictions - which dates back ...

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Government minister says inheritance tax ‘deeply unfair’ amid reports it could be cut

Rishi Sunak said it be preparing to announce cut in levy

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

It would be ‘irresponsible’ to keep spending money on HS2, cabinet minister says

Former transport secretary Grant Shapps hints plans for the rail line could be changed

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Lib Dems take aim at Tory heartlands with promise to usher in ‘liberal Britain’

Party kicks off conference by throwing down gauntlet to Rishi Sunak

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about 1 year ago
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Tory big beasts turn on Rishi Sunak’s ‘insane’ plan to scrap HS2

David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the government’s own infrastructure tsar join outcry against ‘tragedy’ of cancelling...

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak’s popularity sinks to lowest ever after climate U-turns

Tory prime minister losing support among Lib Dems who he needs to win over in ‘blue wall’ marginals

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson and David Cameron warn Rishi Sunak not to cut back HS2

Proposed cuts branded ‘Treasury driven nonsense’ by ex-PM

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Trouble for Sunak as Tory MPs in blue wall left ‘vulnerable’ by PM’s net zero U-turns

Conservative voters say climate policies are important to how they will vote

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Anti-Brexit campaigners to descend on Westminster for ‘rejoin the EU’ protest

Tens of thousands expected to attend march to Parliament

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Starmer hits back over Brexit row as he defends Labour’s approach to closer relationship with the EU

Labour said it ‘shouldn’t come as a surprise’ that the party does not want to ‘dilute workers’ rights, environmental ...

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about 1 year ago
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Labour ‘does not want to diverge’ from EU rules, says Keir Starmer

Opposition leader gives rare window into thinking on Europe

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about 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Dramatic moment immigration enforcers raid restaurant near Bristol

It is the third time the restaurant has been raided in the past 15 months and every time officers have found people s...

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about 1 year ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Universal Credit is '£35 a week below what a single person needs to survive in Bristol' say foodb...

The reality of the cost-of-living crisis laid bare in Bristol, as almost 16,000 people needed at least one foodbank p...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Friends of Boris Johnson call claims about No10 conduct and the Queen a 'mendacious fantasy'

The Laura Kuenssberg: State Of Chaos BBC documentary quoted sources saying that senior officials wanted Queen Elizabe...

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about 1 year ago
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Votes for EU citizens missing from Labour policy plan

Keir Starmer had previously backed the policy, which was in the 2019 Labour manifesto

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Scrapping HS2 northern leg would be ‘disaster’, says ex-Tory treasury minister

Lord O’Neill says UK framework for making investment decisions on infrastructure is ‘dreadful’

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about 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Abandoning HS2 to north would be a ‘mistake’, Sunak warned

George Osborne leads chorus of voices urging prime minister to commit to completing railway to the north

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about 1 year ago
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Anti-vax MP Andrew Bridgen charges taxpayer for Twitter premium to promote Covid conspiracies

Exclusive: The outspoken MP, kicked out of the Conservative party for comparing the Covid-19 vaccine rollout to the H...

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