Etiqueta: UK Politics
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Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversals as Prime Minister

The Prime Minister has history of U-turns, both large and small

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Advertising regulator bans seven misleading government newspaper ads

ASA says adverts the must not appear again in their current form

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Brexit regulation problems putting consumers at risk, parliamentary committee warns

Safety regulators struggling to recruit enough staff

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Health secretary unable to say if government’s anti-smoking plan will be scrapped

Therese Coffey refuses to say whether she agrees with 2030 smoke free plan or not

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Government ‘ignoring’ official advice to boost sick pay for NHS staff with long Covid

Exclusive: Ministers have been told industrial injury disablement benefit should apply to long Covid

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Government urged to raise ‘miserly’ sick pay rate to living wage

Britain has among lowest rates of statutory sick pay in Europe

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Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversals as Prime Minister

The Prime Minister has history of U-turns, both large and small

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Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversal as Prime Minister (cloned)

The Tory frontrunner has performed many U-turns, big and small

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Majority of Londoners back Sadiq Khan plan to expand ULEZ clean air zone, poll finds

Mayor wants to expand the zone to the Greater London border from August 2023

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Government spent over £3 billion on temporary agency staff to do civil service jobs

Ministers accused of wasting money and running down pay and conditions

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Ways Liz Truss could be replaced as Prime Minister?

There are a number of options on the table – and hurdles

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UK to continue with bid to tear up Northern Ireland Brexit deal despite ‘very good’ talks

The EU has characterised the bill as a breach of International law

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As US pardons cannabis convictions Tories call for it to be classified the same as heroin

Atlantic rift widens on approach to drug laws

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Liz Truss ‘demanded no EU flags’ at Prague European summit

Summit organisers eschew Flag of Europe but some EU leaders bring own flags

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Liz Truss blocks energy saving campaign ‘on ideological grounds’

Minister says government views public information campaign as ‘nanny state’

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Keir Starmer refuses to back striking NHS nurses

Labour leader reiterates opposition to supporting picket lines

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Liz Truss to give government powers to override human rights court

Prime minister resurrects plan for ECHR override

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Ways Liz Truss could be replaced as Prime Minister?

There are a number of options on the table – and hurdles

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Labour urges Suella Braverman to ramp up asylum seeker deportations

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says low level of deportations is a ‘problem’

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Kwasi Kwarteng budget: MPs demand inquiry into ‘insider trading’ claims

Treasury Select Committee urged to probe Chancellor’s contact with City traders

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How Liz Truss could become the UK’s shortest serving prime minister

There are a number of options on the table – and hurdles

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Treasury deletes misleading claim about benefits of Kwasi Kwarteng’s budget

Claimed benefits for average earner would need someone to have a wealth of over £400,000

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independent.co.uk

Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversal as Prime Minister

The Tory frontrunner has performed many U-turns, big and small

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Timeline: How Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s 45p tax policy spectacularly fell apart

The policy was being defended by the government as recently as 24 hours before it collapsed

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alrededor de 2 años ago
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Environment secretary’s own constituency has sewage dumped in rivers 11 hours a day

Ranil Jayawardena was appointed by Liz Truss earlier this month

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alrededor de 2 años ago
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From the 1922 committee to resignation: How Tory MPs could get rid of Truss

There are a number of options on the table – and hurdles

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French government ‘worried about Britain’, Macron’s finance minister says

Bruno Le Maire is the French opposite number to chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

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How Kwasi Kwarteng’s budget damaged the economy and what will happen now

Policy Correspondent Jon Stone unpacks how unfunded tax cuts pulled the rug out from under the UK economy

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alrededor de 2 años ago
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UK economy did not shrink as previously thought

The UK economy grew 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, a slightly more positive performance than previously ...

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Labour surges to 33-point lead over Tories after Liz Truss budget ‘disaster’

YouGov puts Keir Starmer’s party on 54 per cent as Tories slump to 21 per cent

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Seven best local radio takedowns of Liz Truss as she fails to defend ‘disastrous’ mini-Budget

The prime minister was interviewed on local radio on Thursday morning

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Fracking could go ahead despite opposition from local councils, Liz Truss reveals

Prime minister says she will not rule out fracking in Lancashire, where the council is opposed

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What Rishi Sunak predicted about Liz Truss’s ‘fairytale’ economic plans

Former chancellor warned of ‘inflationary spiral’

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What Rishi Sunak predicted about Liz Truss’s ‘fairytale’ economic plans

Former chancellor warned of ‘inflationary spiral’

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Cost of living protests to hit start of Tory conference as bill rise kicks in

Cost of living and climate protesters to unite for national day of action

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independent.co.uk

How Kwasi Kwarteng’s budget damaged the economy and what will happen now

Policy Correspondent Jon Stone unpacks how unfunded tax cuts pulled the rug out from under the UK economy

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Liz Truss accused of ‘lying’ to parliament about meeting with Gulf autocrats

Foreign Office accused of cover-up after refusing to explain prime minister’s comments

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Red Wall voters want proportional representation voting system, poll finds

Just 12 per cent in marginal seats want to keep First Past The Post

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Labour MP tables first ever parliamentary bill to bring in four-day working work

Measure is currently being trialled by over 3,000 workers across 70 companies

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