How much has HS2 cost so far? Critics of such a move include former prime ministers The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
Covid-19 bereaved families ‘haven’t had access to Johnson’s phone messages’ It comes as the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is set to begin its second module. The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
No champagne at Tory conference, but Michael Gove parties on Rishi Sunak attacked Keir Starmer at a 1922 Committee event to open conference Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023
Rishi Sunak accused of presiding over ‘chaos’ as Tory conference braces for news of HS2 Manchester leg cancellation – as it happened Andy Burnham, Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, says news would be ‘profoundly depressing’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Tory Party conference – live: Agenda blown off track by HS2 furore with Sunak’s majority ‘at risk’ West Midlands mayor Andy Street holds furious impromptu press conference urging Sunak not to ‘cancel the future’ The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
The business leaders who are paying £3,300 for lunch with Rishi Sunak Raising money from business leaders and wooing megadonors for cash is a big game at party conference The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
Tories’ 2019 NHS promises may come back to bite them Party’s success in ‘neutralising’ issue of public services in election campaigns is unlikely to work again The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
Sunak faces open revolt over refusal to back tax cuts (And he STILL won’t come clean about plan to cancel northern leg of HS2) The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
The Guardian view on the Conservative conference: an exercise in diverting blame for failure Editorial: Without a candid audit of what has gone wrong, Rishi Sunak will struggle to develop a meaningful programme for the future The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
Back Rishi or ‘shut up’, Liz Truss told, as Tory grandees fear grandstanding will hurt them at the polls Ex-PM told her plans to back tax cuts at party conference are ‘total and utter disgrace. How dare she?’ The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Braverman’s migration comments may have been ‘to get attention,’ claims Priti Patel Suella Braverman previously said that some refugees claim to be gay to game the asylum system and that multiculturalism had failed which sparked an uproar from some MPs Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2023
Patel urges Braverman to deliver small boats pledge as she takes aim at speech The senior Conservative appeared to criticise the Home Secretary for arguing that multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Britain. The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Rishi Sunak needs to rally his flagging Conservatives. He hopes a dash of populism will do the trick Britain's governing Conservative Party is gathering for its annual conference The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Poll spells trouble for Rishi Sunak as voters who ‘lent’ votes look to take them back Party loses 40% of 2019 voters in south and Midlands according to exclusive Opinium poll for the Observer The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023 ‘No one knows what we stand for’: Tory MPs in despair ahead of Sunak’s crucial conference With the party riven by factions and differences on policy, the prime minister has a job on his hands trying to find a coherent way forward
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Rishi Sunak promises to use Tory conference to set out long-term vision for UK The Prime Minister is set to face questions over the future of HS2 and further calls to set out tax cuts while in Manchester.
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2023 Theresa May the latest former PM to urge Sunak not to trim HS2 as Tory Party Conference set to begin The row over HS2 could derail this year's Tory Party Conference
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023 Red wall Tory MPs call for cabinet minister for north of England Northern Research Group manifesto calls for tax devolution, a rail line from Liverpool to Hull and 500,000 new homes
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Theresa May piles pressure on Sunak not to scrap HS2 She joins calls by fellow ex-PMs Boris Johnson and David Cameron over fears scrapping line into Euston will disrupt trains from her constituency
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Theresa May becomes latest ex-premier to urge Rishi Sunak not to trim HS2 The former Conservative leader said more capacity was required on trains to the North West and that HS2 should terminate at Euston.
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2023 Transport Secretary refuses to commit to HS2 Manchester leg as pressure builds on PM to ‘finish the job’ The route to Leeds was scrapped in 2021 due to surging costs
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023 Tory donor’s Hastings ‘fun factory’ closes abruptly after £150,000 grant Lubov Chernukhin’s amusement centre, which received money from levelling up fund, shuts doors after less than a year
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Transport Secretary swerves HS2 questions as ministers told to ‘finish the job’ Former attorney general Sir Jeremy Wright said a high-speed line only from London to Birmingham would never have received sign-off from Parliament.
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Transport secretary refuses eight times to talk about HS2 in painful BBC clash Mark Harper refuses to discuss future of high-speed rail in excruciating radio interview – as Theresa May joins furious Tory backlash
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 ‘No, I can’t do it, no matter how much they pay’: Inside the world of nannies to the super-rich Extravagant meals out with the family or banished to a separate table? Katie Rosseinsky explores the contrasting experiences of those looking after the children of the wealthy