A guide to the key Conservative tribes as party conference looms Tensions bubble beneath the surface as free-market ultras, culture warriors and northern Tories gather in Manchester The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023
Tories face frosty reception in Manchester as future of HS2 in doubt Any rollback of' levelling up commitments in north could anger ‘red wall’ voters who swung to Conservatives The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023
Boris Johnson: Cutting HS2 route to Manchester would be betrayal of North Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to commit to the high-speed rail route linking Birmingham and Manchester. The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
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 Boris Johnson says Sunak would be ‘out of his mind’ to scrap it The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
Sunak and Hunt will be ‘out of their minds to cancel HS2’, says Boris Johnson Former PM tells successor ‘cut the cackle and get on with it’ The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
I’ve got news for Rishi Sunak: he no longer leads the conservative party From Braverman’s UN threats to the net zero retreat, the Tories’ lurch to the populist right betrays their own supposed principles, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
Tories must explain who knew of tax investigation into donor Anthony Bamford, says Labour Party asked if it will return millions of pounds donated by Brexit-backing JCB boss and his family The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
Partygate: booze, karaoke, cake... Channel 4’s upcoming drama about the scandal that shook the nation The docudrama will interweave real-life clips of the nation’s Covid horror with dramatisations of the many illicit wine and prosecco-fuelled gatherings that took place at Number 10 Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Who is in the cast of Channel 4’s partygate drama? The show will look at what happened behind the doors of 10 Downing Street Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden’s message to rail unions: ‘Don’t take us for fools’ EXCLUSIVE: Deputy PM Oliver Dowden takes aim at the striking unions, the bigger Ulez and backs Susan Hall as ‘excellent’ choice for Mayor Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Call me ‘Tiny Dancer’ says Sunak as he rips into Boris and Truss Prime minister jests and mocks Tory bigwigs and jokes about party conference karaoke The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Sunak mocks Johnson, Truss and Hancock in speech to political journalists The Prime Minister was addressing the Westminster correspondents’ dinner in central London. The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
The Abuse of Power by Theresa May review – rewriting history The former prime minister’s serious study of burning injustices is marred by blindspots about her own conduct The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023
Sunak says he is making decisions for the long term, but that’s his vanity talking. He’s failing and he knows it The PM is rebranding himself as the man thinking far into the strategic future, because he can do nothing about the present, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023 Who is Anthony Bamford, the billionaire ‘super-donor’? Brexit-backing JCB boss has helped determine course of British politics for more than a decade
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023 HMRC investigating tax affairs of one of Tory party’s largest donors Exclusive: Inquiry into tax affairs of JCB boss Anthony Bamford calls into question whether Tories should accept funds from peer
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023 A newt point: Boris Johnson’s pool gets go-ahead after wildlife concerns South Oxfordshire council gives green light to ex-PM’s swimming plans, as long as he mitigates risk to protected species
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg praises Boris Johnson’s leadership after knighthood The former cabinet member was given the honour by the Princess Royal on Wednesday before former home secretary Dame Priti Patel collected her damehood
Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2023 No need for ‘newt motel’ as Boris Johnson gets permission to build swimming pool Concerns had been raised about the effect it could have on newts near his Oxfordshire country manor
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Mary Beard says Roman Empire a ‘safe space for being macho’ amid TikTok trend The historian was speaking amid a trend on social media that highlights how often men ponder the time of togas, swords and emperors.
The National (Scotland) · Sep 27, 2023 In pictures: Jacob Rees-Mogg receives knighthood at Windsor Castle FORMER Cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg received honours at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel to receive honours at Windsor Castle The former cabinet members were both on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, which his critics branded a ‘catalogue of cronies’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023 Andrew Gilligan: ex-Johnson adviser said to have Sunak’s ear on HS2 Former BBC journalist who has a gift for persuasion has reportedly always been 100% opposed to rail project
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dame Priti Patel to receive honours at Windsor Castle The former cabinet members were both on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 How the Integrated Rail Plan disintegrated Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream