‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’ PM makes five pledges for public to judge him against, but gives little detail or timescale The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2023
Labour dismisses Rishi Sunak’s five new pledges as mostly ‘so easy it would be difficult not to achieve them’ – as it happened Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2023
What are the Covid rules currently in force in the UK? Present guidance means public no longer required to enter quarantine but doing so still advisable for safety of others The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023
Channel 4 sale set to be scrapped as Nadine Dorries launches bitter attack on Rishi Sunak The privatisation of Channel 4 was proposed when Boris Johnson was still in Downing Street and was eagerly backed by then Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries. Daily Record · Jan 4, 2023
‘Three years of progressive Tory government being washed down drain’ – Dorries The Boris Johnson ally launched a bitter attack on Rishi Sunak after reports the Government is dropping plans to privatise Channel 4. The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023
Channel 4 privatisation set to be scrapped as Boris Johnson's plan in tatters The ex-PM had plotted revenge on Channel 4 by selling it off after 40 years of public ownership - but the sale now looks set to be ditched, according to a leaked letter from his Culture Secretary Daily Mirror · Jan 4, 2023
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan tells PM Rishi Sunak that plans to privatise Channel 4 should be dropped The move was led by the previous Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, while Boris Johnson was Prime Minister Wales Online · Jan 4, 2023
Government 'to ditch Channel 4 sell-off plans' THE Government is reportedly seeking to ditch plans to sell off Channel 4 in a remarkable U-turn which would signal a clean break with Boris… The National (Scotland) · Jan 4, 2023
Airport security liquids rule – what is changing? Three years ago Boris Johnson promised all major UK airports would have advanced CT scanners at security checkpoints by 1 December 2022 The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023
Boris Johnson ally Lord Stephen Greenhalgh predicts former PM will return to Number 10 this year Talk of a return for Boris Johnson comes as Rishi Sunak was set to make his first major intervention of the new year in a speech in London Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023
‘God help us’ if Boris Johnson returns, David Davis warns ‘obsessed’ Tory backers Tories ‘would not return to government’ if they change leader before 2024 election, says senior MP The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023
'My dog's name gets mixed reactions in the pub - especially when I say he likes to party' Mike Pick, from Bristol, says his golden retriever dog Boris gets mixed reactions to his name in the pub - and has the 'same scruffy blonde hair' as the old PM Daily Mirror · Jan 3, 2023
Seven massive bear traps waiting for Rishi Sunak in 2023 as nightmare year looms From strikes and the cost of living to local elections and Tory revolts, we look at the landmines waiting for Rishi Sunak - as many believe his days are numbered Daily Mirror · Jan 2, 2023
Welsh Labour preparing for snap election as Tories on the brink of being 'overwhelmed' The Welsh Labour leader has put his party on an election footing as he thinks Rishi Sunak's administration is 'staggering on' and the PM could be forced to call an early nationwide poll Daily Mirror · Jan 2, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023 Kevin Maguire's 2023 predictions include strikes, sleaze, stubbornness and separation After last year’s economic and political nightmares, Mystic Mag peers into his crystal ball to predict what further horrors lie in store as Tories lurch from one disaster to the next
Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023 The year of three prime ministers - how Britain went from Boris to budget bedlam then back to billionaire Rishi A look back at a turbulent year in UK politics
The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023 Record number of public electric vehicle chargers installed in UK in 2022 More than 8,700 chargers installed, bringing total to 37,000 in a 30% increase
Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023 2023 could be Keir Starmer's last year before Downing Street - 10 hurdles he has to vault The Labour leader faced three Prime Ministers in 2022 after a year of open warfare in the Conservative Party - and in the coming year he will set out more of his blueprint for No10 as he hopes to maintain momentum
Wales Online · Jan 1, 2023 Boris Johnson tells us not to worry as 'things will get better in 2023' Former PM is confident UK will finally take advantage of Brexit freedoms
The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023 Brexit poll: Two-thirds of Britons now support future referendum on rejoining the EU Exclusive: Results suggest Leave voters disillusioned with the ‘taking back of control they were promised’
The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023 Crypto collapses, Mone’s masks and golden goodbyes: the 2022 Observer business awards The Conservative peer’s peerless public service work, Sam Bankman-Fried’s strange love life and Elon Musk, as usual, feature highly in this year’s prestigious honours list
Evening Standard · Dec 31, 2022 London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks back in full as world celebrates start of 2023 It comes after the last two New Year’s Eve displays were cancelled due to the pandemic
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022 ‘Unacceptable’: Warning over plunging dementia diagnosis rates as targets missed for two years Exclusive: Diagnosis rates have fallen across England during the pandemic, with new figures revealing a postcode lottery for patients
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022 Things will get better in 2023, says upbeat Boris Johnson The former prime minister expresses his hopes for the economy and for Ukraine in new year message but makes no mention of his ejection from No 10.
Daily Mirror · Dec 31, 2022 'Let's look back in anger as 2022 was a total horror show with only one way to fix it' Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse Pele goes and dies but now the year of the tiger is replaced by year of the rabbit - at least they're a lot less angry, right?