Andy Burnham rejects clean air zone that would charge drivers in Greater Manchester Region’s mayor says increasing investment in buses and taxis would cut pollution more effectively The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023
Rishi Sunak now as unpopular as Boris Johnson when he quit, poll reveals As the prime minister battles a civil war on the Tory back benches, his favourability with the public has slumped to a record low The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023
Ignore the Johnson and Sunak circus: these are the real lessons from the Covid inquiry If we are to be prepared for the next pandemic, we need competent leaders, functional testing and trust in the science, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023
OPINION - Rishi Sunak is on the edge of a political death spiral over Rwanda Rishi Sunak heads into the chamber tonight as the leader of a Conservative Party which has escaped his control. The proximate issue is the second reading of the emergency legislation on an overhauled Rwanda bill to circumvent legal objections in the Supreme Court ruling against the policy. Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023
Pandemonium review – Armando Iannucci’s furiously funny takedown of No 10 Boris Johnson and his successors Less Trust and Riches Sooner are satirised in a superb political pantomime directed by Patrick Marber The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023
Pandemonium at Soho Theatre review: does this weak show prove that Johnson, Sunak and co have killed satire? Elegantly profane language can’t disguise undergraduate-level humour and an incoherent mess of a script Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023
Rishi Sunak Covid inquiry – live: PM reacts to Boris Johnson’s ‘pro-death squad’ description of Treasury Rishi Sunak says Boris Johnson’s description of the Treasury was wrong as he gave evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023
The Covid inquiry was the least of Sunak’s worries: now he has to face his own MPs With his Rwanda plan, the PM has boxed himself into a corner, unable to satisfy the Tory left or right, says the Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023
Sunak Faces Grilling From COVID Inquiry Over 'Missing' WhatsApps Last week, former prime minister Boris Johnson defended his actions and hit out at "dramatic" representations of the Partygate revelations. International Business Times UK · Dec 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak on the rack as Tory factions feud over Rwanda bill ‘mess’ Right-wing rebel MPs urge PM to ‘pull’ Rwanda bill ahead of crucial Commons vote The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak's evidence to Covid inquiry 'pathetic', bereaved families say The Prime Minister's testimony has been 'the most pathetic performance' since the start of the inquiry, spokesperson Jean Adamson says Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023
Rish! takes a break from feral Tory party with a spa day at the Covid inquiry Prime minister unable to remember anything except the need for a brief apology The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak defends Eat Out to Help Out scheme under intense pressure at Covid inquiry The prime minister used an eight-hour evidence session to brush off accusations that he launched the controversial hospitality-boosting scheme without proper scientific advice The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023
A Boris Johnson comeback is unlikely any time soon – but never say never Former PM seems content with his new life, but diehard section of Tory party still sees him as their saviour The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023 Eat Out to Help Out protected workers from ‘devastating’ job losses, Sunak tells Covid inquiry The Prime Minister said he still believed the 2020 discount hospitality scheme was the ‘right thing to do’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 Boris Johnson’s negligence has been laid bare in Covid inquiry Letters: Failing to anticipate the potentially deadly consequences of the ‘Eat out to help out’ policy is inexcusable, says Prof Giampiero Favato. Plus letters from Monica Collingham and Tony Jackson
Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak battles two fronts over Covid Inquiry & Rwanda - The Standard Podcast As Tory party fractures, PM won’t like Mondays such as this
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 ‘Deeply sorry’: what Rishi Sunak said to the Covid inquiry Prime minister defends ‘eat out to help out’ and answers questions related to his role as chancellor during the pandemic
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak’s week of chaos reflects the state of his party. There’s only one answer: an election Today his appearance at the Covid inquiry, tomorrow his failing Rwanda bill. The PM – and the Tories – are disintegrating, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2023 Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test Sunak’s Conservatives have criticised the plan to deport refugees from the UK as contradicting international law.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 Nigel Farage rejects idea of rejoining Tory party under Rishi Sunak Former Ukip leader does not rule out political return after stint on I’m a Celebrity as he calls Tories ‘shambles’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak tells Covid inquiry he was not told to save WhatsApp messages PM begins with apology to people affected by Covid and says he did not see dysfunction in No 10 during the crisis
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak could lose Rwanda bill vote ‘by accident’ as Tory revolt builds PM’s premiership under threat, as Tory tribes from the right and moderate wings meet to discuss bill
Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023 Farage rules out switch to Tories while Sunak is leader after I’m A Celeb exit Nigel Farage said there is ‘little prospect’ of him joining the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak but did not rule out a return to frontline politics.
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak Covid inquiry – live: PM reacts to Boris Johnson’s ‘pro-death squad’ description of Treasury Rishi Sunak says Boris Johnson’s description of the Treasury was wrong as he gave evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry