From crime to the courts: the biggest issues the UK’s new PM will face Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will have to deal with 20-year high in recorded crime and barristers’ indefinite strike this autumn The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022
'Sunday roasts in jeopardy due to soaring energy costs - new PM must solve the problem' Liz Truss – odds-on the next Prime Minister – says she has a plan to tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis but she won’t tell us what it is until she gets started Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Dominic Raab moves to block release of dangerous offender who tortured baby son Antony Smith was jailed for 10 years for beating his son so badly his legs had to be amputated The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022
Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother welcomes halting of boy’s father’s release from jail Tony was so badly abused at the hands of his mother Jody Simpson and father Anthony Smith that he needed to have both legs amputated. The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022
Evil dad of boy who lost legs after being tortured has prison release BLOCKED Anthony Smith, who inflicted terrible injuries on his son Tony Hudgell, was due to be released after half his 10-year jail sentence, but Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has finally blocked the move Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Dominic Raab made Parole Board’s ‘difficult job next to impossible’ Justice secretary criticised by senior officials after board is ‘last to hear’ about important policy changes The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022
Language used by ministers during Covid briefings was ‘slippery and ambiguous,’ study says ‘The government speakers employed different lexicogrammatical strategies to reduce and mitigate the amount of responsibility to themselves solely, while increasing the amount assigned to the general public’ The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
Energy costs for courts jumped 50% in five years, says Labour The party said that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab was holding “victims and taxpayers to ransom”. The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
The Mancunian Way: Why are barristers striking? Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Tuesday August 23, 2022 Manchester Evening News · Aug 23, 2022
The Scot who was snatched off the street, tortured and detained without trial THE nightmare for Jagtar Singh Johal and his family began shortly after celebrating his wedding in Punjab. The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2022
Crippling port strike will drag on unless the bosses see sense, union chief warns Strikes crippling Britain’s largest container port will continue indefinitely unless employers “see sense” on pay rises, a union boss has warned. Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2022
Dominic Raab: Barristers are holding justice to ransom with industrial action Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the Government of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to resolve the situation. The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
UN experts say Bill of Rights could ‘undermine enjoyment of human rights in UK’ They have warned the proposed Bill could “fundamentally change the role and independence of UK courts”. The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022
Tory big beasts put careers on line with aggressive criticism of Truss Analysis: Strength of attacks suggests they come from strong belief that frontrunner’s policies are wrong The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022 Government under fire for doing ‘nothing’ to resolve industrial disputes Criminal barristers in England and Wales voted in favour of an all-out strike.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022 Tory jitters about Truss: ‘She will just come across as Boris without the charm’ As Starmer leads in polls for best PM, Lib Dems have formed attack unit to push for victory in blue wall seats
The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022 Thatcherism is an obsolete ideology – but it’s the only one that Sunak and Truss have The Tories see fresh thinking as a luxury, so their leaders are sticking with an orthodoxy that’s well past its sell-by date, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2022 Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss accused British workers of lacking ‘skill and application’ The Tory leadership favourite criticises attitude of workforce in stinging attack
The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022 Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss said British workers needed ‘more graft’ Exclusive: Tory leadership frontrunner suggested Britons lacked ‘skill and application’, in echo of ‘idlers’ row
The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022 ‘Lazy’ British workers catch up with Liz Truss once again Analysis: comments made while at the Treasury suggesting some workers are not grafters confirm what seems to be a long-held view
The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022 How damaging has Tory leadership contest been to the party? Analysis: slurs traded between Truss and Sunak camps look hard to live down, though voters may have bigger worries
Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022 Tories prefer Boris Johnson to Sunak or Truss - and BOTH lose to Starmer, polls show Liz Truss has a 22-point lead in the Tory leadership contest - but more than half her backers want Boris Johnson to stay on, as speculation mounts the PM could attempt a comeback
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022 Rishi Sunak accused of breaking climate vow with new plan to drill more oil and gas Plan to boost drilling in North Sea ‘utterly bewildering’, say campaigners
Tribune News Service · Aug 13, 2022 Tories fear UK fallout with Johnson absent and rivals feuding LONDON — Replacing Boris Johnson was meant to let the U.K.’s ruling Conservatives move on from the chaos and distractions turning off voters.
Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022 Moment mum told monsters who abused lad who lost both legs will STAY locked up Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab phoned Paula Hudgell, campaigner and mum to Tony, with the news he had blocked the planned release due to a law change