The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

Minister admits supermarket price-cap plan will have no 'element of compulsion'

Downing Street drawing up proposals to get retailers charging the lowest possible amount for basic products

Wales Online · May 28, 2023

Rishi Sunak ‘to urge supermarkets to cap price of food basics’

Downing Street is drawing up plans to encourage supermarkets to introduce voluntary price caps on food staples in a bid to help with the cost-of-living crisis.

Evening Standard · May 28, 2023

Downing Street 'wants to encourage supermarkets to price cap food staples'

Sources say the proposals to help with the cost of living crisis are 'at drawing board stage'

Manchester Evening News · May 28, 2023

Rishi Sunak sparks confusion over investigation into Teesworks freeport

Downing Street said it was passing on queries to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

No 10 rejects claims Johnson is victim of stitch-up over police referral

Rishi Sunak has ‘no knowledge’ of the information passed to police and will ‘form no judgment’ on claims of lockdown breaches by Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Cabinet Office 'faces criminal sanctions' in row over Boris Johnson's WhatsApps

THE UK Cabinet Office faces “criminal sanctions” unless it discloses thousands of unredacted documents including WhatsApps from former prime…

The National (Scotland) · May 24, 2023

Suella Braverman won’t face investigation over speeding row, says No10

The Home Secretary will not face an investigation over whether she broke the ministerial code by involving civil servants in a bid to avoid a public speed awareness course, Downing Street confirmed on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · May 24, 2023

Alastair Campbell tells high court Piers Morgan authorised reporters to hack into bank account

Former editor allegedly told reporter to obtain details of Campbell’s mortgage payments in 1999

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2023

Suella Braverman MUST be sacked if she told aide to mislead the Mirror, says Angela Rayner

Rishi Sunak was denounced as 'weak, weak, weak' as he shilly-shallied over whether to launch a sleaze probe into the Home Secretary who has been dubbed 'Speedy Sue'

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2023

Nine candidates battling to become Tory mayoral candidate for London

Nine people are thought to have put their names forward to become the Tory mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq Khan next May.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2023