The real Rish! has been hiding in plain sight – don’t look for Mr Nice Guy within Sunak and Starmer’s sloganeering made for a truly dismal PMQs that degrades us all The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023
Oliver Dowden: the new deputy PM who is more hardline than his image Sunak’s political soulmate portrays himself as a moderate but has been called a warrior against woke and keen Thatcherite The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
The Guardian view on child poverty: progress is being reversed Editorial: Over a million children are living in poverty as a result of Conservative policies. This can’t continue The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023
Tories' 'nasty' two-child benefit limit having 'devastating' impact on poorest families Six years after the controversial policy - one of ex-Chancellor George Osborne's austerity measures - was first rolled out, a Child Poverty Action Group survey shows families struggling to pay food and energy Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2023
How Tory royal funding deal gave rise to King Charles’s potential cash windfall Monarch rejects £250m pay rise resulting from David Cameron’s ‘generous’ shake-up of royal funding The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023
Tributes continue from Tory grandees following death of Nigel Lawson Former prime minister Sir John Major said Baron Lawson of Blaby will be ‘long remembered’. The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023
10 years on, what did George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme really achieve? Osborne says the scheme, which closes Friday, ‘helped hundreds of thousands of families’, but critics argue it was ‘only a gimmick’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2023
Paul O'Grady's sweary outburst shows exactly how he felt about the Tories During one of his live shows the legendary TV presenter and performer took aim at austerity measures brought in in 2010 Liverpool Echo · Mar 29, 2023
Clip of Paul O'Grady dismantling 'draconian' Tory budget goes viral A CLIP of Paul O’Grady dismantling the Tory budget in 2010 has been trending on social media following the comedian’s death aged 67. The National (Scotland) · Mar 29, 2023
‘It’s a con’: Labour amendment to put Sunak’s migrant bill under fresh scrutiny Prime minister told to expect ‘biggest rebellion of this parliament’ as migration bill returns to Commons The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023
Sunak’s tax return: the questions that remain unanswered Details of his blind management arrangement and what offshore interests the prime minister has are still unclear The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023
Sunak cares nothing for the 99% – and after his pensions hike for the rich, they know it The PM and his chancellor thought they could hide the greed in plain sight, but focus groups show voters are aware – and angry, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023
‘An opportunist in search of an opportunity’: what next for Boris Johnson? The Partygate and pandemic inquiries could end his political career. But his band of dedicated supporters hope he can still return as leader to save the Tories The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023
The Observer view on Jeremy Hunt’s failure to tackle the scars left by austerity The chancellor’s spring budget is stymied by arbitrary debt targets The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023 Monday briefing: Why everyone loses in Gary Lineker v the BBC In today’s newsletter: From football fans to the prime minister, a spat that started over a tweet is sucking everything into its damaging orbit
The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023 Rishi Sunak suffers major blow after George Osborne backs Gary Lineker in migrants controversy Former Tory chancellor George Osborne criticised the rhetoric around asylum policy by some in his party
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023 Pressure on BBC chair mounts over Gary Lineker suspension Executives race to resolve Match of the Day presenter standoff as senior Tories stop short of backing Richard Sharp on impartiality
The New Daily · Mar 12, 2023 UK and Greece could cut a deal on Elgin Marbles The return of the British Museum's Elgin Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 British voters are ready for a green, game-changing budget. What they’ll get is more austerity Labour knows the UK needs a green recovery plan like Joe Biden’s, but the Tories have neither the courage nor will to follow suit, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott
The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2023 Osborne defends Hancock as ‘sensible’ figure after Covid leaks The former Conservative chancellor crops up in the leaked messages offering advice and support to the health secretary.
The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023 ‘How bad are the pictures?’ WhatsApp leak reveals Hancock’s 41-hour battle to save job over affair with aide Former health secretary was told to ‘think hard’ about whether he broke any social distancing rules
Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2023 The 10 most excruciating leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages The more than 100,000 leaked texts shed light on the Government’s haphazard handling of the pandemic. Ethan Croft has combed through the data and dug out the most salacious
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023 Tory austerity ‘has cost UK half a trillion pounds of public spending since 2010’ Thinktank says 2010-2019 spending would have been £540bn higher had previous plans been stuck to
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023 Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what he said v Covid context As revelations from 100,000 messages emerge, here’s a reminder of the pandemic reality at the time
Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2023 Devastated Covid families say Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages 'twist knife' in wounds Bereaved relatives have told of their fury after Matt Hancock's bombshell texts on testing were leaked. Matt Forest, whose mum died of Covid, said the former Health Secretary 'betrayed' his mother