The Latest Breaking News from Jacob ReesMogg

Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired

Prime minister says he is ‘very comfortable’ with controversial rules despite former business secretary’s admission of gerrymandering

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

Tories fork out huge sums for lunch with Rees-Mogg and bubbly signed by Boris at charity auction

The lots were sold at a gala dinner during a conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation - with a copy of his book selling for £300

Daily Mirror · May 20, 2023

Bible verse, conspiracies and the ‘cult of trans’: The ultra-conservative Americans infiltrating the Tory party

The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

From hecklers to the Holocaust: Strangest moments from the National Conservatism Conference

Wierdness and controversy beset the conference that wanted to plan Britain’s new political direction

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Boris Johnson's fan club buy baseball caps from China despite claiming to be patriotic

The foreign-made hats were handed out as supporters of the ex-PM gathered in Bournemouth for the inaugural conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2023

Daughter of man who interrupted Jacob Rees-Mogg was killed fighting against Islamic State

The Bristol plumber was killed five years ago in Syria

Bristol Post · May 17, 2023

Hundreds of voters turned away in Liverpool after ID changes

Many returned to a polling station but hundreds did not have the correct ID earlier this month

Liverpool Echo · May 17, 2023

Speaker at National Conservatism conference accused of downplaying Holocaust after saying Germany ‘mucked up’

Douglas Murray said people shouldn’t be stopped from loving their country ‘because the Germans mucked up twice’

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Rees-Mogg’s ‘gerrymandering’ remarks need further investigation, ministers told

The Tory MP appeared to describe voter ID as an attempt to influence electoral outcomes, when speaking at the National Conservatism conference.

The Independent UK · May 16, 2023

Brexit has failed, says Nigel Farage

The former UKIP leader says businesses may now be more heavily regulated than when the UK was in the EU

Evening Standard · May 16, 2023