Rape victims should not have right to abortion, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests WOMEN who become pregnant after rape should not have the right to an abortion, Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested ... The National (Scotland) · Nov 29, 2022
Rishi Sunak re-hires Tory donor pal of Jacob Rees-Mogg - a month after sacking him Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry asked whether the appointment was a 'joke' after Lord Dominic Johnson was sacked from the role after 26 days Daily Mirror · Nov 25, 2022
Sunak criticised for reappointing Jacob Rees-Mogg’s business partner PM decried for making Tory peer Dominic Johnson a trade minister having only recently sacked him The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2022
Sunak reappoints Rees-Mogg’s ex-business partner a month after sacking him The Prime Minister has been criticised for reinstalling financier Lord Johnson as international trade minister after axing him from the job weeks ago. The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Meta seeks government protection from Rees-Mogg’s EU law bonfire Facebook owner seeks assurance that vital directive will not be purged by former business secretary’s bill The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2022
‘Recklessly irresponsible’ Brexit rush to axe EU laws is putting safety standards at risk, watchdogs warn Trading standards officers fear ‘recklessly irresponsible’ legislation poses danger to public The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Tory rebel Esther McVey fumes Jeremy Hunt could have 'put final nail in election hopes' The former Work and Pensions Secretary said she could not support the tax rises announced in yesterday's Autumn Statement and said that money should be saved on projects such as HS2 Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022
Jeremy Hunt slams Tory MPs attacking tax rises: ‘Nothing Conservative about ducking difficult decisions’ Chancellor hits back at MPs attacking his £24 billion of tax rises Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2022
Spending cuts may prove undeliverable, analysts warn Chancellor Chancellor's autumn statement criticised by some fellow Tory MPs as well as by the Resolution Foundation think tank Wales Online · Nov 18, 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg criticises budget and refuses to blame Brexit for economic woes The ex-business secretary said the Chancellor has taken ‘the easy option’ by increasing taxes Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022
Rees-Mogg criticises Hunt for taking ‘easy option of putting up taxes’ The ex-business secretary said the Chancellor should be looking ‘at the efficiency of government’. The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg criticises Jeremy Hunt for taking ‘easy option of putting up taxes’ The ex-business secretary said the chancellor should be looking ‘at the efficiency of government’ The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
‘Introducing a 4-day week is the best business decision I’ve ever made’ ‘When you hear Lord Alan Sugar bleating about the negatives of working flexibly or Jacob Rees-Mogg droning on and leaving passive-aggressive notes on the desks of people working remotely, they’re setting themselves up to fail. The ill-fitting suits of office culture have long gone,’ says Seatfrog CEO Iain Griffin Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg faces questions over land for housing development Exclusive: Evidence suggests land where developers hope to build homes is held in trust for members of ex-minister’s family The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022 Government finds 1,400 ‘forgotten’ EU laws to ditch under Brexit bill Setback for ‘bonfire’ of Brussels rules, as more retained laws discovered by officials at National Archives
Wales Online · Nov 8, 2022 Tory MP Mark Francois criticised for using 'outdated and crass racial slur' in House of Commons Labour MP Sarah Owen asked for advice on how to discourage members of Parliament from casually using such derogatory nicknames
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022 UK government finds extra 1,400 laws to scrap under Rees-Mogg’s Brexit bill Discovery follows admission that previous list of 2,400 pieces of EU legislation was ‘not comprehensive’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022 Rees-Mogg’s plans to axe all EU laws will cripple Whitehall, says leading Brexiter MP Theresa Villiers says proposal to axe thousands of laws is unworkable and unnecessary
Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg's Tory donor pal handed LIFE-long Lords seat for just 26 days in government Dominic Johnson was brought into the Lords to serve as a Trade Minister - and can now keep his peerage for life, despite being dumped after just 26 days in office
The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg's former business partner sacked from government after 26 days A TORY donor has been sacked as a minister after less than a month, despite being given a peerage to do the job.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022 King Charles will not go to Cop27 in Egypt, No 10 confirms UN climate talks not ‘right occasion’ for monarch to attend, says Downing Street, adding Buckingham Palace has agreed
The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022 Digested week: Rees-Mogg thinks he’s Henry V but he’s more Mr Muscle The MP’s foppish nobleman veneer is wide of reality. What will the top job unleash from Rishi Sunak’s earnest head-boy exterior?
Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2022 New minister says his son born on the 2010 election day was called Victor A newly-appointed minister has revealed he named his son Victor after he was born on the day of the 2010 election that saw the Tories return to power following 13 years in opposition.
Birmingham Post · Oct 27, 2022 Humber MP keeps climate role in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's new government Graham Stuart holds on to BEIS role under new Secretary of State following Jacob Rees-Mogg's departure
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022 Sunak may deprioritise Rees-Mogg Brexit bill to switch off 2,400 EU laws Prime minister is told hundreds of staff needed to review legislation