Prime Minister rules out energy-saving information campaign - despite blackout warning Liz Truss reportedly blocked Jacob Ress-Mogg's proposal Manchester Evening News · Oct 7, 2022
Bank holiday for King Charles' coronation will be 'perfectly reasonable', says government Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg - who is in charge of bank holidays - dismissed fears a bank holiday could hold back growth as a coronation is reportedly pencilled in for early June Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022
Rees-Mogg: New oil and gas licensing will boost UK economy and energy security Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke as the North Sea Transition Authority began its latest round of licensing for offshore oil and gas. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Labour demands probe over top job for Jacob Rees-Mogg's ex-business partner Critics lashed out at 'cronyism' after Dominic Johnson, who set up Somerset Capital Management with the now-Business Secretary in 2007, was named as a Trade Minister Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022
Britt’s birthday, banned adverts and Brummie insults – take the Thursday quiz Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare? The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Unlike Jacob Rees-Mogg, Britain won’t take fracking lying down Letter: Caroline Lucas responds to the business secretary’s claim that only she and ‘the socialists’ do not support his plans The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Truss’s policy on environment seems to be: don’t think about it The RSPB, National Trust, green farmers and anti-frackers all got it in the neck at the Conservative conference The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg calls for Chocolate Orange protest over government's junk food rules The Business Secretary rallied against new regulations - which came in last week - which mean sugary treats cannot be displayed in prominent places in large shops Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022
Scary Tory clown squad play government in alternate dimensions While Radon Liz and Kamikwasi Kwarteng set quantum dates for fiscal steadiness, Suella Braverman was talking up a coup The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
‘Opposition mindset’: Tory MPs slope home after chaotic conference Conservative disharmony shows no sign of abating as cabinet ministers fight over further potential U-turns The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Rees-Mogg’s neighbours fail to share ‘delight’ at back garden fracking Few in Somerset MP’s constituency share his enthusiasm but some do agree with need for ‘unpopular measures’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Liz Truss’s Tories are higher than ever on ideology – and they’re refusing to sober up This fiscal fiasco hasn’t dimmed the PM’s enthusiasm for bootleg Thatcherism. Only voters can scare the party straight, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Rees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows Exclusive: Note setting out business secretary’s views looks for ways to accelerate schemes, including streamlining HSE requirements The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for the rich Opposition MPs derided Mr Kwarteng's 'botched budget' which was a 'huge economic body blow to working people that will mean higher prices and soaring mortgages.' Wales Online · Oct 4, 2022
The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2022 Scotland loses out to England in bid for for new nuclear fusion plant SCOTLAND has lost out on the chance to host a “pioneering” nuclear fusion plant as the project was awarded to a rival location south of the…
The Conversation · Oct 3, 2022 Doomsday bunkers, Mars and 'The Mindset': the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the world Douglas Rushkoff’s newest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, grew out of a brilliant 2018 Medium article of the same name, which went viral and had people (aka his US editor) clamouring for a full-length treatment.
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich The Chancellor admitted it had been a ‘tough’ day after scrapping the abolition of the top income tax rate
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022 Rees-Mogg tells Tories he’d welcome fracking in his back garden Speaking at a conference fringe event, business secretary dismisses those who oppose practice as ‘socialists’
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg sinks Boris Johnson’s plan for a new royal yacht Former PM Boris Johnson had described a new national flagship as a chance for the UK to ‘show itself off to the world’
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘delighted’ to have fracking in his own back garden Business secretary says he would welcome cash royalties for allowing drilling on his land
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022 Michael Gove and Jacob Rees-Mogg trade polite blows across conference floor Michael Gove was described as the Tory party’s answer to Peter Mandelson.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2022 Pro-Tory blog founder says Liz Truss's leadership could be 'doomed' THE founder of a pro-Tory blog has said Liz Truss’s leadership is “doomed” if she does not “correct course” as he tore into the UK…
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg to tear up workers’ rights in smaller firms to make economy ‘dynamic’ Threshold for exemption from regulations lifted from 50 to 500 workers – and to include EU ‘retained law’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Unions brand bid to exempt firms with up 500 staff from new rules ‘reckless’ Government says change would apply to all new regulations and it would look to raise in threshold in future
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg booed outside Tory conference in Birmingham Business secretary given police escort as protests take place over rising cost of living and government policies