The Latest Breaking News from Jacob ReesMogg

Jacob Rees-Mogg: I can’t cook and wouldn’t have made Tory MP’s food bank remarks

The efficiency minister distanced himself from remarks made in the Commons by a fellow MP.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

More than 100 Covid law breaches on Downing Street a 'non-story', Jacob Rees-Mogg says

BREXIT Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed the Metropolitan Police issuing more than 100 fines over the partygate scandal is a…

The National (Scotland) · May 13, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg dismisses 100 Partygate fines as 'non-story' in TV clash

Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed the public was no longer interested in lockdown-flouting in Downing Street and Whitehall - after the Metropolitan Police announced a further 50 fixed penalty notices

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells Johnson she ‘lived in shadow’ of his wrong comments for years – as it happened

Zaghari-Ratcliffe meets PM for first time since her release and her MP Tulip Siddique says Johnson was ‘surprised’ by impact of his words

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

Rees-Mogg in row on higher interest rates as he hails Thatcher’s 1980s economic policies

Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked a row on Friday after appearing to urge the Bank of England to hike interest rates as he hailed the 1980s economic policies of Margaret Thatcher.

Evening Standard · May 13, 2022

Efficiency minister denies proposed Civil Service cuts are a return to austerity

The Prime Minister was understood to have told his Cabinet on Thursday that the service should be slashed by a fifth.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Boris Johnson's plan to axe 91,000 civil service jobs branded 'reckless slash and burn'

Boris Johnson told top Tories to cut the number of Whitehall officials by a fifth as he desperately scrambles to free up cash to ease cost of living pressures

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg dismisses 100 fines for No 10 parties as ‘a non-story’ claiming public has lost interest

‘It was a story in February and people now know about it....and there are other things going on that are more important‘

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg dismisses Partygate as a ‘non-story’

A minister risked a backlash on Friday when he dismissed Covid rule breaking in Downing Street as a “non-story”.

Evening Standard · May 13, 2022

Sociopathy and stupidity worn like badges of honour in cabinet of all the talents

PM and assorted underlings continue to astonish on another day in the life of a necrotic government

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022