The Latest Breaking News from Jacob ReesMogg

Critics of Rwanda asylum plan have no solutions to Channel crossings, Priti Patel says

Home Secretary says policy is ‘bold and innovative’

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022

Boris Johnson to urge MPs to move on as PM accused of 'instigating' lockdown bash

The Prime Minister is expected to tell MPs on Tuesday, when the Commons returns, that partygate should not be the focus of politicians.

Daily Record · Apr 18, 2022

Patel on the defensive over Rwanda plan amid criticism from religious leaders

The Home Secretary said the policy was ‘bold and innovative’ and challenged critics to come up with better idea

Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022

Report of Boris Johnson pouring drinks ‘implies he started lockdown party’

Downing Street gathering in November 2020 became leaving party only after PM arrived, Sunday Times reports

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022

UK's Johnson shredded ministerial code with lockdown breaches, constitutional expert says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thrust Britain into a constitutional crisis by breaking the law he set for pandemic restrictions, effectively "shredding the ministerial code", the country's leading constitutional expert said on Sunday.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg defends Rwanda plans after Archbishop says they 'oppose nature of God'

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addressed the controversial immigration plans in his Easter Sunday sermon

Manchester Evening News · Apr 17, 2022

Archbishop has misunderstood aims of Rwanda migrants policy – Rees-Mogg

The Cabinet minister suggested people are ‘supporting organised crime’ in crossing the Channel in small boats.

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022

Partygate: Boris Johnson has become ‘great debaser of decency’ after ‘shredding’ ministerial code, historian says

‘The Queen’s first minister is now beyond doubt a rogue prime minister, unworthy of her, her parliament,’ Lord Peter Hennessy says

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022

Why 1980s Oxford holds the key to Britain’s ruling class

From Partygate to Brexit, many of today’s political dramas can be traced back to the leading players’ student days

Financial Times · Apr 14, 2022

Partygate will hit the Tories at the May ballot box

Boris Johnson is a keen historian and yesterday achieved a landmark first for all the wrong reasons. The first sitting Prime Minister to have broken the law — a law he introduced — along with his Chancellor and his wife. Not the Chancellor’s wife. She’s a bit tied up with…

Evening Standard · Apr 13, 2022