Liz Truss allies to put pressure on Hunt to offer tax cuts in budget Chancellor has warned it is unlikely there will be significant tax cuts as he focuses on getting inflation down The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023
‘Scandalous’ Tory government spending on lavish hotels, furnishings and booze revealed Labour reveals dossier exposing use of taxpayer-funded debit cards The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023
Labour condemns ‘catalogue of waste’ on government ‘credit cards’ Analysis of civil service spending includes Rishi Sunak’s Treasury department spending £3,000 on Tate photographs The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023
Rishi Sunak and Tory ministers accused of 'scandalous catalogue of waste' with lavish spending In a new dossier, Keir Starmer's Labour claims taxpayers' money has been used to fund extravagant events, expensive restaurants and five-star hotels using Government Procurement Cards Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023
A comeback for Liz Truss, the David Brent of British politics? In a word: delusional Letters: Readers respond to a recent Sunday Telegraph article by Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
The return of Fawlty Towers can’t rival the Truss comeback farce The former prime minister’s lack of self-awareness would be comedy gold if her prose weren’t so desperately dull The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
The Observer view on the ‘red wall rottweiler’ fuelling Tory dreams of the death penalty The appointment of Lee Anderson as deputy chair is a cynical attempt to woo a powerful section of the party’s right The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
Liz Truss given £15k by billionaire pal of Prince Andrew to help fund political comeback Johan Eliasch has given Liz Truss £15,000 to pay for staff and to support her work. Forced to quit as PM after just 44 days in October, Ms Truss launched her political return last week Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2023
Nadine Dorries' gaffes and weird moments as Tory plans to quit at next election The former Culture Secretary, who has been an MP since 2005, is the 19th Conservative MP to say they won't fight the next election, which is expected to be called next year Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023
My friends had to sell their homes after mini-Budget says Emma Thompson The Oscar-winning actress said her friends couldn’t afford their mortgages Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023
People of Britain – how can you look at our leaders and say there is nothing to laugh about? If there is a laughter deficit in this country, perhaps we are to blame. It’s a target- rich environment, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023
Digested week: Whatever they’re taking, Liz and Boris might just live for ever Plus the brilliant Happy Valley, 25 years since the death of my dad, my psychiatrist retires and a Fawlty idea The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023
Campaigners join protests outside High Court over UK arm sales "We are a kingdom of people who know what's right and wrong and we want no part in the profits of this destruction" Liverpool Echo · Feb 10, 2023
Full list of Tory MPs stepping down as party fears election wipeout under Rishi Sunak Nervy Conservatives MPs are already turning their minds to the possibility of a Labour victory - and with several 2019 MPs deciding to quit before the next general election Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023
The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023 Nadine Dorries: I’m A Celebrity star and Boris Johnson loyalist The MP was born in 1957 in Liverpool and grew up on a council estate.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023 Truss allies’ calls for sweeping tax cuts fuel further Tory infighting Some MPs accuse former prime minister of damaging party with her comeback weeks before budget
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023 How legitimate are the claims in Liz Truss’s 4,000-word Telegraph essay? The Guardian’s deputy political editor and economics correspondent take a look
Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023 Penny Mordaunt caught speeding in her Mini becomes latest Tory MP to be fined After Sunak, Soames and Tugendhat, Mordaunt drives Mini at 49mph in 40 zone
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023 OMG! Is swearing still taboo? A judge ruled last week that using the F-word in work meetings was now ‘commonplace’. So is it acceptable to say whatever we like, wherever we are?
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023 Act now on energy bills subsidy or see fuel poverty surge, says Martin Lewis Jeremy Hunt urged to reconsider raising state-subsidised energy rate from April as market prices make delay affordable
Daily Record · Feb 8, 2023 SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn calls for Rishi Sunak to apologise for 'damage' caused by Liz Truss Flynn asked Sunak during Prime Minister's Questions if he "regretted" Truss' time in office.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023 Biden’s State of the Union speech was in stark contrast to Britain’s dearth of economic ideas The US president’s strategy is a world away from anything the Tories have to offer, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
The National (Scotland) · Feb 8, 2023 Rishi Sunak urged to apologise over damage caused by Liz Truss to UK economy Stephen Flynn asked Sunak to apologise on behalf of the Tory party for Liz Truss crashing the economy after she refused to take responsibility for…
The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023 SNP urges PM to apologise over ‘damage’ of Liz Truss’s premiership Rishi Sunak acknowledged ‘mistakes had been made’ but added his Government had a ‘clear plan to halve inflation and grow the economy’.
Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2023 Rishi Sunak refuses to apologise for Liz Truss chaos after she said she has no regrets At an unusually non-confrontational PMQs, the Prime Minister was challenged over Liz Truss's remarks, when SNP Westminster Stephen Flynn asked him to apologise for the damage she caused