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Rishi Sunak bows to pressure from Tory backbenchers to allow new onshore wind

Under the proposals, planning permission would be dependent on demonstrating local support

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

Rishi Sunak set to allow more wind farms in humiliating U-turn after Tory revolt

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak backed down over onshore wind after more than 30 Tory MPs, including Boris Johnsonand Liz Truss, signed an amendment to end an effective ban

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Red-faced Tory Culture Secretary unable to name Scottish counterpart

THE Tory Culture Secretary has been left red-faced after she was unable to name her Scottish counterpart.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 6, 2022

The top Christmas cracker jokes for 2022 as Phil and Holly queue jump row included

This year's shortlist also references the Will Smith and Chris Rock Academy Awards slap incident, as well as Holly and Phil's queue jump row during the mourning period for the Queen.

Edinburgh Live · Dec 5, 2022

Bring on Les Bleus — time for a fresh football rivalry

At last, we meet again. As football rivalries go, England v France has been surprisingly empty. The men’s teams have met each other only twice in World Cup history (England won both) and last time out was in 1982, two days after the Falklands War ended. That sounds like —…

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2022

Liz Truss to stand as MP at next general election despite surviving less than two months in Number 10

Ms Truss was the UK’s shortest-serving Prime Minister in history, and her premiership was mired in controversy

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2022

Liz Truss will stand as MP at general election as Tory deadline nears

Conservative HQ has asked MPs to decide whether they will contest seat by end of 5 December

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Armageddon to Wet Lettuce: The Phrases that Defined 2022

A year of extraordinary upheaval, from the war in Ukraine to catastrophic natural disasters, AFP looks at some of the words and phrases that have defined 2022. - Armageddon - With the war in Ukraine and increasingly strident threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin, the specter of nuclear warfare is…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 5, 2022

Truss, Holly and Phil and MPs inspire UK’s best Christmas cracker jokes

In keeping with tradition, jokes chosen by Gold TV poll more likely to elicit groans of despair than laughter

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Sunak’s government ‘going backwards’ on green economy, says CBI

Business bosses ‘confused and disappointed’ by PM’s lack of growth plan in face of recession

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022