Zahawi faces shortest chancellorship since 1970 – and may be glad of it The ex-vaccines minister appears to be the equivalent of a caretaker football manager, with Kwarteng waiting in the wings The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022
Rishi Sunak questions whether Liz Truss’s tax plans are truly Thatcherite Sunak says Thatcher would know Truss’s planned tax cuts ‘aren’t a sensible approach’ The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
Rishi Sunak declines to say he would vote for Truss’s tax-cutting budget Tory leadership candidate argues it would cause an inflationary spiral and damage economy The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022
Levelling up bill includes no funding to make levelling up happen, say MPs – as it happened Levelling up committee chair says in current form bill is unclear on how to ensure policy becomes reality The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022
Sunak steps up attack on Truss over economic plans Former chancellor Rishi Sunak defended his economic approach and warned that Liz Truss’ approach was a ‘gamble’ with people’s finances. The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
Starmer has a huge opportunity – but he must be bolder if he is to reset British politics The Labour leader’s idea that the party wins elections only when not summoning the ghosts of socialism past is causing a debilitating timidity, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022
Tory leadership hustings: Liz Truss defends tax cuts proposal amid criticism from Sunak campaign Leadership candidates clash over cost-of-living crisis at Birmingham hustings as campaign enters its final weeks Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2022
Truss attacks ‘Treasury orthodoxy’ as she promotes tax-cutting leadership pitch Rishi Sunak warned that millions of households face ‘destitution’ without further support this winter. The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
Liz Truss says she'll divert billions from NHS into stricken social care The Tory leadership frontrunner has raised fresh questions after vowing to plunge the cash from a £12bn National Insurance rise into social care - despite reversing that rise as soon as she's PM Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022
Liz Truss says no need for ethics adviser because she knows ‘difference between right and wrong’ ‘You cannot outsource ethics to an adviser’, says Tory leadership frontrunner The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
Liz Truss economic policy ‘more Ted Heath than Margaret Thatcher’, IFS chief says Comparison is likely to irk Tory frontrunner who has modelled herself on Britain’s first woman prime minister The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
Tory leadership hustings – Birmingham: Liz Truss confirms she will allow new grammar schools – as it happened This live blog is now closed. The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022
Who will be in Liz Truss' Cabinet? All the predictions from Suella Braverman to IDS Tax-slashing free marketeer Liz Truss, who has slammed 'handouts' for struggling Brits, is expected to appoint a string of right-wingers and allies to top jobs now she is Prime Minister Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022
‘You don’t think strikes are the answer? What is?’ RMT’s Mick Lynch on work, dignity and union power With the cost of living soaring and wages falling further behind, the union boss has become the face of resistance. He talks about the rail dispute, the stereotyping of working-class people and his clash with Piers Morgan The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022 Sunak effectively rules out serving in a Truss cabinet, suggesting they don’t agree on ‘big things’ – as it happened Tory leadership candidate says he is focused on race for No 10; energy bosses call for end to battle so new PM can tackle bills crisis
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022 Channel 4 announces musical about Andrew and revival of Friday Night Live The slate of programmes are part of Channel 4’s newly announced Truth and Dare season.
Manchester Evening News · Aug 21, 2022 What was life like the last time inflation was this high in 1982? Margaret Thatcher had been almost three years into her first term as prime minister
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 Ken Clarke: ‘The idea that tax cuts will automatically produce growth is nonsense’ The veteran Tory, who stood three times to lead his party, on the cost of living crisis, today’s political culture and the best PM we never had
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 Water firms exist to sustain life. They should answer to citizens, not shareholders An oversight system with teeth would stop utilities from inflicting misery by profiteering
Wales Online · Aug 21, 2022 Stats show 'AWOL' Prime Minister rarely misses PMQs Boris Johnson may skip COBRA meetings but he rarely misses the weekly battle in the Commons
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 This is not the 1970s. Tory pledges to cut taxes are absurd Sunak and Truss have no grasp of how low personal taxation is now – or how much a battered Britain needs public spending
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 Wonder who Liz Truss will reward with a job or punish with exile? History can tell us If she becomes Tory leader she will have to weigh up whether voters are expecting a complete clear-out or more of the same
Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2022 How have Dulwich Village locals reacted to the news of Carrie and Boris Johnson’s potential move? News of the Johnsons’ potential move has proven controversial — here’s what locals think about the possibility of having the couple as neighbours.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022 Thatcherism is an obsolete ideology – but it’s the only one that Sunak and Truss have The Tories see fresh thinking as a luxury, so their leaders are sticking with an orthodoxy that’s well past its sell-by date, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2022 A guide to Dulwich Village: The south London village that Carrie and Boris Johnson could soon call home Boris and Carrie Johnson are rumoured to be moving to upmarket Dulwich Village after leaving Downing Street — here’s everything you need to know about the area.