Public purse losing £29m a week as a result of tax breaks for banks – TUC The Treasury will lose at least £1.5 billion a year over the next four years, report claims. The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023
A law saying Rwanda is safe doesn’t make it so Letters: Readers take issue with Rishi Sunak’s plan for emergency legislation to allow asylum seekers to be sent to the African country after the supreme court ruled that it was unlawful The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023
Price inflation is slowing, but here's why it still feels like we're in a cost of living crisis The latest UK consumer price index (CPI) data has been hailed as a win for prime minister Rishi Sunak’s aim to half inflation, announced earlier this year. Prices rose by 4.6% in October 2023, bringing the rate of price growth down to its lowest point since an October 2022 peak… The Conversation · Nov 17, 2023
Worst of Westminster: You're in trouble if bringing back David Cameron is a win National readers may have felt exhausted reading this week’s news. The National (Scotland) · Nov 17, 2023
Rishi Sunak: big spending technocrat or tax-cutting culture warrior? More than a year after he became PM voters are still unsure about what kind of leader he is. Will the real Sunak stand up? The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023
Wife of twice-poisoned Briton held in Kremlin prison fears ‘time is running out’ Exclusive: Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison in April this year for criticising the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Analysis: David Cameron's legacy in spotlight as Britons tell of dire state of public services Bringing David Cameron back to the heart of government will make it more difficult for Rishi Sunak to distance himself from what has gone before Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023
Hundreds of Afghans evacuated from Pakistan ‘dumped’ in military bases as UK scrambles to find them homes Exclusive: Some refugees said it was hard to leave bases and that they had been given little help to claim benefits or find a GP The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
No 10 rules out overriding international law for Rwanda asylum flights Downing Street says ignoring ECHR and parts of UN refugee convention could delay emergency bill The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023
Foreign Secretary becomes Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton with new peerage The former prime minister was elevated to the House of Lords after being appointed Foreign Secretary by Rishi Sunak. The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Labour councils struggling due to party’s ‘financial mismanagement’, Sunak says Mr Sunak was speaking after Nottingham City Council said it could follow Birmingham in declaring effective bankruptcy. The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Digested week: A win for the posh boys and some shameful I’m a Celebrity dosh As David Cameron returned, Nigel Farage headed for the jungle and Spurs crumbled, there was no invite for the launch of The Plot The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023
PM denies plan amounts to ‘tinkering’ with Rwanda scheme after Braverman swipe Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to a school in Bolsover, Rishi Sunak insisted he will ‘work night and day’ to get the policy running. The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Suella Braverman’s five point plan ‘to save Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation scheme’ Suella Braverman says Rishi Sunak’s changes to Rwanda scheme will likely get bogged down in court system The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023 Former deputy PM condemns ‘dictatorial’ Braverman Rwanda plan Damian Green says call for legislation to override legal obstacles is ‘most unconservative proposal I’ve ever heard’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023 Sunak rejects Braverman’s claim he does not have proper plan for making Rwanda deportations happen – as it happened Prime minister says he ‘will do whatever it takes’ as senior Tory criticises former home secretary’s hardline proposals
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023 Suella Braverman attacks Rishi Sunak over Rwanda and calls for human rights law to be scrapped - LIVE Former home secretary urged the prime minister to exclude ‘all avenues’ of legal challenge available to asylum seekers
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023 Braverman is a ‘dictator like Putin’ says top Tory after her latest outburst in Rwanda row As Rishi Sunak fails to rule out an election over his embattled ‘stop the boats’ policy
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023 Cameron is no moderating influence. The Tories’ autumn statement will prove that Sunak has not had some Damascene conversion back to a mythical centre ground, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023 Rishi Sunak hits back at Suella Braverman as Tory civil war spirals over Rwanda plan The Prime Minister also does not rule out calling a General Election if his Rwanda plan is thwarted
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023 Rishi Sunak pledges to tackle ‘scourge of potholes’ with £8.3bn fund British PM says ‘unprecedented £8.3bn’ will pave the road for better and safer journeys for millions
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023 PM pledges to tackle ‘scourge of potholes’ with £8.3bn fund The Government has announced additional funding for local roads maintenance in England.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023 Starmer says £2.5bn renewables jobs fund will help North Sea oil workers Labour leader aims to set up ‘British jobs bonus fund’ to challenge oil firms to accelerate shift to clean energy
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Braverman sets out Rwanda plan solution as she calls for end to ‘self-deception’ The sacked home secretary proposed introducing legislation that ‘excludes all avenues of legal challenge’ to deportation for small boat arrivals.
Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2023 No guarantee Rwanda flight will take off next year, says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the UK Government could not give a ‘precise date’ for when a deportation flight might leave for east Africa