Nigel Farage rejects suggestions he could make Tory party return Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to rule out a return for Mr Farage when interviewed at the Tory conference in Manchester. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
HS2 Timeline: How much has been spent and what happened? HS2’s budget has ballooned, with costs reportedly breaching £100 billion The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Sunak dismisses Truss’s tax cut call as the wrong priority for the country Rishi Sunak faced questions about his predecessor after Liz Truss attracted a large crowd at the Tory conference. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Now is not the time for a general election – Sunak The Prime Minister embarked on a series of sit-down interviews in Manchester on Tuesday, amid ongoing questions about the fate of HS2. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Who is Claire Coutinho? Cabinet minister urged to apologise over Labour tax claim Ms Coutinho refused to apologise for the Tories’ claim about a Labour tax hike Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023
OPINION - I’m going to say it — ‘rich man Rishi Sunak’ jibes just would not exist if he was white So Rishi Sunak is rich and people can’t seem to get over it. Last week the BBC showed the Prime Minister a word cloud which suggested the main thing the public thought about him was that he was “rich”, so rich that they had very few other words on the… Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023
Priti Patel, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss lead raucous singalong at Tory conference A GB News boss said the channel would ‘learn their lessons’ from recent ‘challenges’ Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023
Rishi Sunak urged to press ahead with crackdown on West End pedicabs Rishi Sunak was on Tuesday urged to ensure a serious crackdown on rip-off pedicabs goes ahead later this year. Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023
Rishi Sunak is really, really rich. Will it hurt his electoral chances? Heating his personal pool during a cost of living crisis? Donating millions to elite schools? The PM is banking on us filing this all apathetically under ‘stuff rich people do’, writes Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023
Rishi Sunak says he is ‘working the phones’ ahead of Euro 2028 host deadline A final decision will be made on October 10, with Turkey also in the running to stage the Europe-wide tournament. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Sunak challenged over claim strikes are ‘number one reason’ for NHS backlog The Prime Minister said the Government had ‘tried multiple times’ to meet the British Medical Association (BMA) as he faced pressure from medics. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Kemi Badenoch says nowhere is better than Britain to be black Only the Tories ‘tell the truth’ about race, claims businesss secretary The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Sunak ‘not sharing’ Covid WhatsApp texts ‘a disgrace straight from Boris playbook’ The criticism came after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he could not provide his WhatsApp messages from the pandemic because he failed to back them up The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Braverman suggests support for immigration is a ‘luxury belief’ and claims ‘hurricane’ of mass migration is coming – as it happened Home secretary says Tories were ‘too squeamish’ in past to deal with immigration properly from fear of being called racist The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2023 Rishi Sunak fails to hand over pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak has told the Covid-19 inquiry that he is unable to provide WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor during the pandemic because…
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023 HS1 boss ‘denied’ HS2 job for ‘lacking qualifications and experience’ despite delivering on time and in budget Rob Holden says he applied to work on HS2 but was rejected
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023 Sunak unconcerned after Truss attracts crowds at Tory conference The former prime minister was greeted by lengthy queues when she appeared in Manchester on Monday.
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023 Voters not interested in my bank balance, says Sunak The Prime Minister and his wife Akshata Murty have an estimated net worth of £529 million.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023 Rishi Sunak refuses to make ‘premature decision’ over HS2 PM declines to reveal if Manchester to Birmingham line will be scrapped amid speculation over soaring costs
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023 Tuesday briefing: Do mobile phone bans at schools really improve learning? In today’s newsletter: The education minister has pitched a policy that is popular with many parents, but teachers and education experts say it’s a distraction from more pressing issues facing pupils
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023 Tory Party conference – live: Sunak set to finally confirm he will scrap HS2 rail link to Manchester He will also use his speech to attack the last 30 years of “broken politics”
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023 Kemi Badenoch as next Tory leader? That would not be such a bad thing for the party The trade minister is showing herself to be tactical rather than strident, and pragmatic on issues such as the climate crisis, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023 Sunak fails to share pandemic WhatsApp texts with Covid inquiry – report Prime minister’s comments come as second stage of Covid inquiry set to begin
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023 Radiographers’ strike on Tuesday ‘will stop thousands in England getting scans’ Action expected to add to disruption to health services with consultants and junior doctors also striking
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023 Sunak fails to hand over pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry – reports The Prime Minister said that he does ‘not have access’ to the messages as he changed his phone several times, The Guardian has reported.