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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak denies people feel betrayed by wavering over future of HS2

The Prime Minister did not rule out ditching the northern leg of the rail project.

The Independent UK

Sunak says he is making decisions for the long term, but that’s his vanity talking. He’s failing and he knows it

The PM is rebranding himself as the man thinking far into the strategic future, because he can do nothing about the present, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

IT professionals urge Rishi Sunak to make AI ethics a priority at safety summit

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, says its members want to see ethical standards established around the use of AI.

The Independent UK

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Net zero goal still alive, says IEA – but the world faces major obstacles to reach it

This roundup of stories is adapted from our weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine, written by environment editor Jack Marley. Click here to subscribe.

The Conversation

There’s no need for a British baccalaureate

Letters: Readers respond to Rishi Sunak’s plan for radical changes to the post-16 curriculum and qualifications

The Guardian - UK

Braverman plays down Tory leadership ambition speculation after migration speech

The Home Secretary insisted that such questions were ‘flippant’ and that she was working ‘hand in hand’ with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The Independent UK

I advised Starmer on his plan to ‘stop the boats’. This is why Labour’s policy will work

The Tories’ tactics are failing as asylum seekers continue to risk their lives in huge numbers. Our solution will address that, writes Thom Brooks, an adviser to the shadow home affairs team

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak considers cutting the U.K.’s ‘most unfair tax’

An overhaul to the existing inheritance tax regime might worsen wealth-based inequalities in the U.K, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Fortune

Pulling plug on HS2 ‘would be final nail in coffin for levelling up’

Exclusive: Business leaders and politicians in north of England say scrapping high-speed rail link would threaten businesses and jobs

The Guardian - UK

Sunak warned he is ‘risking cohesion of country’ as Labour mayors meet over HS2

Labour mayors Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Oliver Coppard and Steve Rotheram gathered in Leeds to warn against further rail cuts.

The Independent UK

Boss of HS2 building firm savages Rishi Sunak over scrapping new London station

Mark Reynolds says it will take longer to travel the five miles from Old Oak Common to London than the previous 114 miles from Birmingham

The Independent UK

Labour says Sunak should take blame for soaring HS2 costs as they happened on his ‘direct watch’ – as it happened

Labour says HS2 costs almost trebled while Sunak was chief secretary to the Treasury, chancellor and then PM

The Guardian - UK

Britain approves new North Sea oil drilling in welcome news for the industry but not activists

British regulators have approved new oil and gas drilling at a site in the North Sea

The Independent UK

Conservative peer says party does not deserve to win next election

Lord Harris, who donated £5,000 to Labour’s Rachel Reeves, criticises Tories over lack of ‘clear vision’

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Labour mayors urge Sunak not to scrap, delay or scale back HS2

Regional leaders express dismay at prospect of ditching high-speed rail project’s northern leg

The Independent UK

Anger as Rosebank, UK’s biggest untapped oil field, gets drilling green light

Environmental campaigners said the decision showed the government was putting the “profits of oil companies above everyday people”

The Independent UK

Conservatives don’t ‘deserve’ to govern, says Tory donor who gives money to Rachel Reeves

Carpetright founder Lord Harris says Rishi Sunak’s party don’t ‘deserve to get back in power’

The Guardian - UK

Morrisons boss to step down; UK approval of Rosebank oilfield condemned as ‘environmental vandalism’ – as it happened

Supermarket names Rami Baitiéh as CEO; go-ahead for Equinor to develop largest oilfield in UK waters outrages campaigners

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The Independent UK

Five Labour mayors join forces to derail Sunak’s plan to axe HS2

Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham among local leaders in talks with transport chiefs

Evening Standard

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Rishi Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Sadiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory

The Independent UK

Wealthiest 1% would get average tax cut of £1m if inheritance tax scrapped

According to an IFS report, the cost of abolishing inheritance tax would be £7bn

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Gilligan: ex-Johnson adviser said to have Sunak’s ear on HS2

Former BBC journalist who has a gift for persuasion has reportedly always been 100% opposed to rail project

The Independent UK

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Mayor of London Saqiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory.

The Independent UK

HS2: Five Labour mayors to demand PM keeps project on track

On Tuesday, Home Office minister Chris Philp said Mr Sunak was reviewing how the cost of HS2 could be ‘controlled’.

The Guardian - UK

Scrapping inheritance tax would cost £15bn a year by 2032, says IFS

Thinktank carried out analysis as calls mount among Tory MPs for the tax to be abolished

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