Rishi Sunak ‘set to announce curbs on new 20mph zones’ at party conference The Prime Minister is expected to announce his ‘plan for motorists’ at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Rishi Sunak set to preside over biggest tax-raising parliament on record, say experts By the time of the next general election, taxes will likely have risen to around 37% of national income, according to analysis by the IFS Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
UK households face tax rise of £3,500 a year by next election, finds IFS Thinktank says Tories have overseen the biggest increase in taxes during a parliament since records began in 1951 The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
Union bosses demand emergency HS2 meeting: ‘Economic benefits must not be squandered’ Union bosses say huge economic benefits of HS2’s northern leg ‘must not be squandered because of ongoing Conservative incompetence’ The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
NHS charging would be hard to run and raise only small sums, thinktank says Exclusive: IfG says sums raised ‘unlikely to be transformative’ and there is little public appetite The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
What the papers say – September 29 A wide variety of stories feature on the nation’s front pages at the end of the working week. The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Call me ‘Tiny Dancer’ says Sunak as he rips into Boris and Truss Prime minister jests and mocks Tory bigwigs and jokes about party conference karaoke The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Sunak mocks Johnson, Truss and Hancock in speech to political journalists The Prime Minister was addressing the Westminster correspondents’ dinner in central London. The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Sunak to restrict 20mph zones in effort to win car drivers’ votes ‘Plan for motorists’ set to anger environmentalists and councils The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Minister for independence slams Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer at local Yes meeting JAMIE Hepburn has slammed both major Westminster party leaders at a local Yes meeting... The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2023
Rishi Sunak attacks Labour plan for VAT on private school fees PM accuses Keir Starmer of stoking a ‘class war’ and Tories seek to portray Labour as flip-flopping on policy The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023
No rule to stop Tory MP interviewing minister on GB News, says Ofcom boss Melanie Dawes says regulator will consider any complaints about Lee Anderson’s interview with Suella Braverman The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023
Rishi Sunak rejects Braverman claim multiculturalism has failed Prime minister praises UK’s ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’ in contrast to comments made by home secretary The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023
Sunak refuses to back Braverman claim multiculturalism is failing PM praises ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’ in apparent snub to his hardline home secretary The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2023 Rishi Sunak makes MAJOR error over Scottish legal system RISHI Sunak has made a major legal error over the Scottish legal system – not once, but four times!
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Government working intensely to get Stormont up and running – Sunak Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said patience had run out with the DUP’s blockade of the powersharing institutions.
The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023 How HS2 caused the UK to lose focus on 'levelling up' during years of high-speed rail delays Pressure on the UK government to confirm its plans for the controversial HS2 high-speed rail project is growing as the Conservative party prepares for its annual conference.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 PM ‘shocked’ and ‘appalled’ by Croydon stabbing and calls for longer jail terms Rishi Sunak spoke to the BBC about the killing of Elianne Andam in Croydon, south London on Wednesday.
Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023 Sunak declines to endorse Braverman’s claim multiculturalism has ‘failed’ The Prime Minister instead praised the UK’s ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Sunak: Drug consumption rooms will not work to tackle addiction It comes after a facility in Glasgow where users can inject under medical supervision was given the go ahead this week.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023 Sunak expected to limit powers of councils in England to curb car use Exclusive: Potential plan to restrict measures such as 20mph speed limits and levying fines from traffic cameras alarms travel groups
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Labour wants to stoke punishing class war with tax on private school fees – PM Sir Keir Starmer’s party plans to apply 20% VAT on independent school fees if it wins the next election.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Sunak gives Lee Anderson ‘total support’ amid criticism of GB News job The Prime Minister said his Conservative colleague is doing a ‘fantastic job’ for his constituents.
The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2023 Safe drugs consumption space in Glasgow won't work, Rishi Sunak claims THE safe drugs consumption space approved for Glasgow will not work to push down deaths, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has claimed ...
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Get back on track, Mr Sunak: Britain’s big business bosses in exasperated rallying call over HS2 PM urged to ‘stop dithering’ as he refuses 12 times to rule out plan to scrap northern leg, as first revealed by The Independent