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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

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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 Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

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

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2023

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 Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 27, 2023

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 · Sep 26, 2023

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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The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Ex-Cop26 president Sir Alok Sharma will not stand at next general election

The Tory MP has held the Reading West constituency since 2010.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Cop26 chief Alok Sharma becomes latest MP planning to step down at next election

The news comes after Mr Sharma criticised Rishi Sunak’s net-zero climbdown last week

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s dithering over HS2 spurs on its critics and supporters

With Tory conference looming and talk of delaying decision to autumn statement, the row could intensify further

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Northern Research Group of Tory MPs signals it may accept delay to HS2

Chair, John Stevenson, says they could back a compromise on phase 2 if ‘Charles line’ preserved

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Labour’s Andy Burnham warns he could sue Sunak government if HS2 axed

‘We’re not going to take things lying down – they will be hearing from us,’ says Manchester mayor

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Poor public transport to blame for missed GP appointments

Letters: Margaret Parker says those living in rural areas have to rely on a patchy service to get to their GP surgery or hospital. Plus a letter from Maurice Bates

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2023

Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change

The acclaimed 1990 film Awakenings tells the story of a neurologist who discovers a drug which rouses catatonic patients from decades of “sleep”. It’s a true story, based on Oliver Sacks’ 1973 memoir of the same name.

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The Latest Breaking News from ​​Rishi Sunak

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conservative peer says party does not deserve to win next election

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ex-Cop26 president Sir Alok Sharma will not stand at next general election

Cop26 chief Alok Sharma becomes latest MP planning to step down at next election

Rishi Sunak’s dithering over HS2 spurs on its critics and supporters

Northern Research Group of Tory MPs signals it may accept delay to HS2

Labour’s Andy Burnham warns he could sue Sunak government if HS2 axed

Poor public transport to blame for missed GP appointments

Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change

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