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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Ben Wallace resigns as Sunak set to appoint new defence secretary

Mr Wallace announced last month he would resign from the senior Cabinet role at the next reshuffle.

The Independent UK

Sunak set to name new defence secretary as Ben Wallace quits – who are the favourites?

PM prepares to reveal mini-reshuffle after Wallace formally steps down – amid speculation someone ‘unexpected’ getting top cabinet job

The Independent UK

MPs and military chiefs question ‘yes man’ Shapps as new defence secretary - UK politics live

Sir Richard Dannatt, the former head of the Armed Forces, says Shapps knows ‘very little’ about defence

The Independent UK

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Grant Shapps vows to continue support for Ukraine after being appointed defence secretary

Claire Coutinho named as energy secretary in Sunak’s mini cabinet reshuffle

Evening Standard

Sunak expected to appoint new defence secretary to replace Ben Wallace

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Glen have both been linked with the post.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak warned of ‘12 risks of AI’ amid calls for urgent regulation

PM urged to set out laws to curtail the risks of artifical intelligence

The Independent UK

Labour and Tories ‘out of step’ with cost of living concerns – poll

Labour viewed as better placed to tackle crisis but voters sceptical it is a priority for either party

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What the papers say – August 31

Killers will be forced into the dock for sentencing to face the victims’ families, according to a new pledge made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The Independent UK

Britain must become a leader in AI regulation, say MPs

Technology committee says UK government approach to artificial intelligence is behind EU and US

The Guardian - UK

Airlines call for compensation reform after ‘staggering’ air chaos revelation

Industry expects to lose £100m over the air traffic control failure and wants Nats to contribute

The Guardian - UK

Government shelves £40m contract for helicopter transport for Rishi Sunak

Tender to provide aircraft for PM and other ministers withdrawn after criticism of his short-distance flights

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly’s China visit is ‘latest stage of project Kowtow’, says Iain Duncan Smith

The former Tory leader said the foreign secretary’s meetings with Chinese officials were ‘pointless

The Independent UK

Police say ‘no criminal inquiry’ into death of police officer hit by train

Sergeant Graham Saville, who started his policing career in London, was fatally injured while trying to save a distressed man on railway tracks

Evening Standard

Sunak appears to rule out central Government support for Ulez-hit outer London

The Prime Minister said the scheme is ‘solely the responsibility of the Labour Party’.

The Independent UK

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Is Rishi Sunak a lame duck? With MPs divided and rebelling, a sense of decline hangs heavy in the air

The notion of a lame duck leader is most commonly associated with the United States. The term refers to a president who will soon be succeeded in office – a situation that most commonly applies at the end of a second (and final) term, before the president has left office…

The Independent UK

UK ‘clear-eyed’ China will not change ‘overnight’, says Cleverly

The Foreign Secretary was meeting with senior officials in Beijing in a visit he said would allow for ‘tough conversations’ with the Chinese.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Does James Cleverly know why he’s in China?

I have a theory. It’s probably not correct but I’m moonlighting as comment editor this week and there’s no time to check. The idea is that all prime ministers elevated from one of the great offices of state want to keep running that department from Number 10.

The Independent UK

Government will not force shops to take cash, Rishi Sunak confirms

Rishi Sunak said it is not ‘appropriate’ for the government to ‘impose on individuals how they should do business’

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The Independent UK

Warning over proposed law forcing offenders to attend sentencing

The mother of shooting victim Olivia Pratt-Korbel hailed the move, but others warn it could be fraught with difficulty.

The Independent UK

Notting Hill Carnival violence shows need to tackle ‘zombie knives’, says PM

Eight people were stabbed at the event in west London on Monday.

Evening Standard

Pictured: Hero police sergeant who died after being hit by a train while trying to save man

Father and football coach Graham Saville died after attempting to rescue a man in distress

Evening Standard

OPINION - Britain’s China policy is a messy compromise

After nearly five years without a senior cabinet minister visiting China, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly’s visit marks the re-opening of communications. However, we should not expect substantial improvement in the UK’s ties with China from just a single visit.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer is no Tony Blair ... so what’s the point of getting rid of Rishi Sunak?

General Election day is a weird one for political correspondents. You can’t report much and there’s a long night ahead, so you basically need to rest. But I remember 1997 well as the day I bought my first whole case of wine.

Evening Standard

James Cleverly in China despite storm of criticism over ‘appeasement’ of communist regime

It is the first time a Foreign Secretary has visited China since 2018

The Guardian - UK

The Tories are suffering from Dorries syndrome: paranoia steeped in denial

A party that is out of ideas and afraid to admit its mistakes finds comfort in pursuit of traitors, scapegoats and in conspiracy theory, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Latest Breaking News from ​​Rishi Sunak

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