Nadine Dorries claims she is ‘working daily’ for constituents amid pressure to quit Ex-culture secretary insists she is ‘getting on’ with job – but senior Tories urge PM to remove Tory whip The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Recession fears grow as UK business activity shrinks August sees a sharp downturn – one of the ‘steepest contractions’ since the 2008 global financial crisis The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Rishi Sunak told his bid to block Ulez expansion would fail Ministers wanted to block the expansion under laws to oppose plans that are ‘inconsistent with national policies’ The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
The Tories have become too pungent for a country that likes its politics plain Labour’s unthreatening blandness doesn’t set pulses racing, but it beats a government peddling more rage and division, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023
Sir Ed Davey calls for more action on food inflation with visit to Dorries’ seat Analysis by the Lib Dems shows the price of what the party describes as a typical weekly shop has increased by 37% in two years. The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023
Beyond help: Rishi Sunak’s bee portrait gets stinging criticism UK prime minister’s nursery school insect painting compared to ‘barely standing’ Tory policy The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
Complaint submitted to Ofcom amid row over Alba's Rishi Sunak vampire advert A COMPLAINT has been submitted to the broadcasting watchdog amid a row over an Alba advert depicting Rishi Sunak as a vampire glutting on… The National (Scotland) · Aug 22, 2023
Starmer challenges Sunak to force out Nadine Dorries: ‘Get a grip of this’ ‘Do something about it,’ Labour leader tells PM on MP who promised to resign 10 weeks ago The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023
‘Nadine Dorries should just go’, Sir Keir Starmer says Conservative former minister Ms Dorries said in June she would leave her parliamentary seat. The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023
Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed NHS waiting lists contract Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of possible conflict of interest as former client of Bill Morgan chosen to run diagnostic centres The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
Labour is parading its true leftwing credentials in the byelection fight against the SNP In the battle for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Keir Starmer has said that the party will smash the ‘class ceiling’, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
UK bill for housing asylum seekers ‘to hit £5bn a year by end of next parliament’ Thinktank says new Illegal Migration Act likely to deepen crisis by leaving thousands more people in limbo The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023
Government plans to tackle migration risk creating ‘perma-backlog’ – think tank The Illegal Migration Act could lock thousands of asylum seekers into limbo and in need of continuing Government support, the IPPR warned. The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act The Illegal Migration Act will cast thousands of asylum seekers into ‘permanent limbo’, the IPPR has warned The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023 Pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak for law change after ‘cowardly’ Lucy Letby avoids facing victims’ families at sentencing Britain’s worst child killer was absent from the dock at Manchester Crown Court as she was given a whole-life term
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023 Lucy Letby inquiry could be upgraded to compel witnesses, No 10 indicates Rishi Sunak facing pressure from families and medical experts to put planned inquiry on statutory footing
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023 Baby murderer Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for ‘evil’ crimes She was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023 Pressure mounts on Nadine Dorries as second council calls for her to quit as MP Member of parliament for Mid Bedfordshire said she would resign in June but has yet to do so
Marie Claire · Aug 21, 2023 Lucy Letby refused to face her victims' families as she was given a whole-life order Lucy Letby refused to face her victims' families as she was given a whole-life order
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023 Most Tory voters don’t care about Sunak’s ‘anti-woke’ crusade, poll shows Three in four Tory voters say more important issues that culture war clashes
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023 Lucy Letby to be sent victim impact statements after refusing to appear in court - OLD The judge ordered the 33-year-old be sent a transcript of his sentencing remarks and copies of the statements read out by the families of her victims.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023 Is Braverman in or out? It doesn’t matter: what’s broken is the Home Office itself Rishi Sunak is reportedly facing growing pressure to sack the home secretary. But the troubles go much deeper than that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2023 Humza Yousaf blasts inaction on UK's association with top EU research fund THE First Minister has urged Rishi Sunak to end the “needless uncertainty” surrounding the UK’s involvement in a top European research…
France 24 · Aug 21, 2023 British nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison over killing of seven newborns A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation" of her actions.
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023 Rishi Sunak fails to guarantee he will stop small boats by next election The Prime Minister highlighted that the number of illegal migrants crossing the Channel this year is ‘down for the first time in some years’