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The Leader podcast: Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle dissected

Rishi Sunak has completed his mini cabinet shuffle, creating four new government departments and appointing five MPs into new roles.

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2023

Happy Valley's James Norton warns 'don't follow Rishi Sunak's advice' over education plan

Happy Valley star James Norton has criticised Rishi Sunak's plan to extend maths education to 18 year olds over fears it will stop pupils from exploring their love of the arts

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2023

Striking Newcastle nurse tells of the 'anxiety' of walking out - but says action needed to protect patients in the long-term

Nurses on picket lines around the North East highlighted how difficult it is for them to choose to strike.

Chronicle Live · Feb 7, 2023

James Norton hits out at Rishi Sunak’s plan to make children study maths until age 18

‘This country’s got such a cultural heritage and to waste that... Talk about us standing on the world stage right now’

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Gordon Brown demands £300,000-a-year Ofgem boss resigns over prepay energy meter scandal

Exclusive: Former PM says regulator ‘failed dismally’ – and warns victims of debt have been forced to offer sexual favours or sell drugs to ‘circling’ loan sharks

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Rishi Sunak reshuffle: One-time Jeremy Corbyn supporter named deputy Tory chairman

Mr Anderson has previously courted controversy with outspoken comments onthose who rely on food banks

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2023

Liz Truss set out her grand plan to me – and it’s horrified parts of the Tory party

The former leader’s comeback is directed at her party: to force it back toward the low-tax radicalism it tried to abandon, says Katy Balls, the political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle takes on the conventional wisdom

Nobody resigned. The prime minister didn’t accidentally appoint the wrong MP to the government. The UK is still a member of Nato. This must, therefore, be considered a successful – albeit limited – cabinet reshuffle. Nevertheless, in time Rishi Sunak may look back on today and think actually, I probably…

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2023

Tory MP who said Brits using foodbanks can't cook or budget made deputy chairman

The appointment comes just two weeks after Lee Anderson compared Rishi Sunak's Government to the 'band on the Titanic' over its asylum seeker policy, according to a string of leaked WhatsApp messages

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2023

Lee Anderson: new Tory deputy chair is one-man controversy machine

Many of the party’s MPs worry that trenchant views of ‘30p Lee’ mean his appointment will end badly

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023