Urgent need to build UK Holocaust memorial now before survivors die, says Pickles Co-chair of memorial foundation ‘desperate’ to start work on scheme next to parliament, first proposed in 2014 The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023
Tory sleaze is masking a deeper problem — do they still want to govern? Are you bored of Tory sleaze stories? Most Conservative MPs are. They’re fed up with the way their party keeps tripping over its own shoelaces, wearied of new revelations about senior figures and sums of money their constituents can’t even imagine. Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023
Tory sleaze is back – and here’s the proof Rishi Sunak promised to end era of scandal, but the Conservatives are ‘rolling in it’ once again, writes Adam Forrest The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
The Standard View: Rishi Sunak’s Chequers away day cannot mask cabinet chaos Rishi Sunak is taking his Cabinet to Chequers, the Prime Minister’s grace-and-favour country retreat, for what a spokesperson says will be a “focus on the five priority areas” Sunak announced in his New Year’s speech. Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023
Taxpayer bill for Boris Johnson's Partygate defence soars to £222,000 - and could rise more Today a senior civil servant confirmed that the estimated cost in defending the shamed former Prime Minister had soared by more than £90,000 since 2022 Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023
HMRC chief suggests Tory Chairman Nadhim Zahawi did not make 'innocent' tax error The permanent secretary at the tax office Jim Harra also said HMRC would 'help with the inquiry' into the Tory Chairman 'in any way we possibly can' if requested by Rishi Sunak ethics adviser Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023
Nadhim Zahawi news - live: HMRC suggests Tory chair did not make ‘innocent error’ as Sunak ‘livid’ Rishi Sunak said to be ‘livid’ with Cabinet minister in tax row The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
Nadhim Zahawi dealt massive blow in tax row after extraordinary intervention by HMRC Pressue intensifies on Tory chairman, as Labour says ‘excuses unravelling’ The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
M&S boss lashes out at 'baffling' Brexit plan he warns will raise prices Archie Norman, who is a former Tory MP, is the latest business leader to criticise ministers over their economic policies, warning Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in a letter that labelling changes would be "baffling" Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023
UK PM Demands Iranian Answers on Akbari's Death British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demanded that the Iranian government provide answers about the death and burial of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari, executed by Tehran earlier this month. "The regime is prolonging the suffering of the family, and it is sadly typical of that disregard for basic human dignity,"… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2023
Is Rishi Sunak’s Holocaust memorial promise another false dawn? The project has been planned and blocked for years Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023
Tax boss: Nadhim Zahawi wouldn’t have been fined for ‘innocent’ mistake Nadhim Zahawi’s future as Tory party chairman looked in increasing jeopardy on Thursday as Britain’s tax chief suggested the former chancellor would not have been given a penalty for making an “innocent” mistake in his declarations. Cabinet minister Mr Zahawi is insisting he has not done anything wrong, saying he… Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023
Zelensky blow to Boris comeback bid: I wouldn’t back him for PM - I’m friends with Rishi Days after former PM’s trip to Kyiv, president says he couldn’t support a return to No 10 The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
Sale and possession of laughing gas may be made illegal in 'hippy crack' clampdown A Home Office source told The Mirror that a crackdown on nitrous oxide, known as "hippy crack" is being weighed up by ministers - with drug laws expected to be updated later this year Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 ‘Livid’ Sunak refuses to speak to Zahawi after tax row Sunak sends Zahawi to Coventry (only 10 miles from his constituency!)
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Nadhim Zahawi gives HMRC approval to speak to investigation into his tax affairs – as it happened Tory chairman announces decision amid continued row over his tax affairs
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Ukraine not interested in peace talks with ‘nobody’ Putin, Zelensky says Vladimir Putin ‘a man who said one thing and did another’, Ukraine’s president says
The National (Scotland) · Jan 26, 2023 At least '24 civil servants involved in bullying complaints against Dominic Raab’ DOMINIC Raab has reportedly been the subject of formal bullying complaints by at least 24 civil servants.
Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023 Rishi Sunak whisks Cabinet to 'hideaway' as ministers absent from morning TV AGAIN The Prime Minister's top team will today meet for an away day at his grace-and-favour country house, Chequers, in Buckinghamshire as pressure mounts over Nadhim Zahawi's tax penalty
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Zelensky dismisses Putin as a ‘nobody’ but hails ‘special bond’ with Johnson The Ukrainian leader suggested it is too late for face-to-face talks with the Russian leader to make any difference.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Biden’s clean energy brainwave paves Britain’s way to post-Brexit growth. Dare we copy him? Where the US leads in using state aid and subsidies, the EU is now following. But the UK will need a change of mindset, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 All of the benefits, pensions and cost of living payments going out in January State financial support forthcoming as millions continue to struggle this winter
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 At least ‘24 civil servants involved in complaints against Dominic Raab’ Mr Raab has said he is ‘always mindful’ of his behaviour but makes ‘no apologies for having high standards’.
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Retirement age to rise to 68 by the end of the 2030s – what happens next Millions born in the 1970s and later could be told they must work for longer
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Flying shame: the scandalous rise of private jets Last week, Rishi Sunak flew from London to Blackpool – his third private jet trip in 10 days. He’s far from the only one using air travel for short journeys. Just how much damage is this doing?