MPs back push to extend free school meals to all primary school children ‘Without urgent action, children face a bleak, hungry winter’, says Labour MP introducing expansion bill The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Rishi Sunak tells MPs he will clear asylum backlog by end of 2023 PM says he has signed deal with Albania and will resume ‘hostile environment’ checks on bank accounts The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022
Bombshell poll predicts 314-seat Labour majority - and no Tories north of Lincolnshire The major Savanta and Electoral Calculus poll projects the Labour Party would win 482 seats if a general election was held tomorrow - more than the 418 under Tony Blair's 1997 landslide Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022
How Rishi Sunak plans to tackle immigration - key points in new plan For the first time Border Force officers will be stationed at Tirana airport under a new agreement with Albania Wales Online · Dec 13, 2022
Key points in Sunak’s plan to tackle migrant crossings Rishi Sunak has set out a series of measures aimed at curbing the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Rishi Sunak announces deal to fast-track removal of Albanian migrants Disused holiday parks, former student halls and surplus military sites will also be used to house migrants, the Prime Minister said Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022
Rishi Sunak announces crackdown on asylum seekers - housing them in disused holiday parks The Prime Minister made the announcement as part of his plans to clear the asylum backlog by the end of 2023 and crackdown on claims Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022
Sunak unveils fresh plans to crack down on Channel crossings More than 44,000 people have crossed the Channel this year, Government figures show. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
'Enough is enough': UK PM announces crackdown on illegal immigration Britain on Tuesday said it planned to bring in new legislation to prevent migrants who cross the English Channel from remaining in the country, as the government tries to control a surge in people arriving in small boats on its southern coast. Reuters · Dec 13, 2022
'Grave concerns' over Rishi Sunak five-point plan to deal with 'unfair' immigration THERE are “grave concerns” over Rishi Sunak’s five-point plan to deal with "unfair" illegal immigration into the UK - including… The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2022
Albanians to face immediate removal from UK under tough new asylum rules Prime minister announces plans for legislation to stop anyone arriving illeglly in the UK from staying The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Sunak to announce plans to tackle asylum backlog and Channel crossings The Prime Minister is expected to make a statement in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Sunak urged not to focus on cutting immigration amid UK staff shortages Migration advisory committee calls for rural visa pilot to help send workers to depopulated parts of countryside The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022
Rishi Sunak’s asylum plans condemned as ‘deeply disturbing’ and against international law – as it happened Campaigners criticise prime minister’s announcement on plans to curb small boat arrivals The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022 The right says strikes are abusive and wicked. I say they have helped build our society Don’t believe Rishi Sunak or other Tory union-busters, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 NHS backlog is a crisis for Conservatives, but a chance for Labour Only the Blair/Brown government managed to reduce waiting times, but that strategy won’t work for Rishi Sunak
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Sunak faces calls from Johnson and Zelensky to give Ukraine long-range missiles The Ukrainian President made the plea as he called a meeting of G7 leaders.
Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022 Why Rishi Sunak's claim a pay rise for every striker will cost you £1,000 is untrue More than 5million public sector workers want a proper pay rise - and Rishi Sunak claims that will cost you an 'extra' £1,000 a year. So how true is his claim? Not very, say the experts
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 The Guardian view on Sunak’s strikes: to be more inflexible than Thatcher is a flaw Editorial: The prime minister should be like his political idol and award inflation-proof pay rises to end industrial strife by key workers
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Sunak faces grilling from senior MPs Rishi Sunak will appear before the Liaison Committee on December 20.
Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022 Top Tory admits voters have 'buyer's remorse' and won't back Conservatives at election Former culture minister Ed Vaizey warned that voters who backed the Tories at the last election may "sit on their hands" next time rather than support the party again
Chronicle Live · Dec 12, 2022 English football set for independent regulator as Rishi Sunak gives green light The Premier League could be set for its biggest shape up since its birth back in 1992
Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022 Labour’s strikes strategy is shifty but simple — let the Tories own the pain In politics it always pays to watch the money. The most telling recent fact in British politics has been the fact that in the three months to September, the Labour party attracted £2.8 million in business donations, which is the first time Labour has raised more than the Tories since…
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Tories’ ‘misleading’ £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim condemned by watchdog Tories should not have suggested rollover deals were ‘new’, says UK Statistics Authority
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 Factcheck: are UK strikers greedy, unrealistic and putting others in danger? This is an extract from our First Edition newsletter