Nadine Dorries stood in for Piers Morgan on his TV show and it was a disaster The former culture secretary fluffed her lines and got a guest's name wrong, admitting: 'I completely messed that up' Wales Online · Oct 26, 2022
New PM needs to calm markets while his party fight like ferrets in a sack City Voices: Rishi might have to make screeching hand-brake turns too Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2022
Rishi Sunak brings back fracking ban after 48 days in seismic Tory O-turn The Prime Minister's spokesman confirmed Liz Truss's decision to allow shale gas drilling just 48 days ago is now 'in the bin' - coming full circle back to the 2019 manifesto Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022
Bank of England left in the dark ahead of new interest rate decision With fiscal statement deferred and mixed government messaging on tax and spending the BoE has little to go on The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022
‘Boring is back’, Michael Gove says after surprise Cabinet return Mr Gove, who made a return to Cabinet yesterday as Levelling Up Secretary, spoke at the London Press Club Awards on Wednesday The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
Rishi Sunak and his family to return to No 10 flat They moved out six months ago to be closer to their daughters’ school in west London. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
Sunak tears up Truss’s economic vision and refuses to back pensions triple lock The new Prime Minister also reimposed the fracking ban controversially scrapped by his predecessor. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
Rishi Sunak and his PMQs answers have one thing in common - they're a bit rich Under a greatest hits set of questions from Keir Starmer, the newly minted PM mocked Labour for “finally understanding that spending has to be paid for” - a realisation that eluded members of his own cabinet as recently as Friday Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022
December election looms in Northern Ireland as minister holds last-ditch talks to restore Stormont DUP ‘ready to fight’ fresh election – as Sunak government insists winter vote will go ahead if powersharing not resumed by Friday The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
Four of Shakespeare's plays and how they speak to the current political situation in Britain The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of Shakespeare’s best-loved works. From the Midsummer Night’s (fever) Dream the electorate might think they are experiencing while looking on at parliament to All’s Well That Ends Well (or is it?). The Conversation · Oct 26, 2022
Nearly two-thirds of Rishi Sunak's new Cabinet attended private school, analysis reveals The Sutton Trust charity said 65% of the new Prime Minister's top team atteded fee-paying schools - compared to around just 7% of the general public Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022
Pounds slips against dollar as Rishi Sunak delays Budget Sterling still performing better than during Liz Truss’s disastrous tenure as prime minister The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
Rishi Sunak commits to appointing new ethics adviser Under Boris Johnson’s tenure, two ethics advisers quit within two years. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
Diwali deadline missed but India, UK keen on clinching key trade deal soon NEW DELHI: With Rishi Sunak taking over as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister, speculations are high that a free trade deal with India will get the much-needed impetus. The Times of India · Oct 26, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022 Rishi Sunak could cut benefits AND ditch pensions triple lock in yet another U-turn Downing Street today refused to guarantee the pensions triple lock in a move that would be a U-turn on a U-turn on a U-turn on a U-turn on a U-turn, leaving pensioners £443 a year worse off
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022 Rishi Sunak will keep ban on fracking in UK, No 10 confirms PM said he stood by Tories’ 2019 manifesto policy when asked in Commons, in rebuff to Liz Truss
The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2022 Rishi Sunak spends DOUBLE the average UK salary on private schooling every year RISHI Sunak has been asked to explain why state schools are “not good enough” – as he spends more than £63,000 every year sending his…
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022 PMQs key moments: Sunak mocked for losing to someone who was ‘beaten by lettuce’ The new Prime Minister was cheered on by raucous Tory benches as he clashed with Sir Keir Starmer.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 26, 2022 Rishi Sunak to restore fracking ban in vow to ‘stand by manifesto’ The newly-appointed PM was pressed on the issue during Prime Minister's Questions
The Guardian - US · Oct 26, 2022 Oh, Britain: the chasm between myth and reality keeps on growing From the US, there are clear lessons for other countries tempted to go down the same post-Brexit, mirage-filled road
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2022 Fracking ban is reinstated by Rishi Sunak as new PM ditches Liz Truss’s policies The PM’s spokesman confirms Sunak is committed to the effective ban on fracking set out in the 2019 manifesto
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022 Sunak reintroduces fracking ban as he vows to ‘stand by manifesto’ His predecessor Liz Truss had lifted the moratorium, arguing it would strengthen the country’s energy supply.
Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2022 Who’s in UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet? Sunak has assembled a team aimed at unifying the fractured Conservative Party after months of infighting.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022 Starmer goes on attack over Braverman reappointment at Sunak’s first PMQs PM accused of immediately breaking integrity pledge by restoring home secretary in ‘grubby deal’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022 Check your ‘privilege’: unpacking the real meaning of the most overused word in politics Becoming prime minister was ‘the greatest privilege’ of Rishi Sunak’s life. But the phrase loved by both sides of the political spectrum is sometimes a humble brag – and sometimes an insult