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Sunak’s disability benefit plans are familiar culture war fodder

The prime minister’s speech on cracking down on ‘sicknote culture’ was heavy on rhetoric but light on evidence and detail

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Sick notes: What are the rules Rishi Sunak wants to change?

The prime minister said living on welfare benefits in the UK had become a ‘lifestyle choice’ for some

Evening Standard

OPINION - London Marathon 2024: it's not the race I can't stand, it's the social media humblebragging before

The email arrives earlier every year. Somewhere between readers kindly pointing out a typo in yesterday’s newsletter (I still wake up in cold sweats thinking about “guilt-edged”) and PRs breathlessly informing me that one-in-four British couples disagree over room temperature, it reads: “We have some spaces for the London Marathon.…

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Saving us from ourselves: how Britain is learning to accept the nanny state

Despite detractors, the tobacco bill shows the public will support policies that would once have been thought draconian

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The UK’s smoking ban is government meddling at its worst and most pointless

Tobacco is already on its way out. The state should not deny adults the right to make personal decisions for themselves, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Rishi Sunak tells FA and Premier League chiefs to explain why scrapping cup replays in fans' interest

The PM waded into the row amid fears that smaller clubs could lose out from lucrative replays against bigger teams

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UK Prime Minister Urges Calm Amid Middle East Tensions

UK Prime Minister calls for calm in the Middle East amidst reports of Israel-Iran military strike. Stay updated on the evolving situation.

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Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’

PM criticised for personal independence payment review amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill

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Rishi Sunak vows crackdown on 'sick note culture' with new benefit rules to get fit people back to work

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave major speech in London on welfare reform as benefits bill ‘reaches £69billion’

Evening Standard

UK politics: Sturgeon says it is ‘incredibly difficult’ after husband charged – as it happened

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon addresses arrest of husband and former SNP chief executive outside Glasgow home

The Guardian - UK

Those signed off feeling depressed classed as incapable of work, says Stride

Work and pensions secretary attacks system of dealing with minor mental health problems as PM takes aim at ‘sicknote culture’

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The many scandals rocking Westminster, explained

In today’s newsletter: The number of MPs who have lost their party’s whip now totals 18. The damage to public trust could be even more widespread

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda bill: what does the latest delay mean?

Flights have been pushed back to summer after the House of Lords spoke up for Afghans and refugees – here’s what to expect over the coming weeks

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Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system

Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions

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The Guardian view on Tory decline: splits, sleaze and a rush for the exit

Editorial: Fresh allegations against a backbench MP highlight an end-of-era atmosphere in the Conservative party

Evening Standard

Rishi’s rating slumps to ‘worst ever for a major party leader’: The Standard podcast

An exclusive poll by Ipsos for The Standard has revealed Rishi Sunak’s rating as Prime Minister has slumped to the worst ever for a leader of a major party.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rishi Sunak's dire poll rating is not the Tories' biggest problem

Voters have a short attention span but long memories

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Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty handed another £10.5m dividend — enough to buy 116,000 pairs of Adidas Sambas

Murty owns a 0.94% stake in the Indian tech outsourcer Infosys, which was founded by her father

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OPINION - Mark Menzies and the Tory scandals: sensational fun, but pity us poor voters

There is no getting away from Karl Marx’s gag about history beginning as tragedy and ending as farce. When the only thing we can think about when it comes to the Government is a mesmerising sex scandal, we really are in John Major 1997 territory.

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OPINION - The Standard View: The polls are bad for Rishi Sunak — and could get even worse

When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, his MPs hoped their new leader’s relative popularity would rub off on a discredited Tory brand. Instead, the reverse effect appears to be on display.

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'Give us a summer vote': Most want general election in just months, says exclusive Ipsos poll

Poll also shows Rishi Sunak’s PM rating has plunged to same level as previous leader Jeremy Corbyn

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'Public doesn't want a new Tory leader - it wants change'

Analysis of latest poll by Ipsos director of politics Keiran Pedley

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak's PM rating falls to lowest ever for major party leader and same level as Jeremy Corbyn - new poll

Exclusive Ipsos survey for The Standard also dashes hopes among some Tories that replacing Mr Sunak would boost their party’s fortunes

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs limp into PMQs after finally accepting their fate

A party resigned to oblivion made for a sulky session that did Rishi Sunak and the Commons no favours

Evening Standard

OPINION - Born after 2009? Rishi Sunak says you can't smoke. Ever.

It is sometimes said of the political Left that it wants everything to be filtered into three categories: free, illegal or obligatory. To which Rishi Sunak says: hold my Mexican Coke. The prime minister's proposal to ban young people from being ever able to legally smoke passed its first Commons hurdle last night,…

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