The Latest Breaking News from Victoria Prentis

From Gove to Cleverly: Who is on Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list?

Michael Gove, Simon Hart and Alister Jack have all been handed peerages – but who else made the cut?

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

Full list of 175 Tory MPs that lost their jobs in election bloodbath

Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and former prime minister Liz Truss were among the Tory big beasts who lost their seats

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Keir Starmer prepares to hold first Cabinet meeting after vowing to rebuild Britain in landslide victory

The new PM is set to meet with the first Labour cabinet in 14 years on Saturday

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

11 Cabinet ministers could lose their seats in upcoming election, according to Tory poll

A YouGov survey has predicted that several senior ministers are on track to lose their seats to Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Top legal adviser told Sunak his Rwanda flights bill may not work

Top legal adviser David Pannick said to have warned individual appeal claims would limit the chances of success

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2023

Sunak faces ‘Brexit-like’ struggle to get Rwanda bill done, as Tories warned not to bring him down

PM warned calling snap election like Theresa May won’t get him out of trouble – as Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick step up attacks

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023

Minister seeking advice from lawyers who helped defeat Rwanda scheme

Attorney general’s staff contact human rights lawyers at chambers associated with judicial reviews against Home Office

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023

Brickbat: Watch What You Print

In the United Kingdom, the Society of Editors, which represents newspaper and magazine editors, has criticized Attorney General Victoria Prentis for warning media outlets that their coverage of sexual misconduct claims against actor Russell Brand could amount to contempt of court. Under British law, it is illegal to publish material…

Reason · Oct 5, 2023

Times urges Attorney General to withdraw Russell Brand warning advisory

A column by Times senior writer Sean O’Neill argued that the warning from Victoria Prentis ‘has no basis in law’.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Sunak may drop plan to ban children changing gender at school

PM said to have concerns complete ban on ‘social transitioning’ could open up new Tory rift

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023