Claire Coutinho replaces Grant Shapps as energy secretary August 31, 2023 Claire Coutinho has been appointed energy secretary in a promotion to a top cabinet role, amid a mini-reshuffle of the Prime Minister’s core team. It follows Grant Shapps moving over to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after defence secretary Ben Wallace resigned from cabinet ahead of stepping down as an MP at the next general [...]
PMQs sketch: Keir Starmer, future fruit picker for Britain May 24, 2023 Keir Starmer's heart wasn't really in it as he faced Rishi Sunak and cracked his many pre-rehearsed jokes at Suella Braverman's expense.
‘Day of shame’: Rishi Sunak apologises for infected blood scandal May 20, 2024 Rishi Sunak has made a “wholehearted and unequivocal apology” for the infected blood scandal in what he said was a “day of shame” for the British state.
RAAC crisis: Sunak says it’s ‘wrong’ to blame him as education sec caught swearing about coverage September 4, 2023 Rishi Sunak has defended himself against accusations he failed to fully fund a programme to rebuild England’s schools, while his education secretary was caught swearing on camera about the coverage of the row. The Prime Minister on Monday dismissed claims about his record as chancellor made by a former senior official at the Department for [...]
Covid inquiry: Dominic Cummings branded ministers ‘useless f*ckpigs’ as No10 chaos laid bare October 31, 2023 Top No10 aide Dominic Cummings branded cabinet ministers “useless f*ckpigs”, “morons” and “c**ts” in foulmouthed messages revealed to the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry.
MPs and peers urge Boris Johnson to scrap taxes on energy bills to reduce cost of living crisis January 2, 2022 Twenty Tory MPs and peers have called for the Prime Minister to scrap VAT and environmental levies on energy bills to ease the cost of living crisis.
Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser ‘would expect approval to investigate ministers’ February 23, 2023 Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser has said would expect to be given the go-ahead to investigate a minister if he believed there had been a breach of the rules. Sir Laurie Magnus told MPs that while he required the prime minister’s permission to mount an inquiry into alleged violations of the Ministerial Code, he believed it would only be [...]
Analysis: Rishi Sunak must wish he was still on holiday September 4, 2023 Rishi Sunak may have enjoyed the break but an afternoon of bad news will have brought reality crashing back to him
Sunak’s onshore wind U-turn not enough to lure investment, trade body warns September 4, 2023 Proposals to lift onshore wind out of a de-facto moratorium are unlikely to lead to a ramp up in domestic projects, Renewable UK has warned.
UK firms asked to disclose China investments as Sunak mulls trade curbs August 21, 2023 A host of British firms have been asked by the government to hand over information on their investments in China, as the UK looks to take stock of its business ties to the state amid increasing geopolitical tensions. The government confirmed today that a survey was sent to a number of UK firms last month [...]