Tory cabinet ministers ‘held talks to discuss Sunak’s future as PM’
‘In recent days, Cabinet ministers have held private discussions exploring the possibility the party might be forced to replace Sunak before a UK election due later this year’
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Kwasi Kwarteng doesn’t like being reminded that his mini-budget crashed the economy
“It was a huge important issue, we’re still paying the price”.
Tory peer Lord Marland says Frank Hester can’t be racist because he does lots of business in Jamaica
“Absolutely speechless.”
Minister defends Tory donor accused of making racist comments about Diane Abbott
Energy minister Graham Stuart said today that he would “hesitate” to describe Frank Hester’s comments as racist
Tory MPs push for referendum to quit the ECHR to take place on same day as General Election
MPs behind the plan, which is being led by former Tory deputy chairman Brendan Clarke-Smith, want Boris Johnson to front any such referendum campaign.
Labour starts to close fundraising gap with Tories but work still to be done
In total, the Labour Party received £13m – its highest ever donation amount – from wealthy individuals and companies last year.
Jeremy Hunt lashes out at BBC presenter over being called ‘fiscal drag queen’
Hunt isn’t too happy…
Tories will preside over the first parliament in modern history to see a fall in living standards, damning analysis finds
That’s the Tory record in office, declining living standards with workers left worse off.
5 key takeaways from Jeremy Hunt’s budget
A budget totally out of step with what people want and need.
Richest households will gain 12x more from National Insurance cut than poorest, think-tank warns
The chancellor is preparing to announce the second big cut to employment taxes in a year, after his decision to cut national insurance rates by 2p at last year’s autumn statement, portraying it as a pre-election giveaway