More evasions and desperation from Boris Johnson in PMQs
Heading his first Prime Minister’s Questions since the cabinet reshuffle, the PM made some pretty desperate comebacks to questions.
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Comedic and terrifying: Rees-Mogg’s Brexit opportunities’ minister appointment ardently mocked online
‘Mogg, early on the lookout for those myriad Brexit opportunities…’
Gap between rich and poor set to widen as value of inheritance increases
As the value of inheritance is set to double, the divide between the affluent and the disadvantaged will expand over the next 20 years, research finds.
A ‘recipe for chaos’: PM under fire for appointment of ‘triple-jobbing’ Steve Barclay
Boris Johnson is facing yet another backlash over the appointment of No 10’s new chief of staff.
Murdoch media uses ‘dubious’ polls from climate change deniers
Stooping to a new low, The Sun bases a report on a survey acknowledged as using a ‘loaded’ question to allege public resentment on the banning of the sale of new fossil fuel-powered cars.
‘Words have consequences’: Johnson blamed for inciting political ‘poison’ after protestors mob Starmer
Resentment is simmering over the PM’s Savile comments, with MPs across the political spectrum urging him to apologise after the Labour leader was targeted by protestors last night.
A ‘sick joke’: Bank of England governor blasted from all directions for calling for pay ‘restraint’
‘Why is it that every time there is a crisis, rich men ask ordinary people to pay for it?’
Sajid Javid denies being at loggerheads with the chancellor over NHS backlog
As today’s NHS backlog plan announcement is delayed, the health secretary refutes suggestions that the hold up is because of a funding dispute with Rishi Sunak.
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Johnson to ditch ‘lefty’ green policies, in ‘secret’ deal Tory backbenchers – Express reports
In a bid to “warm the cockles of Tory hearts”, the PM is to make a deal with backbench MPs to maintain their support of his leadership, including abolishing ‘lefty’ policies of ‘prioritising a green agenda’, the Sunday Express reports.