PMQs: Truss refuses to tax oil giants to fund energy bills freeze
“The face at the top may change but the story remains the same,” said Starmer, as the pair went head-to-head over the PM’s plans to tackle the energy crisis.
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Truss appoints ‘climate dinosaur’ Rees-Mogg as new energy chief
To the dismay of climate campaigners, the former Brexit opportunities minister, who has a long record of climate denialism, is to oversee the UK’s energy and net zero strategy.
‘Cabinet of cronies’: Sunak supporters ditched in Truss’s brutal cabinet clear-out
Within minutes of the new PM receiving the keys to No 10, Shapps, Raab, Barclay and Eustice were sacked, replaced by Truss loyalists.
New PM must tackle school funding crisis, leading Tory ministers warn
The warnings come as the two Tory leadership contenders have faced criticism for speaking in favour of grammar schools while being bare on solutions to the problems schools currently face.
Leave.EU goes into liquation, owing £7m to co-founder Arron Banks
The pro-Brexit lobby group was founded to support Nigel Farage’s Leave campaign.
Campaigners call for social housing rent strike after Tories refuse freeze
Four million social housing households face threat of double digit rent increases.
Government blamed for Britain’s sewage-covered beaches
As water quality across the EU improves, the UK risks being turned into the ‘dirty man of Europe.’
Truss and Sunak under fire for NHS crisis ‘complacency’
The Tory leadership contenders have been accused of being ‘worryingly bare’ on health policy ideas to solve the crisis the NHS is currently grappling with.
Record-number of migrant Channel crossings highlights Rwanda-style policy failings
The number of migrants reaching Britain’s southern coast via the treacherous Channel route continues to rise, despite so-called government ‘deterrents.’
Daily Express mocked for journalists voting to strike over pay
‘You couldn’t write it!’