Politicians pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Tributes have been pouring in from around the world following the announcement by Buckingham Palace that Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, had died.
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High Court battle to defeat government’s ‘inhumane’ Rwanda deportation policy underway
The Home Office’s claims that Rwanda is a safe country have been branded ‘irrational’ by the claimants.
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.
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.