Solicitor General Alex Chalk follows Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid and resigns as Tory MP cannot ‘defend the indefensible’ July 6, 2022 Cheltenham MP Alex Chalk has confirmed his resignation as Solicitor General. In a letter to Boris Johnson, Mr Chalk said it was “with great sadness” he was quitting the post but added he could not “defend the indefensible”. He wrote: “To be in government is to accept the duty to argue for difficult or even [...]
Nadhim Zahawi hastily confirmed as new Chancellor as Boris Johnson’s cabinet crumbles in front of nation’s eyes July 6, 2022 Nadhim Zahawi is the new Chancellor, Downing Street has confirmed. He will move from the post of education secretary, to be replaced by Universities Minister Michelle Donelan. Boris Johnson has responded to Rishi Sunak’s departure as chancellor, saying he was “sorry” to have received Mr Sunak’s resignation letter and praising his “outstanding service”. In a [...]
Number 10 admits Boris Johnson knew of official complaint against Chris Pincher before giving him ministerial jobs July 5, 2022 Number 10 has been forced to admit Boris Johnson was personally briefed on an official sexual misconduct allegation against Chris Pincher, before he was then handed a series of ministerial jobs. Johnson’s spokesman said a “complaint was made” against Pincher when he was a junior foreign office minister in 2019 “and looked into through the [...]
Tory MP Caroline Nokes reported Chris Pincher for being drunk mid-afternoon, 24 hours before groping attack July 5, 2022 Senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes claimed she reported Chris Pincher for being ‘drunk in the middle of the afternoon’ last Tuesday – 24 hours before his alleged groping attack. But nothing was done, she said late last night. Nokes shared on TalkTV that she witnessed the former Deputy Chief Whip, Chris Pincher, ‘drunk in the [...]
Boris Johnson under pressure to explain why he gave Chris Pincher whips job despite well-known allegations July 4, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to explain and set out what he knew about allegations of inappropriate behaviour centring on Chris Pincher before appointing him to the Tory whips’ office. The Prime Minister is alleged to have referred to the MP as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature” before making him deputy chief [...]
Boris Johnson mulls 50-year mortgages to get more young people on housing ladder July 2, 2022 Downing Street is looking at plans for 50-year mortgages that parents can hand down to their children. According to a report in The Times, Boris Johnson is looking at encouraging long mortgages as a way to get more young people onto the housing ladder. While a number of banks already provide products that mean parents [...]
Pressure grows on Boris Johnson to expel ex-Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher after bizarre drunken assault July 1, 2022 Pressure is growing on Prime Minister Boris Johnson this morning to expel the former Tory deputy chief whip from the party after he dramatically quit following a drunken incident. Chris Pincher, who was responsible for maintaining discipline among Conservative MPs, said he had “embarrassed myself and other people” after having had “far too much” to [...]
Johnson says sky-high inflation is ‘big chance’ to fix cost pressures and ‘do things differently’ as PM denies being complacent June 30, 2022 The Prime Minister said today there is a “big chance” to fix unnecessary cost pressures for people and businesses across the UK as Boris Johnson denied that his Government is being “complacent” about spiralling inflation. Speaking at a press conference at the close of the Nato summit in Madrid, Johnson said the “very, very tight [...]
Prime Minister and Chancellor to dismiss Tory calls for early tax cut June 28, 2022 The Prime Minister is set to bat away demands from Tory backbenchers to slash cuts in a major speech with the Chancellor next month. According to a report in The Times, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are set to outline the government’s economic strategy in the speech. However, they will delay announcing a timeline for [...]
Boris Johnson insists ‘no point’ giving public sector staff inflation-busting pay rise June 27, 2022 Prime minister Boris Johnson has swotted away public sector workers’ demands for higher pay. “I’m not going to give a comment on each offer or suggestion that the pay review bodies may make. But what I would say to you is that, at a time when you’ve got inflationary pressures in an economy, there’s no [...]