Yet another ‘housing policy’ designed mainly to frustrate housebuilding July 28, 2022 Pictured in an olive, recently waxed Barbour jacket in front of rolling green hills, Rishi Sunak looked every bit the country gentleman in pictures posted to his social media accounts yesterday. The reason? A commitment to protect the green belt. “We’ve seen too many examples of local councils circumventing the views of residents by taking [...]
Martin Lewis begs Sunak and Truss to ‘sit down together and make a decision on soaring energy bills’ July 28, 2022 Martin Lewis has urged Tory leadership hopefuls to take action on eye-watering energy prices and “forestall the mental damage” debts will cause. The consumer champion who founded MoneySavingExpert.com said the situation with energy bills is reaching a “desperate” stage, and will impact on millions of households. He also warned the situation needed to be solved [...]
Rishi Sunak under fire for ‘flip-flopping’ on tax after promising to cut VAT on energy bills July 27, 2022 Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak has been accused of “flip-flopping” on tax after pledging to cut VAT on energy bills and interrupting his rival Liz Truss in two debates in recent days. It came after the Tory leadership hopeful unveiled plans to remove VAT from domestic energy bills for a year if the price cap [...]
Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss: Last night’s Tory leadership debate fact-checked July 26, 2022 Last night Tory leadership hopefuls Rishi Sunak, a former chancellor, and Liz Truss, the current foreign secretary, went head to head in a live TV debate on the BBC. Following the debate, City A.M. caught up with Will Moy, chief executive of Full Fact, to fact check the various statements that were made during the [...]
‘Just me then?’ Rishi Sunak agrees to Andrew Neil grilling on Channel 4 but Liz Truss refuses to come July 25, 2022 Channel 4 said this afternoon that former Chancellor and Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak has agreed to be interviewed by veteran political journalist Andrew Neil. However, his main rival – Liz Truss – has declined, the channel confirmed. The former chancellor will be grilled live at 7.30pm on Friday on the network, where Neil hosts [...]
Tonight at 9pm: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will go head to head on live TV in BBC debate July 25, 2022 Tory leadership hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will go head-to-head in a TV debate after the battle to become the next prime minister became toxic with the two rival camps clashing over immigration, China and the economy. The BBC debate at 9pm comes after a weekend that saw allies of the two Tory leadership [...]
‘For f*** sake!’: Liz Truss-supporting Nadine Dorries mocks Rishi Sunak over expensive £3,500 Herbert suit and Prada shoes July 25, 2022 Former Chancellor and Tory leadership frontrunner Rishi Sunak was today mocked over his expensive taste in clothing. The sneer came from Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries. Dorries, a supporter of Sunak’s leadership rival Liz Truss, pointed to reports that the millionaire former chancellor has been pictured wearing a £3,500 suit and £490 Prada shoes. She said [...]
Sunak ‘the underdog’ hits out at ‘forces that be’ backing Truss July 23, 2022 Rishi Sunak has labelled himself as the “underdog” in the Tory leadership race, hitting out at the “forces that be” backing rival Liz Truss. “The forces that be want this to be a coronation for the other candidate,” the former Chancellor said during a speech in Grantham. “But I think members want a choice and [...]
Liz Truss warns Rishi Sunak’s tax plans lead UK into recession as she is out to challenge ‘economic orthodoxy’ July 21, 2022 Tory leadership contender Liz Truss insisted this a.m. that her economic plan to cut taxes immediately is not a gamble and will not further fuel inflation. Truss warned that the current tax plans – which include an increase in corporation tax from 19 per cent to 25per cent in April – will lead the UK [...]
Boris Johnson urges next PM ‘not to always listen to Treasury’ in parting shot at Rishi Sunak July 20, 2022 Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said big infrastructure projects would not have been built “if we’d always listened to the Treasury” in an apparent parting shot at his former chancellor Rishi Sunak. The Prime Minister gave some “words of advice” to his successor during his final Commons appearance, which included: “Cut taxes and deregulate wherever [...]