Sunak had doubts over Rwanda migrants plan as Chancellor, documents suggest January 6, 2024 Rishi Sunak was unsure the Government’s scheme to send migrants to Rwanda would stop channel crossings when he was Chancellor, according to documents. The BBC said it had seen No 10 papers from March 2022, a month before the plan was announced by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, which showed that Mr Sunak was not [...]
Quitting net zero tsar Skidmore is wrong on North Sea oil and gas, says Hunt January 6, 2024 The Chancellor has hit back at the former net zero tsar after he quit the Conservatives over the Government’s decision to increase domestic oil and gas drilling. Jeremy Hunt said he “profoundly” disagrees with Chris Skidmore’s reasons for resigning as an MP, with the former energy minister’s exit due to trigger another challenging by-election for [...]
National insurance cut by 2 per cent January 6, 2024 The main rate of national insurance was today cut by two percentage points, from 12 per cent to 10 per cent. The move, announced in last year’s autumn statement, was hailed by the Conservatives but Labour called it a “raw deal” and economists said many households are still facing the burden of high taxes. Chancellor [...]
Rishi Sunak: ‘Working assumption’ of an election in the second half of the year January 4, 2024 The Prime Minister said on Thursday it is his “working assumption” that he would not be sending the public to the polls in the spring, as opposition figures have been talking up.
What Starmer said in today’s speech: Inheritance tax, borrowing, taxes and Labour’s £28bn green fund January 4, 2024 The Labour leader vowed to challenge the Conservatives on their economic record, as he insisted Labour would not seek to solve the country's problems “armed only with a big state cheque book”.
Mark Kleinman’s 2024 bold predictions: A BP bid, a new gig for Rose and much, much more January 4, 2024 Mark Kleinman gets the City of London talking - and his ten bold predictions for British business in 2024 will certainly do that
UK General Election: When should Sunak pull the trigger? January 4, 2024 With Rishi Sunak holding the power for the date of the next General Election, Will Cooling looks at when the PM should pull the trigger.
‘Private discussion’ had but no job offer made to Dominic Cummings – Downing Street January 2, 2024 No job offer was made to Dominic Cummings during a meeting with Rishi Sunak, Downing Street has said. The former Vote Leave campaign director previously claimed the Prime Minister had sought a “secret deal” with him in a bid to win next year’s election. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said a “private political discussion” had [...]
Sunak wanted ‘secret deal’ says Dominic Cummings December 31, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reportedly hoped to strike a ‘secret deal’ to help win the next election with Dominic Cummings.
PM urged public to focus on a brighter future in New Years message as election looms December 30, 2023 Rishi Sunak has said the UK should “look forward with pride and optimism” to 2024 in a message to the nation ahead of an election year. The Prime Minister urged the public to focus on the promise of a “brighter future” as he highlighted an upcoming cut to national insurance as an example of change [...]