Prime minister abandons fracking and refuses to guarantee pensions triple lock or defence spending rise Rishi Sunak has dismantled what was left of Liz Truss’s legacy on his first full day as prime minister, abandoning fracking and refusing to guarantee the pensions triple lock or a defence spending rise. Any […]
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UK front pages offer their assessments of the prime minister’s new cabinet and outline the scale of the challenges ahead Rishi Sunak’s sudden return to the top of British politics and the unveiling of his new cabinet dominates the UK front pages on Wednesday. The Guardian headlines “PM’s reshuffle gamble […]
New PM pledges to fix ‘mistakes’ of predecessor but return of former home secretary alarms some MPs Rishi Sunak pledged to bring “integrity and accountability” as prime minister on his first day in No 10 but gambled by restoring Suella Braverman to the Home Office less than week after she […]
While new Tory leader’s rise reflects positive progress, reality of life in UK for ethnic minorities remains complex picture In 1969, the late Queen’s chief financial manager, Lord Tryon, told a Home Office civil servant that “it was not, in fact, the practice to appoint coloured immigrants or foreigners” to […]
Former business secretary tells opponents of bill they are fighting a Brexit battle all over again The former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg launched a scathing attack on opponents of legislation he has tabled to sweep away EU law, telling them they are fighting a Brexit battle all over again. Rees-Mogg […]
US president and new British PM reaffirm ‘special relationship’ after Sunak becomes Britain’s third leader in 2022 The US president, Joe Biden, and Britain’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, agreed during talks on Tuesday to work together to support Ukraine and stand up to China, the White House said. They […]
New prime minister likely to prioritise unity in offering ministerial jobs, although leading Trussites can expect the chop Rishi Sunak has pledged to build a cabinet of all the talents but, given the swiftness of the leadership competition, relatively little has been briefed about his potential cabinet. His team say […]
The UK newspaper front pages lay out the difficult path ahead for the incoming PM, and question the validity of his victory Rishi Sunak’s victory in the Tory leadership contest and his imminent accession to the top of British politics leads the front page of every major newspaper in the […]
New Tory leader says he will put an end to party’s psychodrama and focus on ‘policies not personalities’ Rishi Sunak warned the Conservatives it was time to “unite or die” as he prepared to enter No 10 as the first person of colour to become UK prime minister. He said […]
As Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt drop out, the 1922 Committee manages to dodge a democratic vote It all panned out about as well as the Conservative party could have hoped. A new leader – the right leader, as far as MPs were concerned – elected in a matter of […]