‘This is the world’s moment of truth’: Johnson warns that civilisation could go backwards if Cop26 fails to agree action… “Boris Johnson yesterday made an impassioned plea to ‘keep alive’ the dream of combating global warming – declaring this week’s climate change summit to be ‘the world’s moment of truth’. As world leaders gathered in Glasgow, the Prime […]
Cop26 1) China deals fresh blow to hopes of climate deal “China appeared to rebuff Boris Johnson’s pleas to do more on climate change last night as the head of the United Nations warned that the world was heading for catastrophe. The prime minister suggested failure to deal with global warming could lead to the decline […]
Budget Fallout 1) Tory MPs give ‘conditional backing’ to Sunak’s tax rises… “Conservative MPs on Thursday signalled they would accept the large tax and spending increases imposed by chancellor Rishi Sunak, but some have privately warned they will not support further rises. The chancellor woke to newspaper headlines the day following his third Budget including […]
Budget 2021: ‘Sunak’s spending spree’ “Every household in Britain is paying £3,000 more in taxes since Boris Johnson became prime minister, it emerged this morning, after Rishi Sunak used his budget to position the Tories as the “real party of public services”. In a gloomy analysis of yesterday’s budget the Resolution Foundation said real wages would […]
Autumn budget 2021: Fast growth gives Sunak chance to splash the cash “Rishi Sunak is expected to use up to £30 billion from the proceeds of faster growth to invest in public services and reduce borrowing when he unveils his budget today. The chancellor will declare that Britain can start looking beyond Covid to “an […]
Five million public sector workers to get pay rise in budget “More than five million public sector workers will get across-the-board pay rises next year, after Rishi Sunak moved to end a wage freeze imposed during the Covid pandemic. Faced with an increased cost of living, the chancellor will announce that from nurses, teachers and service […]
Autumn Budget 1) Billions more for NHS in bid to tackle backlog “Millions more checks, scans and procedures will be carried out on the NHS as Rishi Sunak announces a £6 billion cash injection to tackle backlogs this week. The chancellor will use the budget on Wednesday to pledge billions to undo damage caused by […]
Sunak ‘to spend billions to digitise NHS’ “Rishi Sunak is preparing to unveil an additional multi-billion pound boost for the NHS following the £36 billion package already announced last month, The Telegraph can disclose. The Chancellor is expected to use this week’s Budget statement to announce an increase of some £5 billion in the health service’s […]
Coronavirus 1) Sunak pledges there will be “no more lockdowns” “Shops, pubs and restaurants must not shut again to deal with Covid, Rishi Sunak has said, as he insisted that vaccines meant there could be “no more lockdowns”. In an interview with The Times, the chancellor said there must not be a return to “significant […]
Furious Tories hit out at medics trying to bully ministers into bringing back tough Covid winter rules “Tory MPs last night hit out at the British Medical Association for trying to bully ministers into bringing back tough Covid restrictions this winter. The doctors’ trade union has accused No 10 of being “wilfully negligent” by not immediately […]
Javid warns daily Covid cases could hit 100,000 “Further coronavirus restrictions will be needed if people do not have a booster jab and get serious about facemasks, the health secretary said yesterday as he predicted cases could reach 100,000 a day. Sajid Javid insisted that “life is not back to normal” and urged people to take […]
Britons face higher taxes to pay for eco pledges “Britons face new taxes or reduced public spending to pay for the country’s rapid transition to net zero, the Treasury warned yesterday, as splits emerged at the top of government over the costs of decarbonisation. Boris Johnson pledged that Britain could meet its ambitious net zero […]
Amess tributes: We are all still numb, says Johnson… “MPs lined up to pay tribute to Sir David Amess last night with affectionate anecdotes ranging from the time he had a boiled sweet blessed by the Pope to when he gifted a signed copy of his book to the emir of Qatar. The House of Commons […]
Johnson to lead Commons tributes to Amess “Boris Johnson will lead tributes to Sir David Amess in the House of Commons on Monday as debate rages about how drastically to step up security in the wake of the fatal attack on the Southend MP at his constituency surgery… The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir […]
Amess murder suspect named “The killer of Tory MP Sir David Amess planned the murderous assault more than a week in advance, security sources have told The Mail on Sunday. As police continued to question a 25-year-old British man of Somalian descent last night, sources revealed that the attacker had booked an appointment at Sir […]