Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday put himself on collision course with human rights campaigners with new migration legislation that he claims will “take back control of our borders, once and for all”. The illegal migration bill will include a “duty” on the home secretary to remove… Read Full Article Here FT
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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Belfast on Tuesday to sell his post-Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland to business leaders after the region’s main unionist party welcomed progress but said concerns remained. Sunak unveiled the so-called Windsor framework with European… Read Full Article Here FT
Rishi Sunak will on Monday claim he has negotiated “fundamental” changes to the post-Brexit trading regime in Northern Ireland as he seeks to end a bitter row that has overshadowed UK ties with the EU. The British prime minister and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission… Read Full Article Here FT
Rishi Sunak was accused by the Labour party of being at the mercy of “malcontent” Tory MPs on Wednesday, as the prime minister’s efforts to land a Brexit deal on Northern Ireland hit further problems. Sunak had hoped to present a deal to reform Northern Ireland’s trading rules by now, but his allies admit he […]
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is exploring a 5 per cent pay rise for public sector workers to end an escalating wave of strikes after the Treasury was given an unexpected £30bn windfall. In a sign of a change of mood after months of strife, the Royal College of Nursing on Tuesday called off a […]
Rishi Sunak will give his strongest indication yet that he is willing to support President Voldymyr Zelensky’s appeal for Ukraine to be given western fighter jets to fight off Vladimir Putin‘s invasion. The demand that NATO allies “double down” on military aid to ensure Ukraine emerges victorious against Russia. The Prime Minister is set to […]
Energy experts have urged the Government to scrap the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, comparing it to “sick dog” that needs to be put down. Mike Foster, the head of the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) slammed the scheme, which aims to promote the rollout of heat pumps, by offering households up to £5,000 in subsidies to […]
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Liz Truss and Boris Johnson have both been intervening this week. Could they challenge Rishi Sunak? We discuss how much of a threat to him they are. Plus, we delve into the cabinet and Whitehall shake-ups. An industrial strategy was dropped while areas like energy security and technology became priorities. Is this more than a […]
Rishi Sunak is facing problems on multiple fronts as the row over his appointment of Dominic Raab as justice secretary deepens and his two predecessors as prime minister seek to tell him how to do his job. On Friday, Downing Street did not deny media reports that a written complaint about the behaviour of Raab […]
Rishi Sunak is facing a big test of his authority as he agonises over whether he can sell an outline deal on the Northern Ireland protocol to pro-UK unionist politicians in the region and Eurosceptic Tory MPs. After months of talks, negotiators have briefed the UK prime minister that a deal is taking shape to […]