Politics
Sunak downplays threat from Truss as she draws bigger crowds
The short-lived prime minister was greeted by lengthy queues when she appeared in Manchester on Monday to call for tax cuts to “make Britain grow again”.
Priti Patel filmed dancing with Nigel Farage at Tory Party Conference
It comes after the former home secretary heaped praise on GB News during a grovelling speech.
Sunak fails to hand over pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry – reports
The Prime Minister said that he does ‘not have access’ to the messages as he changed his phone several times, The Guardian has reported.
Hunt pledges law change to stop de-banking for ‘wrong political views’
It is already illegal for financial institutions to discriminate against customers on the basis of lawful freedom of expression.
EU ‘bendy bananas’ regulation will be dropped, says Environment Secretary
In her speech at the Tory party conference, the Environment Secretary also called out the ‘green zealots’ who want to make people eat ‘fake meat’.
Steve Bray ejected from Tory conference meeting after protest
The anti-Brexit campaigner disrupted a fringe meeting outside the conference’s secure zone in Manchester city centre.
Sunak set to scrap northern leg of HS2 to Manchester
The Treasury declined to rule out plans being drawn up surrounding the axing of the route from Birmingham to Manchester.
Sunak faces ANOTHER possible by-election as Scott Benton faces suspension
The MP for Blackpool South was suspended in April after he was filmed offering to lobby ministers on behalf of gambling industry investors.
Jeremy Hunt admits he flew to Manchester Tory conference from London
The Chancellor said he took a BA flight because his train was cancelled amid industrial action.