Politics
Sunak planning £20 billion tax hike to pay coronavirus costs
According to the Sunday Times, ministers are looking at raising capital gains tax and corporation tax in the next Budget, in November. The money could be reportedly raised from pensions, businesses, the wealthy, and foreign aid.
Senior Tory lashes out at Johnson’s ‘unsustainable climate of uncertainty’
Sir Charles Walker, deputy of the 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers, said it was becoming increasingly difficult for MPs to defend the government - as policies can be quickly dropped by ministers.
Grayling quits Commons intelligence committee after chairmanship snub
The spat over the chairmanship came ahead of the release of a much delayed report by the ISC on alleged Russian interference in UK politics.
Reminder: That more than 5,000 Britain First members joined the Conservatives after the election
The organisation said the prime minister’s approach towards “radical Islam” had encouraged the majority of its membership to join the party.
Liz Truss dismisses Tony Abbott sexism concerns as “irrelevent”
The Minister for Women and Equalities refused to comment on his history of sexist comments.
Tory MP who blamed scientists for care homes deaths now in row with neighbours
During the height of Covid crisis she appeared to say she could blame scientists for the huge number of Covid-19 care home deaths.
Germany takes Brexit off the agenda following a summer of “completely wasted” negotiations
“We have a cabinet that doesn’t understand how the negotiations work (and) a prime minister who, I think, doesn’t understand how the negotiations work".
Further proof that we have the worst leaders at exactly the worst time
The latest figures show the US economy plunged by an alarming 31.7 per cent in the second quarter.
Lawyers criticise ‘scandalous’ Home Office migrant video
An incendiary video posted on the Home Office's Twitter account on Wednesday evening showed a graphic of deportation planes leaving the UK, prompting outraged legal commentators to brand it “scandalous” and compare it to something out of Dad’s Army.