Politics

Abbott is being tipped to advise Britain - his birthplace - on how to seize trade opportunities after Brexit, with the Sun reporting that the socially conservative ex-PM is set to become the UK’s “new trade deal supremo”.

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.

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.

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.

The organisation said the prime minister’s approach towards “radical Islam” had encouraged the majority of its membership to join the party.

The Minister for Women and Equalities refused to comment on his history of sexist comments.

During the height of Covid crisis she appeared to say she could blame scientists for the huge number of Covid-19 care home deaths.

“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".

The latest figures show the US economy plunged by an alarming 31.7 per cent in the second quarter.