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Rishi Sunak says Boris hasn't spoken to him since resignation SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info As he hopes to become the next Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak joined Rochelle Humes and Andi Peters on This Morning to share his plans for the country. However, Peters was keen to find out what happened between the former chancellor and Boris Johnson after he resigned. Related articles Shetland's Jimmy Perez to die after fans 'work out' replacement Charlie Stayt wife: Who is the BBC Breakfast star married to? Peters asked: “When you resigned, you obviously made that choice. When did you think the wheels had come off?” “It was for me a really tough decision, it was a personal decision, it was a sad … [Read more...] about ‘Wasn’t just me’ Rishi Sunak snubbed by Boris as former PM ‘hasn’t replied’ to texts

Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak in profile SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The former Chancellor is in a battle to cement his position as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. Sunak has promised to remove EU 'red tape and bureaucracy' (Image: Getty) Ahead of Sunday night’s television debate with his rivals, Mr Sunak has promised to stage an overhaul of EU laws in his first 100 days as Prime Minister. The leadership candidates are competing to win the votes of MPs who backed diehard Brexiteer supporter Attorney General Suella Braverman before she was knocked out of the running. Votes by MPs this week will determine which two contenders will face the Tory membership in the final round of the … [Read more...] about Rishi Sunak promises Brexiteers he will torch Brussels’ laws within 100 days

Published 34 minutes ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Tory leadership Rishi Sunak has insisted he still has a "shot" at Downing Street despite polls suggesting Liz Truss has a strong lead in the Conservative leadership contest. He told ITV's This Morning he "definitely" had a chance of victory, while warning his rival's tax-cutting plans risked fuelling inflation. The former chancellor said his economic approach was "honest" and deliverable. The latest poll of Tory members pointed to 66% backing Ms Truss and 34% supporting Mr Sunak. The YouGov survey of 1,089 people for Sky News was conducted from 12-17 August. The percentages were calculated by excluding undecided members and non-voters. The next UK prime minister will be announced on 5 September. The postal ballot closes on 2 September, but thousands of party members are thought to … [Read more...] about Rishi Sunak: I can still win Tory leadership race

Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak in profile SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Liz Truss has hit out at Rishi Sunak’s plans to tackle the cost-of-living crisis during ITV’s leadership debate. The Foreign Secretary added: "We need to do better we need to take on Whitehall." She said: “Rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years. That is not going to drive economic growth. You raised national insurance even though people like me opposed it in Cabinet at the time, because we could have afforded to fund the NHS through general taxation. “The fact is that raising taxes at this moment will choke off economic growth, it will prevent us getting the revenue we need to pay off the debt.” Trending … [Read more...] about Tory leadership LIVE: Rishi fuming as Truss goes straight for him ‘Taxes will choke us!’

Penny Mordaunt quizzed on 'media hit job' in debate SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The survey of more than 4,400 people found that almost half of Conservative voters - 48 percent - believe the former Chancellor should be the next PM. The results put Penny Mordaunt, who was one of the leading faces of the Brexit campaign, behind both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. James Johnson, co-founder of JL Partners and a former Downing Street pollster, said it showed that the public were “withholding their judgement” on Ms Mordaunt, who has become a surprise frontrunner among MPs. In an article for The Telegraph, Mr Johnson said: “Among those who have heard of Mordaunt the overwhelming view is one of neutrality.” Related … [Read more...] about Tory Leadership: Rishi storms ahead as Brexiteer pushed out of top two

Brexit: Tom Tugendhat put on the spot over Boris Johnson claims SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The pro-Brexit leadership contestant said in 2016 the UK could not have stopped Turkey from joining the EU despite itself then being a member of the bloc. Turkey’s potential accession into the group became a major talking point in the run up to the referendum given the number of additional people who would have had the right to freely migrate to the UK. Appearing on the BBC this morning, Ms Mordaunt was challenged by Sophie Raworth who insisted “we did have a veto”, accusing her of “misleading rhetoric”. The leadership hopeful responded that “just because there’s a provision in a treaty, doesn’t mean that the UK could ever have used … [Read more...] about Brexit: BBC row as Huw Edwards wades in on Mordaunt over ‘brilliant’ Brexit lies clip

Boris Johnson 'nostalgia' among tory members says expert SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, who is one of Rishi Sunak's most prominent backers, said that the Tories will be worse off at the next general election after removing Boris Johnson from post. Speaking to the Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast, he said: "I didn’t think we should have got rid of him. Lots of first-time Conservative voters are completely bewildered, confused and actually quite upset that the Conservative Party got rid of Boris." Related articles EU blasted over 'another gas mistake' as von der Leyen signs new deal Nicola Sturgeon hammerblow as SNP membership plunges by nearly a FIFTH Boris Johnson … [Read more...] about Red Wall voters ‘bewildered, confused and upset’ that Boris was forced out of No10

Transgender prisoners with male genitalia will not serve time alongside female prisons without ministerial sign-off, the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to announce. The policy will mean that ministers will have to approve any transfer of a male-bodied inmate to a women’s prison irrespective of whether they self-identify as a woman, while the Government will also have the power to order the removal of transgender prisoners from jails. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: “While there have been no substantiated sexual assaults by transgender women in the female estate since 2019, the safety of all those in our care is a top priority. “Having recently reviewed the arrangements in July, the Justice Secretary directed changes so that transgender prisoners with male genitalia are not housed with other biologically born women in the female prison estate, unless specifically signed off by a minister. “Once confirmed by the new Government in September, it would be … [Read more...] about Trans prisoners ‘will not be housed with other women’

Published 21 April comments Comments Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Boris Johnson says MPs should have the "full facts" on Partygate before ordering an inquiry into whether he misled them about lockdown parties. MPs are set to vote on Thursday on a Labour plan for a Commons committee to investigate his past comments about Whitehall gatherings. But ministers now say that vote should wait until probes by the Met Police and civil servant Sue Gray have finished. Mr Johnson will miss the debate as he is in India for an official visit. Speaking during his trip, he said he was "very keen for every possible form of scrutiny", but he wanted to focus on the "amazing opportunities" developing between the UK and India Earlier, Mr Johnson had told reporters he would fight the next general election and would not say if there were any circumstances under which … [Read more...] about Partygate: Boris Johnson says full facts needed before vote on investigation

BORIS Johnson today vowed to take "very, very draconian action" to stamp out alarming Covid mutations - but stressed the roadmap remains on track. The PM tried to sooth fears on a visit to a vaccine centre in East London that June 21's freedom day is in peril over worries about the India variant. Moving to assuage concerns he said: "At the moment we see nothing conclusive that we have to deviate from the roadmap". And he suggested a crunch data meeting in a few days time would tell us all more, urging the nation to hold tight. He warned the nation to be cautious and vowed: "We're keeping everything under very close observation - we'll know a lot more in a few days' time. "We're looking very carefully at the data, we're looking at the epidemiology. We're trying to work out what extent the Indian variant may be more transmissible." Under fire from critics for dithering to ban travel with India, he insisted the Government would come down hard to extinguish emerging … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson vows to take ‘very draconian action’ to tackle Indian variant but says June 21 IS still on track for now