Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Liz Truss’s mobile phone was hacked by agents presumed to be working for Russia’s Vladimir Putin during the Tory leadership race, according to reports. Opposition parties have demanded an urgent […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak is facing a crunch vote on the release of documents related to his controversial decision to appoint Suella Braverman as home secretary, as the prime minister comes under […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Clamour for a general election is growing among voters, as Rishi Sunak’s allies warned “bitter” Tory MPs opposed to his leadership against any moves which could bring down the government. […] More
The UK is now spending more of its international development budget at home than in poor developing countries, experts have said.That is because a large proportion of the pot is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from Ukraine, according to the Centre for Global Development (CGD).Rishi Sunak was criticised for slashing the foreign aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income when he was chancellor, as well as setting a precedent for letting the Home Office and other departments use the pot, and stretching the rules on what can be counted as aid. More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The government is refusing campaigners’ calls to extend the eligibility of free school meals despite the devasting impact of the cost of living crisis. The Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak’s government should expand a windfall tax on the “excessive” profits of the oil giants, outgoing climate minister Alok Sharma has said. The senior Tory – president of the Cop26 summit – urged the […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has been accused of sowing “chaos” after he failed to set a date for a snap election, despite the […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Parents want a general election now because they are “paying the price” for the government crashing the economy, Keir Starmer says. On a visit to Essex, the Labour leader repeated […] More
