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 Independent’s petition calling for a general election in Britain following the resignation of Liz Truss has hit 450,000 signatures. Ms Truss survived less than two months in No 10, […] 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 A powerful Commons committee will investigate claims Rishi Sunak overruled the security fears of the cabinet secretary when he reappointed Suella Braverman, The Independent has learned. The public administration and […] 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’s abandonment of “triple lock” protection for the state pension should be the trigger for an early general election, a senior member of Labour’s shadow cabinet has said. Since […] 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 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday. Sunak’s office said the decision was made because of “pressing […] More
Labour has ordered one of its MPs to delete a social media post arguing that Rishi Sunak’s appointment “isn’t a win for Asian representation”. Nadia Whittome, herself a second-generation British Indian, had said Mr Sunak was not on the side of working people, whatever their background. But the message disappeared from her Twitter page on Wednesday after an intervention by party bosses. More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak will not attend next month’s crucial Cop27 summit in Egypt, even as hopes of a deal to avoid runaway climate change begin to fade. Liz Truss was set to go to at least […] 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 Trades Union Congress will hold a mass rally in Westminster to demand a general election after Rishi Sunak became the third Conservative prime minister this year. The rally will […] 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 Northern Ireland is again set to hold fresh elections, after Stormont on Thursday failed to elect a new leader. A deadline for members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) to form […] More
