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    Rishi Sunak faces cabinet split over Rwanda deportation Plan B

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is facing a cabinet revolt over his Rwanda migration plan as calls grow for Britain to opt out of European human rights laws. The prime minister is said to be under […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt insists ‘phenomenal’ Rishi Sunak will save failed Rwanda plan

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said “phenomenal” Rishi Sunak will find a way of saving his Rwanda deportation plan without leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). The sacked home secretary Suella Braverman […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt says there’s ‘too much negativity’ about Britain’s economy as he fails to rule out shock income tax cut

    Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said there is “too much negativity” surrounding Britain’s economy, as he failed to rule out a shock income tax cut.Appearing on BBC One – Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Hunt said: “There is too much negativity about the British economy. There is a sort of defeatism. Actually, when you look at it, there’s a lot going for it. For example, the sector that is going to define all of us in the next 20 years, is the technology sector. “We have just become the third largest in the world after the United States and China. That is going to be a tremendous strength going forward for the UK.” More

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    Awkward moment Jeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves asked what they like about one another

    Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and his shadow counterpart Rachel Reeves were asked what they liked about in an awkward exchange on BBC One – Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (19 November)Ms Kuenssberg asks: “Jeremy Hunt, what do you admire about Rachel Reeves?Mr Hunt replies: “Rachel is a survivor, she’s been in and out of the shadow cabinet and she is still here and that is a quality in politics.”Ms Reeves responds: “I have been reading he is a keen dancer, a Latin dancer. You learn new things all the time. I was watching Strictly last night and that might be something he takes up in the future.Hunt replies: “That’s never going to happen.” More