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    Rishi Sunak smiles and cracks jokes in first cabinet meeting since reshuffle

    Rishi Sunak was seen laughing and joking as he held the first meeting with his new cabinet meeting following Monday’s reshuffle.The prime minister promised “big, bold decisions that will drive change” as he gathered his top team, following the dramatic reshuffle that saw David Cameron appointed foreign secretary and Suella Braverman sacked.“Good morning everyone, welcome. An especially warm welcome to those for whom it is their first cabinet and also welcome to those whom it may not be their first time,” Mr Sunak joked as he began the meeting, drawing laughs from others in the room. More

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    A leaked memo reveals mooted changes to EU sustainability law would make it weak and unenforceable

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A flagship EU law intended to push European companies toward net zero faces being seriously weakened by member states, a confidential document passed to The Associated Press reveals, with firms seemingly no longer […] More

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    Watch: David Cameron enters Downing Street as foreign secretary for first cabinet meeting

    Lord David Cameron entered Downing Street as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet for the first time on Tuesday, 14 November.In Monday’s dramatic reshuffle after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary, the prime minister gave the former Conservative leader a peerage to bring him back from political wilderness.Lord Cameron was back around the cabinet table on Tuesday for the first time since he stood down as prime minister and quit as an MP after losing the Brexit referendum in 2016.Former minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Sunak as a result of the decision. More

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    Iain Duncan Smith demands answers over David Cameron’s links to China

    Sir Iain Duncan Smith questioned Lord David Cameron’s appointment by Rishi Sunak as foreign secretary as “it appears he’s being paid by the Chinese government to promote certain things.”Speaking to GB News on Monday (13 November), the Conservative party leader said he had “concerns” about Lord Cameron, before recalling how he was sanctioned by China in 2021 for what it said were “lies and disinformation” about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.Under Lord Cameron’s leadership there was a “golden era” of UK-China cooperation, something Mr Sunak described as “naive” last year following growing tensions with Beijing. More

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    Minister suggests Sunak could quit ECHR if government loses Rwanda court case

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Robert Jenrick has said Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan will go through with “no ifs, no buts” – suggesting the government could quit the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The immigration minister hinted that […] More

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    Piers Morgan asks Jeremy Corbyn 12 times if Hamas are terror organisation

    Piers Morgan clashed with Jeremy Corbyn in a fractious TalkTV interview on Monday night (13 November), in which the host repeatedly questioned the former Labour leader on Hamas.In the space of two minutes, Mr Morgan asked 12 times: “Are Hamas a terror group?”Mr Corbyn, the Islington North MP, responded by repeatedly calling for a ceasefire.Over the course of the whole interview, Mr Corbyn was asked a total of 38 times if he thinks Hamas should stay in power and if he would call them a terror group. More