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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 has said the government went “too far” by closing schools during the Covid lockdown. The Tory leadership frontrunner was answering questions at a hustings event in Norwich on […] 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 Millions of UK households are bracing for a huge rise in the energy cap as global gas prices soar. Analysts are expecting UK energy regulator Ofgem to set the cap […] More
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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 furious woman has confronted health secretary Steve Barclay over ambulance delays, accusing the government of doing “bugger all”. The minister was interrupted while being interviewed outside London’s Moorfields Eye […] 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 Autumn is just around the corner, bringing falling leaves at a time when seemingly everything else in Britain, bar wages, is going up. Inflation has soared to a 40-year-high of […] More
Conservative leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak has claimed scientists were handed too much power during the Covid pandemic as he attacked the government’s approach to lockdowns.The former chancellor said he “wasn’t allowed to talk about the trade-off” of lockdowns during the early phases of the crisis – condemning the “fear narrative” which drove public messaging.Mr Sunak suggested Boris Johnson let lockdown go on too long, and claimed the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) group advising the PM edited its minutes to hide dissenting opinions. More
Tory leadership hopefuls have been urged to reconsider their plans and bring in a “solidarity tax” of 1 per cent on all earners to help pay for extra support with soaring energy bills.The Resolution Foundation said it was time for Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – who have promised tax cuts – to “think the unthinkable” and raise tax during the worsening cost of living crisis.The think tank said a 1 per cent hike in income tax on all rates – with 60 per cent paid by the wealthiest fifth of UK households – would raise £9.5bn a year for more support with gas and electricity bills. 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 Liz Truss has been accused of abandoning her duties as Britain’s foreign secretary since she joined the Conservatives’ leadership contest almost 50 days ago. The Tory frontrunner had been absent […] More
