It has been 24 hours since Rishi Sunak was handed the findings of an investigation into eight allegations of bullying against his deputy, Dominic Raab. The report, which is understood to be “very lengthy”, was handed to Number 10 at 9.00 am on Thursday morning, with the prime minister said to be “carefully considering” its
“Professionalism, integrity and accountability”. How quickly a catchphrase becomes a curse. This tyrannical tricolon has hung spectre-like over the first six months of Rishi Sunak’s administration, driving important figures from government on an almost routine basis. The latest to be sacrificed at the altar of accountability is of course Dominic Raab, » Read More
Dominic Raab has written to the prime minister to resign after Rishi Sunak was handed a report yesterday into allegations of his deputy’s bullying behaviour. The report is yet to be made public, but within his resignation letter Mr Raab reveals that senior lawyer Adam Tolley upheld two of the eight allegations against him. » Read
Rishi Sunak claimed in a speech yesterday that the UK economy suffers from an “anti-maths mindset” that costs the economy “tens of billions per year”. It was the latest pronouncement on what has been a core if questionable theme of his premiership: his desire to convert the masses to the cult of calculus. » Read More
The government has been accused of creating a “transparency black hole” after it emerged that Rishi Sunak is under investigation for allegedly failing to declare an interest when being questioned by parliament’s liaison committee on 28 March. Last month, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a pilot of incentive payments of £600 for childminders joining the profession
Prime minister Rishi Sunak will today vow to change the nation’s “anti-maths mindset” as part of a major speech on education in which he will say that all pupils in England should study some sort of maths until the age of 18. Speaking in central London, the prime minister will announce an expert-led review into
A shadow cabinet member has vowed Labour will double down on its controversial campaign against Rishi Sunak with a string of adverts planned focussing on cost of living, mortgages and bills. The strategy sparked uproar last week with the first advert of this nature saying Rishi Sunak does not want to jail child sex offenders.
Bullet point by bullet point, 2023 kicked off with Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer swearing their respective oaths at the altar of pragmatism. Trust them and the economy would grow, NHS waiting lists would shorten and the small boats would stop. It was the prime minister’s emphasis on the latter that drove the greatest
Expectations were high ahead of the prime minister’s “Green Day” blitz on Friday — much too high for the government, it seems, as officials undertook an eleventh-hour hype management exercise. References to the 1990s California rock band were dropped from ministerial diaries as the government transitioned to the more cautious “Energy Security Day” tagline, » Read
The “Ayes” were 515 and the “Nos” 29 in the latest (and last?) vote on the structures that will determine the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU. “A chapter is over” heralded former Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith. After years of acrimony, the day’s deep symbolism was not lost on attendees. » Read More
