Rishi Sunak welcomed David Cameron back to Cabinet with a joke yesterday as he told his assembled top team: ‘Let’s get to work’. Delivering a pep talk to his newly-minted Cabinet, the Prime Minister said it was time to ‘make the long-term decisions that are going to change our country for the better’. Joking about … Read more
A bank holiday for King Charles III’s coronation? Jacob Rees-Mogg backs plans to make day monarch will be crowned a public holiday as he plays down fears that the long weekend will stunt the economy Jacob Rees-Mogg said that the coronation is an ‘important symbolic act’ He said he does not think the bank holiday … Read more
Commons authorities have been ‘inundated’ with complaints from MPs’ staffers angry at not being given priority access to see The Queen lying in state By Harriet Line For The Daily Mail Published: 22:38 BST, 16 September 2022 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 16 September 2022 MPs’ staff have ‘inundated’ Commons authorities with complaints that they do … Read more
Liz Truss vows to give green light to oil and gas drilling licences if she is elected as next Tory leader The Tory frontrunner believes it will help bolster the UK’s energy security Allies Kwasi Kwarteng and Jacob Rees-Mogg want to maximise domestic production Gas and oil companies to be encouraged to invest in existing … Read more
Ministers order civil service chiefs to trawl FIVE YEARS’ worth of the social media history of potential speakers in order to block ‘extremists’ – and critics of government policy Cabinet Office wants vetting for ‘problematic or controversial material’ online The changes demanded by Brexit Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg Allies said they were ‘sensible’ and would block racists … Read more
Union baron blasts Jacob Rees-Mogg in WFH war and warns that ‘passive aggressive’ notes on empty desks will ‘demotivate’ civil servants Jacob Rees-Mogg left notes on empty desks at the Cabinet Office last month Civil servants union have been told that flexible working is to be scrapped General Secretary of the FDA , Dave Penman, says … Read more
Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg hints at Whitehall row over whether British cars should be fitted with ‘Big Brother’ speed limiters to fall in line with EU ruling Speed limiters must be fitted to all new cars sold in the EU from July this year It has been suggested the rule might still be adopted inthe … Read more
Angela Rayner asks Boris Johnson’s ethics tsar to investigate Jacob Rees-Mogg’s £6million in loans from his Cayman Islands-linked company Jacob Rees-Mogg has now been reported to Boris Johnson’s ethics watchdog The Leader of the House of Commons didn’t declare £6million in cheap loans Angela Rayner demanded an investigation into the ‘director’s loans’ taken out By … Read more
MPs’ summer holidays could be two weeks longer so refurbishment team can repair the Palace of Westminster Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg is responsible for tabling motions It is unlikely Government will be won over by the idea to extend summer holiday More time is needed for refurbishment team to carry out repairs on building By … Read more
Boris Johnson is ‘bailing out’ Nicola Sturgeon‘s stuttering vaccination programme in Scotland by deploying more military personnel to speed it up, a minister said today. Jacob Rees-Mogg made the claim as he batted away SNP demands for more money for Scotland, to be used by politicians there. British Army medics began helping administer jabs in the country … Read more
Christmas break for MPs is to be extended by almost a week – after they worked for one extra day to vote on the Brexit trade deal Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg set to announce delay to parliament return The Christmas break for MPs is to be extended by six days until January 11 MPs will … Read more
Jacob Rees-Mogg is self-isolating after one of his six children started showing coronavirus symptoms. The Leader of the House of Commons is remaining at home while waiting for the results of a Covid-19 test. One of his children – Peter, 12, Mary, 11, Thomas, ten, Anselm, eight, Alfred, four and Sixtus, three – started exhibiting coronavirus … Read more
Jacob Rees-Mogg is self-isolating after one of his six children started showing coronavirus symptoms. The Leader of the House of Commons is remaining at home while waiting for the results of a Covid-19 test. One of his children – Peter, 12, Mary, 11, Thomas, ten, Anselm, eight, Alfred, four and Sixtus, three – started exhibiting coronavirus … Read more