Remainer activist gets adviser role at No10 as some Tories fear Government will go soft on Brexit

Remainer activist gets special adviser role at No10 as some Tories fear Government will go soft on Brexit Will Dry, the co-founder of pro-EU Our Future, Our Choice will start work at No10 Its prompted fears that Rishi Sunak’s Government could go soft on Brexit It follows reports that the Government wanted a ‘Swiss-style’ deal with … Read more

Red Wall Tories in threat to form breakaway party

Red Wall Tories in threat to form breakaway party Tory MPs in ‘Red Wall’ seats fear becoming ‘one termers’ as Labour leads polls Rising Tory star Dehenna Davison announced she is standing down next election New breakaway party would be tougher than Sunak on immigration and Brexit By Glenn Owen For The Mail On Sunday … Read more

Is Rishi’s honeymoon already over? Poll shows Labour lead growing

Is Rishi’s honeymoon already over? Another poll shows Labour stretching lead to 24 points just three weeks into Sunak’s premiership Poll shows Labour lead growing again three weeks into Rishi Sunak premiership Redfield & Wilton research found that Keir Starmer’s party is 24 points ahead Anxiety rising about contents of the Autumn Statement package on … Read more

Rishi Sunak bans ministers from appearing on breakfast TV and radio shows every day

Rishi Sunak bans ministers from appearing on breakfast TV and radio shows every day Rishi Sunak is set to scrap the government’s daily media round, reports say One frontbencher previously expected to make an appearance every day Move was met with criticism from some members of the public and journalists  By Elena Salvoni For Mailonline … Read more

Rishi Sunak stands by Dominic Raab as PM rejects ‘characterisation’ of his deputy as a ‘bully’

Rishi Sunak stood by Dominic Raab today as the Prime Minister rejected the characterisation of his deputy as a ‘bully’. The PM insisted he was not aware of any ‘formal complaint’ about Mr Raab’s behaviour following a string of allegations against the top Cabinet minister. Mr Sunak, speaking at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, … Read more

Rishi Sunak insists paying climate change ‘reparations’ to worst-hit nations is ‘not right approach’

Rishi Sunak insists paying trillions of pounds in climate change ‘reparations’ to worst-hit nations is ‘not the right approach’ following row over ‘loss and damage’ talks at Cop-27 summit Rishi Sunak tells MPs payment of climate ‘reparations’ is ‘not the right approach’  PM is quizzed over prospect of taxpayers’ being billed for trillions of pounds … Read more

Johnny Mercer would have defected to Labour if PM had not offered him a Cabinet job, insiders claim 

Johnny Mercer ‘would have defected to Labour’ if Rishi Sunak had not offered him a top Cabinet job as Veterans minister, Tory insiders claim Johnny Mercer was appointed Veterans Minister by Rishi Sunak in October Tory insiders said Mr Mercer was given the job amid fears that he would defect A Tory source said there … Read more

Jeremy Hunt warns the UK must ‘pay our way’ as he prepares to unveil austerity

Jeremy Hunt warned the UK must ‘pay our way’ today as he prepares to unveil ‘eye-watering’ austerity measures next week. The Chancellor said he will present a ‘plan which protects the most vulnerable’ in his Autumn Statement. But amid signs that public spending will increase by just 1 per cent from 2025 rather than 3.7 … Read more

Britons will get a special bank holiday next year on May 8 for King Charles’s coronation, PM reveals

Britons will get a special bank holiday next year on May 8 for King Charles’s coronation, Rishi Sunak reveals King Charles’s Coronation will take place two days beforehand, on May 6 Mr Sunak said the bank holiday would be ‘in recognition of this historic occasion’ Tory MPs had been debating whether to move May 1 bank … Read more

Suella Braverman says many Albanians are making ‘spurious’ claims to be ‘modern slaves’

MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: ‘This abuse of our system has to stop’: Suella Braverman accuses many Albanians of making ‘spurious’ claims to be ‘modern slaves’ – as Britain is set to agree deal with France to tackle illegal immigration Rishi Sunak asked his Home Secretary to sign deal with the French  The PM will meet … Read more

Downing Street ‘alarmed’ over reports Boris Johnson will travel to Egypt for Cop27 summit

Downing Street is ‘alarmed’ over reports that Boris Johnson plans to travel to Egypt for Cop27 next week – after Rishi Sunak provoked a row when he said he would not attend the event. The former Prime Minister is understood to be intending to attend the meeting of world leaders to show solidarity with the … Read more

Opposition parties round on Rishi Sunak’s ‘failure of leadership’ as new Prime Minister snubs Cop27

Opposition parties round on Rishi Sunak’s ‘failure of leadership’ as new Prime Minister snubs Cop27 summit in Egypt and downgrades the status of his climate minister Rishi Sunak accused of ‘failure of leadership’ over decision not to attend Cop27 Prime Minister insisted he was ‘personally committed’ to tackling climate crisis Downing Street admitted King was … Read more

Downing Street declines to rule out bigger windfall tax on energy companies as Shell rakes in £8.2bn

‘Nothing is off the table’: Downing Street declines to rule out bigger windfall tax on energy companies as oil giant Shell reveals £8.2bn profit Shell revealed it had raked in £8.2 billion without paying a penny under scheme No 10 said ‘nothing is off the table’ ahead of next month’s November 17 budget  Sources said … Read more