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Cabinet goes to Chequers as minister says Nadhim Zahawi probe over in 10 days

The trip to Chequers in Buckinghamshire comes after days of headlines about the former chancellor’s tax affairs.

The Independent UK

Sunak and ministers set for Chequers away day as Zahawi tax row continues

The outing was dubbed a ‘hideaway day’ by opposition parties.

The Independent UK

Tony Blair’s cabinet awaydays ‘pretty ghastly’

Senior ministers gathered at Chequers each year to discuss policy and politics ahead of the party conferences.

The Independent UK

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Liz Truss clinging to power as new Chancellor prepares to shred economic plan

Mr Hunt and Ms Truss will meet in her Chequers residence on Sunday as tax rises and spending cuts loom on the horizon.

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev's unlikely friendship with Margaret Thatcher after cracking joke

Mikhail Gorbachev recalled how he assured Thatcher he had no instructions from the Politburo to try to persuade her to join the Soviet Union’s Communist Party – which caused her to burst out laughing

Daily Mirror

Ukraine and cost-of-living crisis dominate as Johnson prepares for No 10 exit

Boris Johnson will divide his time between Downing Street and Chequers before being forced to hand both to his successor.

The Independent UK

Chilled Boris Johnson will spend stretches of final fortnight working from Chequers

The announcement that the outgoing PM would be splitting his time between Downing Street and Chequers came just 24 hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg lashed out at the "rotten culture" of civil servants working from home

Daily Mirror

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No 10 denies snub to Lionesses after Boris Johnson watches Euros final from Chequers

Olaf Scholz travels to London to watch Germany lose at Wembley, but Downing Street hints at honours for England women’s squad

The Guardian - UK

No Downing Street reception for victorious Lionesses

The Prime Minister attended the men’s Euro 2020 final at Wembley last year but chose to tune into the Lionesses’ match against Germany from Chequers.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson and Carrie to 'throw wedding party' at 'Tory donor's mansion'

A plan to host a bash at Chequers was reportedly axed

Wales Online

Boris Johnson accused of ‘checking out’ from No 10 amid heatwave emergency

The Prime Minister took a ‘joyride’ in a Typhoon fighter jet and held a party at Chequers while colleagues held emergency meetings.

The Independent UK

Johnson defended after missing heatwave meetings as PM accused of ‘clocking off’

Boris Johnson was at Chequers over the weekend where he hosted friends for a party.

The Independent UK

Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave

Prime minister stays at Chequers as NHS, schools and transport providers issue warnings about fatally high temperatures

The Guardian - UK

Boris didn't attend Cobra meeting on heatwave and plans lavish party at Chequers

A Number 10 spokeswoman said the party, which will be held on Sunday, is a "private event with no taxpayers' money being spent"

Wales Online

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The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson 'hosts farewell party instead of working on heatwave emergency'

INTERIM prime minister Boris Johnson is skipping Cobra meetings to hold a party at Chequers.

The Independent UK

No 10 unable to say if Boris Johnson will join heatwave meeting as PM ‘prepares for Chequers party’

Questions about prime minister’s participation in government

The National (Scotland)

Number 10 won't say if Boris Johnson will join emergency heatwave talks this weekend

DOWNING Street won’t say if Boris Johnson will be attending talks on preparing for the heatwave as he works from Chequers over the weekend.

Reuters

UK's Boris Johnson moves wedding party planned for official residence

Britain's Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, are changing the location of a planned wedding party, an ally of the prime minister said on Friday, denying allegations that he was staying on in a caretaker role because of it.

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Wales Online

Boris Johnson plans massive Chequers wedding party as he clings on to power

Senior Tories claim say Boris Johnson is clinging to power in part so that he and wife Carrie can host lavish bash at Chequers to mark their marriage, which took place in May 2021

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson ‘planned £150,000 treehouse with bulletproof glass for son at Chequers’

Security concerns reportedly raised over the Johnsons’ plans for Wilf just months after he was born

Wales Online

Johnsons abandon plans for '£150k tree house' for son at Chequers

PM declined to deny a report in The Times that he was forced to axe the idea

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson ‘planned £150,000 treehouse with bulletproof glass for son at Chequers’

Security concerns reportedly raised over the Johnsons’ plans for Wilf just months after he was born

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson hosting Ukrainian refugee in No 10 would be ‘security challenge’, Downing Street says

Hosting someone at Chequers under new scheme may also not be possible, No 10 says

The Guardian - UK

No 10 defends PM’s trips between London and Chequers in March 2020

Boris and Carrie Johnson did not break Covid rules by travelling to Buckinghamshire mansion, says spokesperson

The Independent UK

PM based at Chequers in early days of pandemic ‘to protect pregnant Carrie’

No 10 said the couple followed the guidance and legislation in place at the time.

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