Listen to Liz Truss’s bold vision for the country, Tory chairman urges rebel MPs The Prime Minister’s speech showed she has a vision to transform the country, Tory party chairman Jake Berry said Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022
Keir Starmer brands Liz Truss 'destroyer of growth' with 'kamikaze' mini Budget The furious Labour leader said Liz Truss's mini-Budget was 'as anti-growth as you could possibly be' Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022
Tory chair apologises for telling struggling people to just ‘get better-paid job’ Jake Berry offers regret over ‘clumsy’ remarks The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Tory chairman hits back at Dorries over call for Truss to change course Jake Berry says the former culture secretary is a ‘very fine Conservative’, but stands by the Government’s plans. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Starmer: Prime Minister is the destroyer of growth The Labour leader hit back at suggestions from Liz Truss that his party is part of an ‘anti-growth coalition’. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss meets European leaders in Prague as Irish deputy PM says NI protocol ‘a little too strict’ – as it happened PM is attending European Political Community meeting amid hope over thawing in Northern Ireland standoff The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Telling people hit by rising energy bills to get a better paid job was 'ever so clumsy', Tory MP Jake Berry says Mr Berry described his controversial comments as 'a bit clumsy' Manchester Evening News · Oct 6, 2022
GMB viewers fume as Tory chairman fails to apologise for 'get a new job' comments Good Morning Britain viewers fumed as Conservative Party chairman Jake Berry refused to apologise for his comments that those who are struggling with rising bills can 'cut their consumption or get a new job' Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss says nothing at all, and says it really badly The PM made it to the lectern to declare war on taxi passengers, but unfortunately the basic rhythms of language elude her The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Uproar and disorder: day 3 of the Conservative conference circus A day after the chancellor’s forced tax-cut reversal, the Tories in Birmingham were still performing some jagged manoeuvres The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Liz Truss MUST ditch welfare cuts to prevent a 'benefits bloodbath', says Gordon Brown Writing for the Mirror, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Liz Truss must raise benefits by inflation - 'and worry more about millions on the breadline than millionaires in the boardrooms' Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022
Welcome to Tory conference 2022 – so bad even Michael Gove has drawn the line MPs are already pining for the golden era of Johnson and Patel, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
Tory party chair Jake Berry rapidly alienating fellow MPs – and voters One former minister calls him the ‘worst performing cabinet minister so far’ in Liz Truss’s government The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022
‘Imagine losing £65bn and keeping your job’: Twitter reacts to tax U-turn Social media awash with people poking fun at PM, chancellor, and others who backed cut to 45p tax rate The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022 A sombre start at Tory Conference first night parties Parties on the first night of Tory conference were more muted than in previous years.
Wales Online · Oct 2, 2022 Grant Shapps joins Tory revolt over PM scrapping top rate of income tax Fellow former cabinet minister Michael Gove had earlier threatened to vote against the Government's mini-budget
Wales Online · Oct 2, 2022 Tory chairman tells hard-up Brits to 'get new job or cut consumption' Jake Berry's comments were reminiscent of Norman Tebbit's 'get on your bike' speech from decades ago
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Labour demands names of guests at champagne event Kwarteng attended Drinks reception with wealthy Tory donors took place on same day the chancellor delivered mini-budget
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Tory MPs hit back after threats issued to those opposing 45p tax rate abolition Party chair Jake Berry’s ‘very provocative and very silly’ warning risks ‘breaking the dam’, say backbenchers
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Radon Liz hits the Tory conference with all smirks blazing Upbeat yet catatonic, the prime minister gives party members the impression she positively enjoys being unpopular
Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022 Michael Gove warns he could revolt over tax cuts for rich - and benefit cuts for poor The top Tory demanded a 'course correction, a reset', refused three times to rule out voting against Liz Truss, and warned it will be 'very, very, very difficult' to cut benefits for the poor and tax for the rich
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022 General Election could be held around April 2024, Tory party chairman suggests Jake Berry, Rossendale and Darwen MP, was quizzed on the date for the upcoming ballot during a live podcast recording
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022 ‘Get new job’ or cut your spending, Tory chair tells struggling Britons ‘Go out there and get that new job,’ says Jake Berry
Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022 Anger as Tory chairman says Brits who can't afford bills can cut spending or get new job Jake Berry was accused of 'living on another planet' after he made the comment while defending tax cuts for the rich in Liz Truss’s mini-Budget
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2022 Rebel Tory MPs who vote against tax cuts may lose whip, party chairman warns Tory MPs who rebel against Liz Truss’s tax cut plans may have the whip suspended, the party’s chairman has warned.