Brexiters claim ‘sellout’ after Tories discuss rapprochement with EU Nigel Farage, John Redwood and Lord Frost rail against news of senior Tories joining cross-party summit to tackle failings of Brexit The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days — Raab, Zahawi and the ‘anti-tax loons’ Personnel dramas, infighting and growing fissures caused by the ‘anti-tax loons’ are threatening to de-rail Sunak. Amidst intimidating new statistics from the IMF, can the PM prove his naysayers wrong, asks Anne McElvoy Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023
Tories raking in money from private health firms as NHS is on its knees A number of high ranking and wealthy Conservative party members have links to private health care companies which, in turn, are profiting from the current NHS crisis Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023
Rishi Sunak suggests only ‘idiots’ think he can cut tax in Budget Prime minister argues pandemic and Russian invasion mean he cannot reduce taxes at present The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Tory ex-minister John Redwood ridiculed over 'stupid' Twitter suggestion to fix NHS John Redwood, whose account is not a parody - we checked - took to Twitter early this morning with his plan for tackling NHS backlogs. It was immediately branded "the stupidest tweet of the year". Daily Mirror · Dec 17, 2022
Former Welsh secretary John Redwood whinges that BBC doesn't pay enough attention to English issues Sir John Redwood accused the broadcaster of being an 'enthusiast for devolution' during a debate on the future of local radio Wales Online · Dec 9, 2022
Jeremy Hunt faces rebellion on Tory right over autumn statement Esther McVey, John Redwood and Richard Drax among backbench critics of chancellor’s tax rises The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022
Liz Truss quits: candidates to be prime minister must have at least 100 nominations from Tory MPs – as it happened Nominations for next Tory leader will close at 2pm on Monday before next prime minister is confirmed on 28 October The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2022
Truss and Kwarteng will face fury of Tory MPs in week of crisis meetings The PM and chancellor will try to stop panic spreading through the party after their high-risk economic plan threatens a ‘death spiral’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022
Austerity cuts ahead could mean ‘end of NHS’, warns ex-Bank of England deputy ‘Fundamental rethinking’ of the state could lie ahead, says Sir Charlie Bean The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022
Liz Truss must fix self-inflicted ‘mess’ after IMF warning, says Keir Starmer Labour leader says his own mortgage payments have gone up by ‘few hundred pounds’ a month The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022
Senior Tory calls for Parliament to return to tackle cost-of-living crisis A SENIOR Tory has called for the UK Parliament to reconvene to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. The National (Scotland) · Sep 12, 2022
Who will be in Liz Truss’s Cabinet? New PM has been busy drawing up her top team ahead of her coronation The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
Liz Truss: Who will be in Tory frontrunner’s cabinet as she prepares to replace Boris Johnson? Firm favourite to become PM has been busy drawing up her top team ahead of expected coronation The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2022 Trussonomics will be a reckless exercise in slashing the state when there’s nothing left to cut Thatcherism was disastrous 40 years ago, but the new prime minister seems intent on reviving it to meet the crises of 2022, says sociologist and political economist William Davies
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022 Liz Truss: Who will be in Tory frontrunner’s cabinet as she prepares to replace Boris Johnson? Firm favourite to become PM has been busy drawing up her top team ahead of expected coronation
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2022 Pack cabinet with Johnson loyalists at your peril, Liz Truss is warned Senior Tories tell likely leadership winner that she needs to appoint an inclusive team as row looms over Partygate report
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022 Truss and Sunak urged to end ‘toxic culture’ at Westminster with new process for sexual misconduct claims Next PM must ‘clean up’ system, says Prospect union amid fresh allegations
Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2022 Liz Truss is calling on the dinos — Tory Jurassic Park is back One of the less successful rewilding experiments is the fictional reintroduction of DNA-manufactured dinosaurs in the film Jurassic Park. Yet a remake is underway at Westminster, as the likely Liz Truss-led government plots a return of political dinosaurs.
Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022 Who will be in Liz Truss' Cabinet? All the predictions from Suella Braverman to IDS Tax-slashing free marketeer Liz Truss, who has slammed 'handouts' for struggling Brits, is expected to appoint a string of right-wingers and allies to top jobs now she is Prime Minister
Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2022 Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak supporters go to war over ‘flip flop’ tax promises Senior Tory MP Sir John Redwood has accused the former chancellor of flip-flopping over tax cuts that he once said were unaffordable
The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022 Tory jitters about Truss: ‘She will just come across as Boris without the charm’ As Starmer leads in polls for best PM, Lib Dems have formed attack unit to push for victory in blue wall seats
Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2022 The Standard View: Best of luck if you’re trying to head abroad The queues are building up again at Dover, where passengers are advised that there are continuing delays at French passport control. Meanwhile, those hoping to avoid travel chaos by taking the train have been delayed by the disruptions to Eurostar services in France.
Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2022 Rishi Sunak accused by senior Tory of ‘plundering’ from motorists after petrol price soars to £100-a-tank Sir John Redwood turned on the Chancellor amid claims that the Treasury is now making more in tax from petrol than before his 5p-a-litre cut in fuel duty in March
Wales Online · Jun 6, 2022 The Conservative leaders who have faced leadership challenges and how they fared The most recent to face a confidence vote was Theresa May in 2018