Keir Starmer backs calls for change in law on assisted dying Labour leader says MPs should be given free vote on issue recently brought to the fore by Esther Rantzen The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023
UK considering using air and sea routes to bring aid to Gaza, says minister Andrew Mitchell told the Commons the Government was considering its options for transporting aid into the wartorn Palestinian territory. The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023
UK accused of 'assault on free speech' as Tories push anti-BDS bill forward THE Government is “encouraging antisemitism” and stifling freedom of speech by pushing through legislation to ban public bodies from boycotting… The National (Scotland) · Oct 25, 2023
Government defeats bid to remove Israel ‘carve-out’ from boycott ban legislation Tory former cabinet minister Kit Malthouse had sought to remove the prohibition from the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill. The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023
Laughing gas ban step closer as MPs vote to make nitrous oxide Class C substance Dealers and users could face jail time and unlimited fines under new measures which are expected to come into force by the end of the year. The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023
‘Take action’ and change law to legalise assisted dying, Prue Leith urges MPs The 83-year-old, who is a long-standing campaigner on the issue, was speaking at Parliament at an event hosted by Dignity In Dying. The Independent UK · May 23, 2023
Two top Tory MPs ‘in running’ to take on Sadiq Khan for mayor Kit Malthouse refuses to deny he is planning to stand while Tom Tugenhadt being talked about as possible candidate Evening Standard · May 10, 2023
Liz Truss’s allies urge Chancellor to ‘let capital rip’ Two former cabinet ministers said more should be done on ‘generators of growth’. The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023
Surprising number of Tory MPs who come from Merseyside Merseyside only has one Tory MP but many politicians with links to our city have risen up through the Conservative Party Liverpool Echo · Jan 1, 2023
Inside UK politics' most unreal year yet - from Partygate to Liz Truss disaster Four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two monarchs - and your mortgages went pear-shaped. And that's without the tractor porn. Here's our review of the year for 2022 - Britain really did have a large one Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022
Being sacked by Rishi Sunak after 49 days in cabinet was 'brutal' says top Tory Kit Malthouse was briefly Education Secretary while Liz Truss was Prime Minister - but said there was no point trying to sugar-coat his exit from the top team Daily Mirror · Nov 26, 2022
Tory MP warns of ‘long term question marks’ over ‘sustainability’ of triple lock Former work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb urged the Treasury to have a ‘more honest discussion’. The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022
Sacked Education Secretary swipes at £10bn cycling funding as schools cut staff Kit Malthouse, who was booted out as Education Secretary when Rishi Sunak became PM this week, called on the PM and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to resort to "salami slicing" of government departments Daily Mirror · Oct 30, 2022
Rishi Sunak's Cabinet reshuffle in full - who's BACKED and SACKED in PM's top team The new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wasted little time in bringing in a new team, with Suella Braverman brought back as Home Secretary just six days after her sacking - while Michael Gove, Dominic Raab and Steve Barclay also returned to the top table Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022 Rishi Sunak appoints fifth education secretary in just under four months Gillian Keegan was drafted into the post during Mr Sunak’s reshuffle on Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022 Rishi Sunak cabinet: Who’s in and who’s out, from Jeremy Hunt to Jacob Rees-Mogg Jacob Rees-Mogg steps down as business secretary as new prime minister forms top team
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022 Comings and goings in full as Rishi Sunak embarks on Cabinet reshuffle The new Prime Minister is assembling his team.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022 Who could stand to be the next Conservative Party leader - and Prime Minister? Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman could all be in the running
Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022 Who will stand in the leadership election to be the next Prime Minister Two top names have been ruled out, but Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak may go head to head, along with other well-known figures
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Who might stand in the Tory leadership contest after PM Liz Truss’s resignation? Former candidate Rishi Sunak is among the names being mentioned but allies of Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove have said they will not run.
Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022 Truss fires Braverman with UK government at risk of imploding LONDON — Liz Truss fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman for what was described as a national security breach, a dramatic move that will inevitably heap even more pressure on Britain’s premier as she clings to power.
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022 Serious child safeguarding concerns remain, Education Secretary told Council officials in Bradford and Solihull where vulnerable children were murdered gave ‘inadequate’ reassurances, a cross-party group of MPs said.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 Social mobility tsar casts doubt over grammar school revival in England Katharine Birbalsingh says disadvantaged pupils with few resources struggle to win places
Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022 Tory schools chief cracked joke about 'inadequate' comprehensive pupils in student paper Education Secretary Kit Malthouse said Labour MPs were 'in the main thick' and said another student had a 'less than adequate education' which 'probably' went to a comprehensive school in a newly unearthed letter to his student newspaper
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022 ‘They don’t work’: experts criticise Liz Truss’s grammar schools plan Government policy faces opposition, with many saying that selection does not improve social mobility