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UNCOVERED: 5 | History Defined

Calamity PM Liz Truss backs moaning Tory millionaires calling for inheritance tax to go

The flash-in-a-pan former Prime Minister supports a charge led by mega-rich Nadhim Zahawi, who said he's "haunted" by the prospect of his estate being taxed when he dies

Daily Mirror

Millennials are a growing electoral force, and their thinking on tax is a gamechanger

Young people are hostile to income redistribution. It’s not because they’re rightwing – they simply pay too much tax already, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Truss joins calls by senior Tories to scrap inheritance tax

The proposal has been met with scepticism from senior economists and tax experts

Evening Standard

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Economists dismiss Tory push to scrap inheritance tax

Senior economist Paul Johnson said the ‘genuinely unfair’ tax, which is ‘absurdly easy to avoid’ for the super rich, should be reformed.

The Independent UK

Tory millionaire whines he is 'haunted' by having to pay tax on fortune after he dies

Mega-rich Nadhim Zahawi, who was sacked as Conservative Party chairman over his own tax dealings, is leading a group of MPs who are demanding Rishi Sunak helps the rich by axing inheritance tax

Daily Mirror

Tory ministers could be sent on a 'sleaze awareness course' under new bill

The bill, tabled by the Liberal Democrats, would require ministers to attend annual ethics and standards training in a bid to stem the flow of scandals surrounding the Government

Daily Mirror

Lib Dems plotting to oust Theresa May from Commons as they reveal Tory hit list

Theresa May's Maidenhead constituency is on the list of seats it is hoping to snatch, along with those held by Cabinet ministers Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and Gillian Keegan

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Richard Sharp is out at the BBC: now can we think about how we hold other miscreants to account?

Society is making strange decisions. Some in high office lose jobs and deserve to, but we also ignore others whose sins are egregious, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak's 14 worst gaffes and scandals from his first six months in No10

It's been six months since Rishi Sunak stood on the steps of Downing Street pledging a Government with 'integrity, professionalism and accountability'. Since then three cabinet members have left under a cloud and he's being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog

Daily Mirror

Spotlight turns to what Rishi Sunak knew about Dominic Raab and when

PM is loyal towards his former deputy but it is hard to see how Raab’s reputation could have escaped notice

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Rishi Sunak handed Dominic Raab bullying report

When an inquiry by the prime minister’s ethics advisor into the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi found that the then-Conservative Party Chair had committed a serious breach of the ministerial code, he was dismissed within minutes.

Evening Standard

Parents can raise their children as they wish, but smacking them must be taboo

The government’s latest refusal to ban physical punishment in England ignores the harm it does

The Guardian - UK

Tax expert questions whether PM’s capital gains tax arrangement should continue

Rishi Sunak’s tax return showed that he paid a lower effective rate of tax than if his income had been mostly from employment.

The Independent UK

Inside Tories' lavish £400-a-night hotel with caviar facials and 7-course menu

Conservative MPs spent the day and night at the Fairmont Windsor Park, the same hotel where Rishi Sunak agreed his new Brexit deal European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.

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Tories book entire £400-a-night luxury hotel in desperate brainstorm bid to save seats

Conservative MPs spent the day and night at the Fairmont Windsor Park where they were bombarded with presentations on how to save their seats at the next election after dire poll ratings

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser says ‘never say never’ to investigating PM

Sir Laurie Magnus defends his powers and says would have to be ‘very good reason’ for PM to reject probe

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s ethics adviser ‘would expect approval to investigate ministers’

Sir Laurie Magnus said be believed the Prime Minister would only withhold consent for an inquiry on public interest grounds.

The Guardian - UK

The ghosts of rotten Tories haunt my routine

As the Conservative casualties pile up, thank heavens for Lee Anderson, the no-nonsense MP for Ashfield

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'Ukraine will be lucky to get Airfix fighter jets from blundering Tory rabble'

After Ukrainian President Zelensky's plea to Britain for warplanes to fight the Russian invasion, columnist Mark Steel warns that the Tory Government's track record suggests he shouldn't expect much

The Guardian - UK

Sunak urged to consult ethics adviser over Raab bullying claims

Civil service union leader Dave Penman says PM should call on Sir Laurie Magnus to help him make decision on Raab

Evening Standard

Tories put on 18-month General Election alert by new party chairman Greg Hands

New Tory chairman Greg Hands on Wednesday put his party on an 18-month General Election alert.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire MP Lee Anderson appointed Conservative Party's new deputy chairman

It comes as party of a cabinet reshuffle

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak reshuffles Cabinet creating four new departments and replacing sacked Nadhim Zahawi

The prime minister has appointed four people to head up the new departments

Evening Standard

Who is Greg Hands? New Tory party chairman announced in Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle

The New York-born politician has held several ministerial positions since becoming an MP in 2005

Birmingham Post

Rishi Sunak breaks up Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in major restructure

Sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi has been replaced with Greg Hands, who had been trade minister and Grant Shapps, who had been business secretary, will now be the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary.

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