UK Border Force in position to help get Britons out of Gaza, PM reveals It comes after Israeli military conducted a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Tanks go in as Israel warns invasion of Gaza is imminent Netanyahu sends in hardware to ‘prepare battleground’ as ministers debate evacuation of trapped Britons Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023
UK will wait and see if China attends AI summit, says Sunak The Prime Minister defended the decision to have China present at his artificial intelligence summit next week. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
UK ministers to hold emergency meeting over Israel-Hamas war Deputy PM, Oliver Dowden, calls Cobra meeting to discuss hostages and aid but rules out call for ceasefire The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Deputy PM admits by-election defending 18,000 majority would be ‘challenging’ There could be a potential by-election in Peter Bone’s Wellingborough constituency after he was suspended from the Commons. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Ministers to attend Cobra meeting amid escalating situation in Gaza Ministers will attend a high-level Cobra meeting later on the Middle East, after Rishi Sunak joined calls for a humanitarian ‘pause’ in the conflict. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Evacuate Brits trapped in Gaza - COBRA emergency meeting to discuss how to get them out Ministers and security chiefs will also discuss efforts to free British hostages seized by Hamas Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023
Nadine Dorries reveals Oliver Dowden told her to ‘kick Online Safety Bill into the long grass’ Nadine Dorries said she wanted the Online Safety Bill passed ‘as quickly as possible’ The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023
Outrage as Shapps and Dowden laugh during Sunak’s answers on Hamas attack ‘pogrom’ Calls for apology as behaviour of cabinet ministers condemned as ‘completely unacceptable’ The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023
The Crown has turned the royals into a ‘soap opera’, says Queen Elizabeth biographer Gyles Brandreth Royal biographer claims Netflix’s hit drama series is ‘as truthful about the present royal family as Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” is about Richard III... but not quite as well written’ The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023
OPINION - The Standard View: Rishi Sunak must use Conservative Party Conference to show he has a plan for Britain With the great return to offices stalling, rail unions have taken it upon themselves to threaten rolling strikes into Christmas. Ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, Oliver Dowden has told the Evening Standard that unions should not take “Londoners and commuters for fools” as they could be pushed into “permanently… Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden’s message to rail unions: ‘Don’t take us for fools’ EXCLUSIVE: Deputy PM Oliver Dowden takes aim at the striking unions, the bigger Ulez and backs Susan Hall as ‘excellent’ choice for Mayor Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Axing most winter fuel payments would break Tory manifesto promise, says Labour – as it happened Sky reports Sunak is considering removing the winter fuel allowance – worth between £250 and £600 this winter – from most pensioners The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
No 10 worried AI could be used to create advanced weapons that escape human control At global summit in UK, Rishi Sunak will highlight risk of criminals and terrorists using technology to make bioweapons The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023 Watch live: World leaders speak at 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York Watch Live as world leaders speak on the fifth day at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday 23 September.
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023 Britain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI Britain is pitching itself to the world as a ready leader in shaping an international response to the rise of artificial intelligence
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023 There is a risk humans could lose control of AI machines, says deputy PM Oliver Dowden told the UN General Assembly that international collaboration would be required to apply ‘guardrails’ on the technology.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023 AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system
The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023 AI advances outstripping global regulation, Oliver Dowden to warn at UN The Deputy Prime Minister will take to the world stage in Rishi Sunak’s place as the Prime Minister is missing the gathering.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023 Who’s who in No 10? The team shaping Sunak’s approach to next election Band of advisers includes loyalists who have been with PM since days as chancellor, alongside some new faces
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023 Boris Johnson to avoid censure over Daily Mail job rules breach Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden says it would ‘disproportionate to undertake further action’ against former PM
The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023 No sanction for Boris Johnson after Daily Mail column rule breach – Dowden The Deputy Prime Minister said it would be ‘disproportionate’ to take any further action towards the former prime minister.
The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023 Boris Johnson avoids punishment over ‘clear breach’ of rules with Daily Mail column The government’s appointments watchdog found that Mr Johnson had committed a ‘clear and unambiguous breach’ of the rules over his Daily Mail column
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023 Oliver Dowden takes near-empty RAF plane to UN talks in New York Labour criticises deputy PM’s decision to use 158-seat Voyager instead of a scheduled service as ‘wrong on every level’
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023 Dowden to join Zelensky in criticising Russia at UN Security Council The meeting could see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky come face to face with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.