From Nvidia to OpenAI, Silicon Valley woos Westminster as ex-politicians take tech firm roles Commons committee monitoring revolving door that gave jobs to George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Tony Blair The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025
Former Chancellor George Osbourne is hired by tech giant OpenAI It follows former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s appointment to ChatGPT competitor Anthropic Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025
Deportations of foreign offenders has 'skyrocketed' under Labour Government David Lammy announced that more than 2,700 foreign national offenders were deported over the past year Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025
Sunak: I would do the same again on Covid business loans despite fraud risk Mr Sunak, who served as chancellor during the pandemic, defended the rollout of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme as he appeared at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025
Watch live: Rishi Sunak gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry for second day Watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry for a second day on Tuesday (16 December). The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Rishi Sunak tells Covid inquiry he was worried about UK’s ability to fund itself Reflecting on chaos of early pandemic, former chancellor said it was ‘acutely stressful’ to see rising interest bill on government bonds The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025
Not all jobs could be saved in Covid but ‘mass unemployment’ prevented – Sunak Mr Sunak was the UK’s chancellor during the height of the pandemic. Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025
Watch live: Rishi Sunak gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry Watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday, 15 December, as the probe investigates the government’s response to the pandemic. The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025
Covid inquiry: Rishi Sunak says the government was advised against moving ‘too early’ on Covid decisions – as it happened Former chancellor and PM faces questions on the economic response to the pandemic The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025
Starmer hits out at ‘completely unacceptable’ leaks against ministers - latest The prime minister said he had a ‘level of assurance’ briefings against him had not taken place The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025
Tory transport culture wars risked making roads less safe, says minister Lilian Greenwood condemns Conservative ‘mixed messages’ and promises a system that works for everybody The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
Bank of England lacked access to data to help with Covid-19 response – governor Andrew Bailey told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that policymakers would have benefited from having easier sight of data, such as universal credit. Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025
It has been a slow pour but Guinness's £73m Covent Garden venue is finally ready to be served The company hopes to attract at least 500,000 visitors a year to the new venue, the first of its kind in London Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025
Reform’s £9m gift and the rise of the political mega-donor When the latest figures on donations to political parties were released, it was revealed that businessman Christopher Harborne had donated £9 million to Reform. Harborne, who lives in Thailand, made his fortune on aviation and cryptocurrency. Reform leader Nigel Farage insists he wants nothing in return for the money and… The Conversation · Dec 5, 2025
Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025 OPINION - Who is the real James Orr? JD Vance’s ‘British sherpa’ and Reform’s ‘posh-bosh’ charmer It is hard to miss James Orr — with his slicked-back mane of blond hair, booming voice and all the confidence of a Wykehamist and an Oxford Balliol graduate, he could easily play the quintessential stage Englishman in a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie. A hybrid of academic and ideologue,…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025 Congratulations, everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime minister, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 Sir Grant Shapps criticises ‘catastrophic’ budget after receiving knighthood The former defence secretary criticised the ‘chaos’ he said surrounded Rachel Reeves’s Budget after receiving his knighthood from the Princess Royal.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025 Reeves freezes fuel duty for now as she confirms 3p-a-mile electric vehicle charge Rishi Sunak’s ‘temporary’ 5p-a-litre cut to be reversed in stages from next September in effort to keep EVs attractive
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 British actor says he suppressed his cultural identity after racist attacks IN FULL
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 People Just Do Nothing star Asim Chaudhry says he was beaten up ‘many times’ by the National Front Actor grew up in Feltham, west London
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025 More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening Rishi Sunak hands health secretary open letter calling for testing for men at the highest risk
Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2025 2.6 million people in London and South East to be hit by stealth income tax with Reeves Budget raid The Chancellor is set to continue the income tax thresholds freeze, first introduced in 2022 by Rishi Sunak, until 2029/30
Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025 Nearly 6,000 Londoners died due to Covid within weeks after 'deadly delay' in ordering lockdown Boris Johnson’s government was slammed by the Covid Inquiry for its ‘chaos’ and the ‘toxic’ culture in No10
Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025 'Lockdown may be only way to stop London NHS collapse in 15 days', Cummings warned Johnson as Covid virus spread Details of fraught meetings at the heart of Government on how to protect the capital were laid bare in a damning report by the Covid Inquiry
The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025 Toxic No 10 culture, unnecessary deaths and failed children: Key takeaways from the Covid inquiry report Boris Johnson failed to appreciate the ‘urgency of the situation’ and also failed to tackle a toxic culture in Downing Street, report says