Aides apparently said Truss had “lost the plot” as she was “shouting at everyone that ‘We’ve got to find the money,’” according to extracts which first appeared in the Independent. Kwarteng, who stood down at the general election, told the paper: “I wasn’t involved in any conversations about restricting healthcare, but that doesn’t mean the … Read more
“Since then I’ve just lost weight in the normal way by eating less, eating more healthily, doing some exercise — going to the gym, going running. I’ve lost four stone in 12 months,” he added. Jenrick set tongues wagging in late 2023 after his weight loss — and new haircut — were noticed by colleagues, … Read more
It’s important civil servants “know what ‘good’ looks like,” said Robyn Scott, founder of Apolitical, a learning platform for public officials. “Because there are a lot of great companies out there … and there are a lot of snake oil salesmen.” Greasing the wheels of government Right now, AI isn’t widely used across government. The … Read more
He also received £16,597.22 from Cameo, an online platform allowing users to purchase personalized video messages from celebrities. He spent an estimated 24 hours every month recording these videos, according to the filing. In addition, Farage was paid £4,000 a month writing commentary for the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which takes up another 16 hours, the … Read more
The Telegraph, a favorite read of Conservative supporters, is up for sale after the House of Lords effectively blocked a bid from the United Arab Emirates-backed RedBird IMI fund to buy up the paper. But Sky reported that Johnson has spoken to his former top finance minister, Nadhim Zahawi, about a post-government job at Britain’s … Read more
The U.K. government put forward harsh measures to halt the riots, and to speed up the judicial procedures to convict or jail the rioters, while counter-demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the far-right violence. U.K. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned in an op-ed in the Observer that “the impact of these days of disorder … Read more
4) Labour is boxed in on tax The theater around Monday’s speech is seen by many as an attempt to roll the pitch for potential, undisclosed tax rises in October, when Reeves will deliver her first budget. And that’s what the Tories are arguing, too. “She will fool absolutely no one with a shameless attempt … Read more
To try and woo the members, whose “loyalty and dedication” she marveled at, the backbench Essex MP pledged to give them a “much greater voice and role” in policy making, offering a democratically elected party chairman. Internally, Patel emphasized the need for rebuttal units and professional party agents to help win seats. Having spent the … Read more
Mitterrand held office from 1981 to 1995 and remains France’s longest-ever serving president. He died in 1996 at the age of 79. The one where … Netanyahu feels nostalgic for Yeltsin Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mistakenly referred to his British counterpart Boris Johnson as Boris Yeltsin, the former (and very much dead) Russian president, at a … Read more
“I kind of see you guys as the knot tying the transatlantic alliance together, the closer you are with Europe, the more you’re engaged,” Biden said at the start of his first meeting with the new British PM. Downing Street was quick to seize the moment. Summarizing the bilateral summit, a U.K. government spokesperson stressed … Read more
