Brandon Lewis has backed Liz Truss' promise to cut taxes, adding a September emergency budget would provide support for struggling households in both the short and long term "to help people with the challenges they're facing". The former Conservative Party chairman refused to be drawn into questions over whether Boris Johnon's Privileges Committee inquiry should go ahead.
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Brandon Lewis defends Liz Truss’ U-turn on her proposal to cut public sector wages outside London and the South East. The former Northern Ireland secretary said, “What Liz was outlining yesterday was a wider package around dealing with Whitehall reform.” Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
MP Brandon Lewis says Nadine Dorries is “an independent person” and does not speak for Liz Truss nor her campaign after she was criticised for sharing a tweet depicting Rishi Sunak wielding a knife at Boris Johnson.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis defends Prime Minister Boris Johnson and says he can win for the Conservatives at the next general election.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, who was formerly Immigration Minister, says he supports the government's package of measures to reduce illegal migration including its controversial plan to fly people to Rwanda.
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Watch Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh win gold in the women's featherweight boxing final on day ten of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. BBC Sport
Watch Northern Ireland teenager Dylan Eagleson wins men's bantamweight gold against Ghana's Abraham Mensah after losing the first round at the 2022 Commonwealth.. BBC Sport
Conservative MP Oliver Dowden says Liz Truss' promise to reduce National Insurance is "not up to the job", given the "scale of the energy hikes likely to come". Mr Dowden says Rishi Sunak should be "judged by his record", having "saved tens of millions of jobs", after introducing the furlough scheme during the Covid pandemic.
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Former Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand has arrived in court as Wolverhampton Wanderers fan, Jamie Arnold, goes on trial for allegedly racially abusing the ex-England star during a Premier League match on 23rd May 2021.
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Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has arrived in court, accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against ex-girlfriend Kate Greville between August 2017 and November 2020. He is also charged with common assault against Ms Greville's younger sister, Emma.
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