As Boris Johnson gets ready to bow out as prime minister, whatever your politics, satirists at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival are making the most of their one last.. Sky News
Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss has said she is "determined to reform the economy and keep taxes low", as she vowed to reverse the National Insurance hike introduced under Boris Johnson.
"The most important thing is getting the economy going so we avoid a recession and the business-as-usual policies aren't working. We need to do more," she said. Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth has leapt to Sir Keir Starmer's defence, after the party leader was found to have breached the MP's code of conduct by failing to register eight separate interests on time.
The shadow work and pensions secretary said: "The commissioner herself has said these were minor or inadvertent … it was not lying about something or trying to cover something up - that's what Boris Johnson did." Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Both Boris Johnson and his chancellor Nadhim Zahawi are away on holiday as the Bank of England hiked interest rates for 27 years and warned of the longest.. Sky News
Three former health secretaries have written to Boris Johnson, urging him to authorise immediate interim payments to the victims of the infected blood scandal. Sky News
Boris Johnson hosts a round table meeting with businesses at 10 Downing Street to discuss details to help families through the cost-of-living crisis during the summer holidays and beyond. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Boris Johnson departs 10 Downing Street ahead of his final appearance as prime minister at PMQs in the House of Commons. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Nadhim Zahawi was not a familiar name in British politics this time last year.
But since his promotion to the cabinet in September last year, he has ridden a political rollercoaster to rival the one that ejected Boris Johnson from Downing Street. Report by Chanda. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Chief Mouser Larry the Cat goes back to Downing Street - just a day after announcing his “resignation” on Twitter. Report by Burnsla. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Nadhim Zahawi departs 10 Downing Street shortly after being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Boris Johnson declared "mission largely accomplished" ahead of signing-off his final Prime Minister's Questions by telling MPs: "Hasta la vista, baby." The outgoing prime minister received a standing ovation from the Conservative benches after concluding his final remarks. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Alba MPs Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey are ordered to leave the House of Commons after launching a protest at the start of Prime Minister's Questions. Report by Lewisl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Boris Johnson says any of the eight candidates currently standing for Conservative Party leader would "wipe the floor" with "Captain Crasheroony Snoozefest", after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the prime minister faces "an uncertain future and a mortgage-sized decorators bill" during PMQs. Report by Lewisl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak makes his way to parliament ahead of PMQs as voting begins in the first round of the Conservative leadership contest. Report by Lewisl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer clashes with Boris Johnson for the final time at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. The Labour leader says "what message does it send when the candidates to be prime minister can't find a single decent thing to say about (Boris Johnson), about each other and their record in government?" In response the prime minister describes Starmer as "one of those pointless plastic bollards you find around a deserted roadworks" then lists his achievements in government to cheers from his backbench MPs. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Speaking in the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insists the government's plan to unilaterally change the Northern Ireland Protocol are "both legal and necessary", despite criticism from her own back benchers. Former minister Andrew Mitchell criticises the bill, saying it "brazenly breaks a solemn international treaty" and "trashes" the UK's international reputation and risks a trade war with the EU. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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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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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Boris Johnson's penultimate Prime Minister's Questions descended into chaos as two raucous MPs were unceremoniously kicked out of the House of Commons.
Dominic Raab appeared to wink across the despatch box at Angela Rayner in the Commons on Wednesday, just before he criticised the Labour MP of being “a champagne socialist”. The deputy prime..
The SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford has made the case for Scottish independence in the Commons the day after Nicola Sturgeon set the date of 19th October 2023 for a second referendum on..