Race to become next British PM begins in earnest, with a crowded field of 11
International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have become the latest to announce their bids to succeed Boris Johnson, with the Tory's 1922 Committee set to lay out the process later today
House of Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and Transport Secretary Mark Harper leave the Cabinet Office in Whitehall ahead of Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcement. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
House of Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and Transport Secretary Mark Harper arrive at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall ahead of Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcement. The chancellor is expected to announce a 2p National Insurance tax cut and a raft of other measures as he hopes to appease Tory voters. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt has criticised Labour for provoking chaos in the chamber on Wednesday night, after speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle allowed a Labour amendment on a Gaza ceasefire to be voted on ā instead of the SNP motion. Speaking the following day, Mordaunt has told her Labour shadow Lucy Powell, "I would never have done to him what the Labour Party have done to him." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
William Wragg, chair of the public administration and constitutional reform committee, asked the prime minister if he is āpart of the deep state,ā referring to comments made by Liz Truss who claimed her mission to cut taxes were āsabotagedā by the ādeep state.ā Mr Sunak wryly responded: āI probably wouldn't tell you if I was, Will, would I?ā Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Anas Sarwar has warned that another five years of Tory rule at Westminster would be an "unbearable nightmare", as he urged the public to vote Scottish Labour in the next general election. The leader of Scottish Labour added, Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party is pushing closer to the "far-right crank fest", and he described the prime minister and his predecessors Liz Truss and Boris Johnson as "charlatans". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Cabinet ministers arrive at Downing Street as Liz Truss launches new āPopular Conservatismā grouping within the Conservative Party.
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Sir Keir Starmer has admitted Boris Johnson was "right" to propose levelling up but said he was "frustrated" by the former prime minister's "unforgivable".. Sky News
A former ethics adviser to Boris Johnson broke the rules in the House of Lords by "assisting an outside organisation in influencing" government officials at the.. Sky News
Rishi Sunak reveals he spoke to Boris Johnson ālate last yearā and doesn't rule out the former PM returning to the Cabinet in a new ITV1 documentary airing on Thursday tonight. The prime minister speaks to ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana for Rishi Sunak: Up Close - Tonight which airs on ITV1 & ITVX at 8.30pm. In it, he is asked if he misses the former PM and whether he would have him back in his cabinet, to which he says: "Iām proud of the work that we did together. And we worked well together for a long time. In the end there are, you know, well-documented differencesā¦" Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn