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Latest updates: Angela Rayner has written to HMRC calling for clarification on the former chancellor’s tax settlementPeter Hain, the Labour former Northern Ireland secretary, has called for an official Norway-style involvement for Sinn Féin and the DUP…
Exclusive: council leaders accuse Rishi Sunak of offering ‘pre-election bribes’ as many deprived areas miss outTory seats have been awarded significantly more money per person from the government’s £4bn levelling up fund than areas with similar levels …
Labour’s top team take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s absence from the World Economic ForumIt was blue versus red in Davos. Within minutes of the business secretary, Grant Shapps, regaling a CBI lunch at the swanky Belvedere hotel about his plans to “scale…
PM suggests public understands what is affordable, but his stance could trigger fresh backlash from Tory MPsUK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak has suggested the government cannot afford any immediate tax cuts, saying people are “not idio…
Chris Skidmore, who this week launched report on how to reach emissions target, says party must take climate targets seriouslyUK net zero report: what are its recommendations and conclusions?The Conservatives will lose the next election unless they tak…
Labour hits out at PM’s ‘recklessly expensive habits’ after latest flight to event in LancashireUK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak has been criticised for taking a domestic flight in an RAF jet for the third time in 10 days.The prime min…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereRishi Sunak has defended the distribution of levelling up funds, saying that the north of England has received more per head than the south.Speaking on a visit to Accrington, in Lancash…
UK entrepreneur says economic strategy has left Britain in a ‘Covid inertia’ and calls for growth planSir James Dyson, the billionaire businessperson, has launched a withering attack on Rishi Sunak’s government, saying its “shortsighted” and “stupid” e…
No progress found on 23 targets from 25-year green plan for England as wildlife declines at ‘eye-watering’ rateThe UK government is failing to keep its promises to improve England’s environment as wildlife declines at an “eye-watering” rate, according …
Ex-prime minister used £800,000 facility backed by a relative, wealthy Canadian businessman Sam Blyth, while at No 10Labour is calling for an investigation into an alleged arrangement by which Boris Johnson used a relative to act as a guarantor for an …