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1686744720 Jeremy Hunt is left crossing his fingers and hoping the Bank of England can finally tackle rising prices by the end of this year, says James Moore.Read James's full piece here: Jeremy Hunt is left crossing his fingers and hoping the Bank of England can finally tackle rising prices by the end of this year, says James Moore Matt Mathers14 June 2023 13:12 1686743610 The row between the prime minister and the Commons Speaker began after Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Sunak of being too weak to block Mr Johnson's list.

A former Eton master has lashed out at Boris Johnson and other senior Tories who attended the elite private school saying they had damaged the very fabric of the country.John Claughton said he had failed to educate former pupils such as the former PM, former Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg and ex-chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng properly.

Politics takes centre stage on the front page of several Sunday newspapers, but there is no consensus on the major story of the day.The Sunday Times focuses on the ongoing nurses pay dispute and an interview with Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen calling for a double-digit increase, having previously advised members to accept a 5% offer which members rejected.

Tony Blair's most senior No 10 aide warned that George Bush and his f***ing lunatics in the White House would lead Britain into trouble after he won the presidential election, according to a new book.The claim is made in the new diaries of former Labour MP Chris Mullin, who was a foreign office minister in Blair's government during the 2003 Iraq war.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle scolded Rishi Sunak for bringing up Labour's Tom Watson during a fiery PMQs exchange about Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.The row between the prime minister and the Commons Speaker began after Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Sunak of being too weak to block Mr Johnson's list.

The SNP could make life very difficult for Labour after the next general election if Sir Keir Starmer does not co-operate with it, Humza Yousaf has said.The Scottish First Minister said a demand for a second independence referendum would be top of the list of his party's requests if Labour needs help forming a government at Westminster.

Labour would seize the opportunities for British steel, Sir Keir Starmer said, as he vowed to protect the embattled industry.The Labour leader visited the British Steel site in Scunthorpe on Thursday, as he accused the Conservatives of leaving the industry and its workers in a cycle of crisis and bailout.

Sir Keir Starmer has allowed Labour's energy policy to be written by eco-zealots, with Vladimir Putin set to benefit if the plans were ever put into effect, the Prime Minister claimed.In an extraordinary attack, Rishi Sunak suggested Labour's plans to end North Sea oil and gas exploration amounted to an energy surrender, putting ideology ahead of jobs.

Rishi Sunak is wrong to believe his promise to solve the small boats crisis can win back former Conservative voters, polling guru Prof John Curtice has said.Prof Curtice claimed the Tories were misguided in focusing so strongly on Channel migrants issue because it reminds people of the dramatic failure of Brexit to control immigration.

Suella Braverman has avoided an independent investigation into her handling of a speeding offence after it was decided the matter did not amount to a breach of the Ministerial Code.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ignored calls to launch a formal probe after claims the Home Secretary tried to get Whitehall officials to arrange a private speed awareness course for her.

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is nonsense to question Sue Gray's independence during the partygate investigation over plans for the former senior civil servant to become Labour's chief of staff.The Opposition leader also hit out at reports suggesting Boris Johnson had referred to the ex-mandarin as a psycho, saying that increasingly hysterical comments will be made ahead of general election next year.

Sir Keir Starmer has praised Sue Gray as a woman of incredible integrity amid reports that the senior civil servant was in direct contact with the MP leading the parliamentary investigation into Boris Johnson.The Labour leader is planning to appoint the ex-mandarin as his next chief of staff a move Tory MPs have claimed weakens trust in senior Whitehall officials.

Rishi Sunak has a narrow path to victory in next year's general election but faces a race against time, according to a polling expert.The prime minister has brought the Conservatives out of the deepest part of the valley but has a lot of mountain to climb, the boss of a political forecasting company has said.

Suella Braverman's hopes of surviving as Home Secretary over the speeding ticket row suffered a fresh blow after she came under fire from a former mandarin.Sir Philip Rycroft, who has served in Whitehall under five prime ministers, accused Ms Braverman of a "real lapse of judgement."And the former senior civil servant said the home secretary's actions would have put officials in an impossible position.

Rishi Sunak is not ruling out entering into a coalition government in the future despite accusing Sir Keir Starmer of plotting to team up with other parties.The Prime Minister's press secretary declined to speculate on the outcome of the next general election after being asked if Mr Sunak could form a pact with the DUP or other parties.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the prime minister has questions to answer following reports a company in which his wife holds a stake was given public money.The Sunday Times reported that Study Hall, an education start-up that an investment company controlled by Rishi Sunak's wealthy spouse Akshata Murty has a financial interest in, was given almost 350,000 of UK grant money.

Watch live as Rishi Sunak holds a press conference on the government's plans to stop migrants arriving on small boats.The prime minister will be speaking from Dover, Kent on Monday 5 June and address the progress made in the last six months since the Illegal Migration Bill was introduced.However, Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has described the speech Mr Sunak is due to give as like Groundhog Day.

Sir Keir Starmer has declared Britain's future is outside the EU, confirming Labour will not seek to rejoin the bloc if it wins power.The Labour leader accepted it is no great secret he voted Remain in the 2016 referendum.But Sir Keir said he agreed with Leave supporters who wanted a better health service, better jobs, better wages, more security, a sense of control over their lives and their communities.

Rishi Sunak has expressed concern about his daughters potentially being targeted by vape advertising after figures showed the proportion of children trying e-cigarettes has doubled in the past decade.The Prime Minister said it was ridiculous that the products appear to be marketed towards young people.

Fresh figures are expected to show net migration reached record levels last year as Labour accused the Government of making a mess on immigration and the Prime Minister claimed the Opposition have absolutely no ideas on the subject.The Office for National Statistics will publish data on Thursday for the year ending December 2022.

Businesses would be stopped from easing staff shortages by hiring cheaper overseas workers under immigration plans unveiled by Labour.Sir Keir Starmer said he wants to scrap rules that allow firms to pay 20% below the going rate to hire overseas workers for jobs on the shortage occupation list.Healthcare, engineering and IT are among the sectors where someone can be paid 80% of the usual going rate to qualify for a skilled worker visa.

A Labour government wouldn't turn to immigration as the easy answer to plugging workforce shortages, Rachel Reeves has said.The shadow chancellor said Britons should be trained to fill vacancies in sectors such as data science and in the NHS.It comes after Labour chairwoman Anneliese Dodds last week indicated migration could increase in the short term if the party comes to power, but would ultimately be reduced by addressing the domestic skills shortage.

The Labour leader has set out how his party would change the NHS if it got in to power at the next election.After his speech in Essex, BBC political correspondent Helen Catt asked Sir Keir Starmer if more money would go into health services.He said that money was "part of the solution", but added that change and reforms were "hugely important".

Patients will be encouraged to use the NHS app for private hospital bookings in a bid to cut waiting times.According to The Times, patients will be encouraged to use the app with dozens of private diagnostic centres offering checks for cancer and other conditions to speed up care and increase the NHS' capacity.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to warn that the NHS is unsustainable without deep and serious reforms that require more than just money.The Labour leader is due to give a speech in the east of England on Monday in which he will outline his vision for modernising the NHS and announce health-related performance targets if his party wins the next election.

Rishi Sunak has insisted he is not bothered by the increasingly personal attacks from Sir Keir Starmer.The Labour leader has suggested the Prime Minister is out of touch with a nation suffering a cost-of-living crisis because of his extreme wealth.Mr Sunak has also been targeted by Opposition attack ads, which have drawn criticism from within Labour, claiming he does not want to see child sex attackers jailed.

Rishi Sunak has ruled out allowing building on the green belt after Labour backed the move in order to alleviate the housing crisis.The Prime Minister said he wants to make sure our green spaces are protected after being accused by Sir Keir Starmer of killing off the dream of home ownership by failing to build.

Many of Thursday's papers feature news from the US of an alleged car chase of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by numerous photographers which lasted two hours and described as near catastrophic.The i and Metro lead with reports Harry and Meghan were subjected to a relentless pursuit after an awards ceremony in New York at 10pm on Tuesday.

Watch live as Oliver Dowden faces Angela Rayner at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 17 May, as Rishi Sunak travels to a G7 summit in Japan.The deputy Labour leader is standing in for Sir Keir Starmer, who is a speaker at the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference this afternoon.The prime minister is due to visit Tokyo and then head to Hiroshima for the G7 summit, his first as prime minister.

Councils need to have the final say on whether homes can be built on green belt land, according to Sir Keir Starmer.Ahead of addressing the British Chambers of Commerce, the Labour leader told The Times housebuilding was key to achieving the sort of growth we need in this country.He said a discussion was needed over allowing building on the green belt if it meets local needs.

A range of political stories jostle for the spotlight with little consensus on the front pages of Wednesday's newspapers.Immigration features on the front of two editions, but they take contrasting approaches.The Guardian reports on government plans to remove basic housing protections from asylum seekers which it says will see migrants moved out of hotels and into the private rented sector with landlords not required to register with local authorities.

Cabinet minister Michael Gove accused Sir Keir Starmer of planning to downgrade the ultimate privilege of British citizenship by giving EU nationals in the UK the right to vote in a general election.The Labour leader has suggested people who have spent decades living in the UK ought to be able to vote in elections to decide who runs the country.

Sir Keir Starmer has indicated it is common sense to allow EU nationals who have worked for years in the UK to vote in a general election, as Labour considers extending the franchise.The Opposition leader said it feels wrong that people who have contributed to Britain's economy and raised their children in the country are not allowed to cast a ballot.

Tax levels for working people would be as low as possible under Labour, Sir Keir Starmer has indicated.The comments came in an interview with the Daily Mirror, as the Labour leader was asked if he wanted to cut taxes for those on the lowest incomes.He said: I want to keep the burden on working people as low as we can.

Tax levels for working people would be as low as possible under Labour, Sir Keir Starmer has indicated.The comments came in an interview with the Daily Mirror, as the Labour leader was asked if he wanted to cut taxes for those on the lowest incomes.He said: I want to keep the burden on working people as low as we can.

Sir Keir Starmer has been advised to change his mobile number as he has been getting too much unsolicited advice.A senior Labour official told The Sunday Times that people are popping up from 20 years ago telling him what they think.Sir Keir is understood to receive counsel from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, though officials said the former prime ministers would be given the current Labour leader's new mobile number if he were to change it.

Labour is prepared for a dirty and nasty campaign ahead of next year's general election, Sir Keir Starmer has said.It comes as the Labour leader claimed his project of reforming the party in the aftermath of the Corbyn era is an on steroids version of Sir Tony Blair's symbolic rewriting of Clause Four.

Sir Keir Starmer has asked Rishi Sunak who he thinks he has actually got a mandate from after accusing him of losing everywhere in the local elections.The Labour leader and the Prime Minister clashed at Prime Minister's Questions which was being held for the first time since last week's local elections in England.

Sir Keir Starmer continues to have confidence in Labour's process for investigating allegations of wrongdoing despite a staff member reportedly being allowed to keep their job after sexual harassment claims against them were upheld, a party spokesman has said.A parliamentary investigation one of two inquiries reportedly carried out into claims of groping ruled that the senior employee should write a letter of apology, but no further action was said to have been taken.

The Labour leader said talk of deals with the Liberal Democrats and other parties were "hypothetical".But Sir Keir Starmer gave a definite "no" to a coalition with the SNP after a general election, over a "fundamental disagreement" with a party that would separate the UK, leading to a border between England and Scotland.

The opposition parties in England have good reason to be gleeful.Results from the local elections in 230 English councils show the Tories being squeezed on both sides of the Brexit vote.Conservatives are losing badly in areas that voted remain in 2016, while Labour is gaining most in places that voted leave.

Sir Keir Starmer has celebrated fantastic council results as showing Labour is on course to win the next general election as Rishi Sunak remained defiant despite heavy losses.The Labour leader told jubilant supporters they are progressing towards a majority in Westminster as initial local election results on Friday saw his party seize battlegrounds from the Tories.

Here is a guide to when to expect the key results and events after polls close in the local elections on Thursday.All declaration times are estimates and could change.Thursday, 10pm: Polls close in the 230 local authorities across England holding elections.Counting begins for 64 councils.Friday, from 12.30am: First results expected.

Sir Keir Starmer said more than a million Britons face higher mortgage payments because the Tories treated their money like casino chips.The Labour leader blamed higher housing costs on the Conservatives for crashing the economy with last autumn's disastrous so-called mini-budget.Sir Keir said that as a result, 850,000 people are paying more on their mortgages each month.

The Conservative chairman has repeated claims his party could lose 1,000 councillors in May's local elections but denied he would quit if they had a bad night.Greg Hands said independent experts had made the prediction and denied he was overplaying the potential losses on May 4, which will be Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's first electoral test.

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of being shifty over questions about Sue Gray and has been urged to fess up about when contact with her about a top Labour job was first made.The Opposition leader has repeatedly refused to disclose the timeline of the talks held with the partygate investigator about her becoming his chief of staff.

Watch live as Rishi Sunak faces Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 3 May, as their parties wrap up local election campaigning.With a general election likely to be next year, the local elections could act as a gauge of popularity for political parties.Thursday's elections are the first time voters will be required to show voter ID at polling stations in order to cast their ballots.

Sir Keir Starmer is facing criticism after confirming that Labour is set to move on from his commitment to abolish tuition fees.It becomes the latest pledge dropped by the Labour leader, with Sir Keir pointing to the different financial situation as the reason behind the latest shift.The move was criticised by the University and College Union (UCU), which labelled the decision deeply disappointing.

Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to move on from Labour's commitment to abolish tuition fees.The Labour leader, who committed to abolishing university tuition fees when he ran for the leadership in 2020, pointed to the different financial situation as the reason behind the planned policy shift.Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Keir said: We are looking at options for how we fund these fees.

Sir Keir Starmer has said there are questions to answer following reports a company which the Prime Minister's wife holds a stake in was given public money.The Sunday Times reported that Study Hall, an education start-up that an investment company controlled by Rishi Sunak's wealthy spouse Akshata Murty has a financial interest in, was given almost 350,000 of UK grant money.