Jon Snow
A pig flying down Whitehall?
We are in a time of omens in which we search for routes through the voters’ wisdom in refusing to trust any party to deliver us from the evil of deficits, writes Jon Snow.
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Iraq inquiry: Whitehall witness 'looks drained'
At the Iraq war inquiry led by Sir John Chilcot, two Whitehall witnesses “look drained” as they recall the debate over weapons of mass destruction (WMD), writes Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry Blogger.
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Former Johnson aide Baroness Owen wants law to ban deepfake porn
At just 31, she’s one of the youngest members of the House of Lords.
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Pay disputes ‘another problem left by the Tories’, says Labour MP
We’re joined by Labour MP Meg Hillier, who’s Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.
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Infected blood scandal was ‘a criminal cover-up on an industrial scale’ – Andy Burnham
We spoke to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010, to get his response to the report.
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Task force announced to clamp down on ‘crooked immigration lawyers’ who coach migrants to lie
The job of the Professional Enablers Taskforce is to root out corrupt immigration lawyers.
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Boris Johnson may have misled Parliament over lockdown parties
There’s significant evidence that Boris Johnson may have misled Parliament over lockdown-busting Whitehall parties on a number of occasions – according to a Commons committee which has been investigating him.
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“The Conservative party is the Brexit party” – Director of Onward, Sebastian Payne
In today’s Ways to Change the World, Director of centre-right think tank Onward Sebastian Payne sits down with Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss Brexit, Boris, and what we can expect from the next general election.
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Prime Minister orders ethics investigation into tax affairs of Tory chairman
Rishi Sunak was in Northampton earlier to launch a mental health policy, but instead had to use the event to announce an investigation into one of his own cabinet ministers. Revelations over Nadhim Zahawi’s HMRC penalty have raised questions over the Prime Minister’s commitment to rebuilding standards. Meanwhile, the man who oversaw their perceived collapse,…
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PM says northern England is main beneficiary of £2bn levelling up money
The prime minister has insisted that northern England is the main beneficiary of the latest two billion pounds of levelling up money allocated to over a hundred projects across the country after reports that London and the South East would get a disproportionate share.
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How did Liz Truss get here – and where does she go now?
If a week is a long time in politics, just look at what happened in the three months since Boris Johnson was forced out, triggering a fractious leadership contest in which Liz Truss staked her campaign on unfunded tax cuts. The then chancellor’s so-called mini budget, which included lower income tax for the highest earners…
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Queen’s funeral: Service at Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II
It has been a day filled with ceremony and spectacle, but also heavy with emotion here in central London.
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Government could deliver ‘mini-Budget’ as soon as next week
Whitehall sources have signalled that the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will deliver what’s being described as a “mini-Budget” next week.
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Jubilee Day 4: 10,000 people join Queens’ pageant
There was a gold carriage, there were flags and an all-star cast. The Royals are among the crowds watching this afternoon’s Jubilee parade, staged against the backdrop of Buckingham palace, with a spectacular finale including Ed Sheeran singing the national anthem. The pageant – featuring around 10,000 people – began the 3km route at Horse…
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No more Partygate fines for the prime minister, says Met Police
The Metropolitan Police has closed its investigation into lawbreaking in Downing Street and Whitehall during the Covid lockdowns.
