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NHS Infected Blood scandal: Sunak and Starmer apologise to victims
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer apologised to the victims of the infected blood scandal as Sir Brian Langstaff published his inquiry report.
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UK facing ‘most dangerous time country has ever known’ says Sunak
Rishi Sunak has warned that the UK faces the most dangerous few years it has ever known, under the threat from authoritarian states like Russia and China.
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Rishi Sunak faces pressure to ‘change course’ following Tory election defeats
Admitting that a change of leader is not ‘a feasible prospect’, the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman today urged Rishi Sunak to ‘change course’ following what she described as the ‘terrible results’ in Thursday’s elections.
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Is Ben Houchen’s win in Tees Valley a lifeline for Rishi Sunak?
One piece of good news, grasped by the Conservatives today came when Ben Houchen triumphed over a Labour surge to remain as mayor of Tees Valley, which includes Middlesbrough, Darlington and Redcar. He was keen to fight his campaign on his own record, rather than that of the Conservatives in government. So what message did…
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Sunak ‘not interested’ in accepting returned asylum seekers from Ireland
Some of the missing asylum seekers we heard about earlier could be in Ireland, where politicians have raised questions over the number of people arriving from the UK to avoid deportation to Rwanda.
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Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out July general election, again
Rishi Sunak has again refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation that a disastrous set of local elections results, this coming Thursday, could force his hand. The Prime Minister said he would not “say anything more” than he had already said, which is that the national poll is likely to be in…
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Sunak dismisses questions about defence spend increase
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is back from his visits to Poland and Germany, hoping that his pledge to increase defence spending has gone down well at home – not least with his restive backbenchers.
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Sunak promises Rwanda deportation flights in July
Rishi Sunak has said he is determined to get his Bill to deport cross-channel asylum seekers to Rwanda through parliament tonight – even if it means MPs and Lords sitting late into the early hours The Bill cannot become law until both Houses agree – and the government says that means opposition Lords must give…
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Sunak vows to end UK ‘sick note culture’ with benefit reform
Rishi Sunak has set out plans to tackle what he calls Britain’s “sick note culture” and a spiralling welfare bill the country can’t afford.
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Rwanda asylum boost for Sunak as bill expected to become law
After a protracted battle with the House of Lords, the government’s Rwanda legislation is finally expected to become law this week. With flights blocked at least until that happens, the Commons Public Accounts Committee was today taking evidence about the policy and its cost.
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King Charles and Pope at Easter Sunday services
In the UK the King greeted people in Windsor after attending church. It was his first public facing outing since revealing he had cancer.
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Sunak forced into mini-reshuffle after two ministers quit
Rishi Sunak has been forced to carry out a mini-reshuffle after two ministers resigned from the Government today. The Skills Minister Robert Halfon unexpectedly quit his job this afternoon and said he will stand down as MP for Harlow at the general election.
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Princess of Wales has ‘our love and support’, says Sunak
We’re joined from Downing Street by our Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara.
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Will immigration determine the election and Sunak’s future?
In the Political Fourcast, Lord Jo Johnson and MP Margaret Hodge join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Gary Gibbon to discuss planes and plots as Rishi Sunak tries to get asylum-seeker flights in the air.
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Lords inflict multiple defeats on Sunak’s Rwanda bill
Members of the House of Lords have prolonged their stand-off with Ministers over the Rwanda Bill by inflicting a series of defeats on the Government this afternoon. Opposition Lords say it should be up to the courts to decide if Rwanda is a safe place to send asylum seekers rather than ministers. The defeats means…
