Rishi Sunak is to begin his cabinet reshuffle this afternoon Jacob Rees-Mogg has resigned as business secretary, according to reports. A close ally of both former PMs, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, Rees-Mogg had earlier said he was not expecting to serve in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet. Sunak is to begin his cabinet reshuffle Tuesday afternoon […]
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‘As openings to major news bulletins go, this takes the biscuit’ Praise has poured in for Tom Brady’s opening to a historic ITV News bulletin last night. Liz Truss is battling to contain the fallout from a calamitous 24 hours for her premiership which saw a Cabinet minister resign and an open revolt in the […]
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Senior Tory MP Sir Charles Walker said what took place was “inexcusable” Cabinet ministers Therese Coffey and Jacob Rees-Mogg are among a group of senior Tories accused of bullying Conservative MPs into voting against a Labour motion on fracking. Amid extraordinary scenes at Westminster, one Tory MP was “physically manhandled” into the “no” lobby to […]
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Dominic Johnson will also be given a peerage Liz Truss has quietly appointed Tory donor Dominic Johnson as Minister of State in the department of trade. The financier, who founded investment firm Somerset Capital with Jacob Rees-Mogg, has donated £338,391 to the Tories between 2006 and 2021. An announcement was subtly leaked on the government […]
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‘I love money, always have done’… Footage of the newly-appointed Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg as a 12-year-old has been unearthed, and it shows very little has changed over the years. The MP for North Somerset takes over at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) after ruffling a few feathers as Minister for […]
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Rishi Sunak will be given a spot Liz Truss is “almost certain” to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, respected pollster Sir John Curtice has said. The Strathclyde University professor suggested there was just a five per cent chance of victory for Rishi Sunak – adding that he would be “extraordinarily surprised” […]
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