Posted by The Guardian | Sep 2, 2020 | Boris Johnson, Conservatives, Economic policy, Politics, Rishi Sunak, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news |
PM and chancellor Rishi Sunak play down talk of extensive tax rises in autumn budgetBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have vowed to keep taxes low, in a coordinated attempt to calm mutinous Conservative MPs angered and unsettled by...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 2, 2020 | Boris Johnson, Europe, Far right, Foreign policy, House of Commons, Immigration and asylum, Migration, Nick Thomas-Symonds, PMQs, Politics, Protest, Race, Refugees, The Guardian, UK news, World News |
Ministers say people crossing Channel are ‘illegal migrants’ and will not be offered ‘safe and legal’ routes to UK The government has been accused of “lacking in compassion and competence”...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 2, 2020 | A-levels, Department for Education, Education, Education policy, Exams, Gavin Williamson, GCSEs, Ofqual, Politics, Schools, The Guardian, UK news |
Education secretary called regulator and urged it to scrap new guidelines on appeals, MPs toldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOfqual’s senior leadership told MPs that Ofqual should not be...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 2, 2020 | Black Lives Matter movement, Civil service, Dominic Cummings, Politics, Race, The Guardian, UK news |
Exclusive: data specialist appointed after responding to call by Boris Johnson’s chief adviser for ‘weirdos and misfits’How civil servants’ concerns about racism led them to Cummings recruit’s...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 2, 2020 | Brexit, Europe, European Union, Foreign policy, Michel Barnier, Politics, The Guardian, UK news, World News |
EU negotiator says UK refusing to put proposals on the table on state aid or fisheriesThe EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said he is “worried and disappointed” over the UK’s approach to...
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