Category: Chris Skidmore

Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur

Former prime minister also under fire for hiring ex-aide Charlotte Owen as VP despite her lack of energy sector experienceBoris Johnson failed to disclose that he met a uranium lobbyist while prime minister before entering into...

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UK universities need rescue package to stop ‘domino effect’ of going under

Experts say the next head of the Office for Students must oversee a programme that will protect higher educationThe new head of the Office for Students (OfS) will have to oversee rescue plans to avoid a “domino effect” with a...

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Former Tory minister vows to vote Labour over party’s climate failures

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore, ex-energy minister, says Rishi Sunak’s bid to turn net zero into culture war issue is ‘greatest tragedy of his premiership’I was a Tory minister – but I think we need a Labour government | Chris...

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Former Tory minister vows to vote Labour over Tories’ climate failures

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore, ex-energy minister, says Rishi Sunak’s bid to turn net zero into culture war issue is ‘greatest tragedy of his premiership’I was a Tory minister – but I think we need a Labour government | Chris...

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Tory immigration policies risk over-reliance on Chinese students, ex-universities minister warns

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore says restrictions on international students risk a funding crisisAnalysis: from boom to bust on international studentsThe Conservative party’s “scorched earth” immigration policies risk UK universities...

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Rishi Sunak’s woes mount with oil bill rebellion, byelections and asylum row

Parliament returns for election year with a resignation over North Sea drilling and a fight over the Tories’ Rwanda planRishi Sunak is facing a backlash in parliament this week over plans to allow more oil and gas exploration in...

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