Category: George Eustice

Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson ‘very angry’ small boat arrivals numbers may have passed 100,000 – UK politics live

Government figures showed that as of Tuesday the number of people crossing the Channel on small boats in since 2018 was 99,960 The Royal College of Nursing says today’s hospital waiting list figures for England (see...

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We need more EU workers, admits leading Tory Brexiter

George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and BritainA leading Tory Brexiter on Sunday calls on ministers to reopen the UK’s borders...

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No 10 defends Zahawi after reports he paid millions to settle tax dispute – UK politics live

Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson says PM has full confidence in Tory chairman despite allegations over his tax affairsHuw Merriman, the rail minister, told MPs this morning that the government has lost more money due to the...

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MPs to hear plan to get rural households to run heating on vegetable oil

George Eustice says adapted kerosene boilers can run on ‘hydro-treated vegetable oil’ and cut emissions by 88%A proposal to incentivise households in rural areas to run their heating systems on vegetable oil is to be...

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UK gave away ‘too much for too little’ in free trade deal with Australia, says former environment secretary, blaming Truss – live

George Eustice says the free trade deal with Australia – hailed by Boris Johnson as one of the big gains from Brexit – was poor James Cleverly, the foreign secretary, was criticised last month for saying that gay...

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Energy price crisis at top of both Tory candidates’ in trays, says minister

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak ‘have said they will do more’, says environment minister George EusticeThe environment secretary has said the energy price hike crisis is at the top of both Tory leadership candidates’...

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New Tory leader won’t torpedo UK’s net-zero target, says minister

George Eustice reassures public as he announces 50 landowners have applied to rewilding programmeFifty landowners have applied to a government scheme to rewild their land, the environment secretary has said, as he reassured...

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