Boris Johnson was left “bamboozled” by the science around COVID, according to the government’s then chief scientific adviser. Extracts from Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries were shown to the official inquiry into the handling of the pandemic on Monday, with several references to the prime minister’s difficulty in getting to grips with the data he was
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Rishi Sunak has promised he will cut taxes now the government has achieved its pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year. The prime minister has been under pressure from many in his party to reduce the tax burden – which currently sits at a 70-year high – ahead of the next election,
Police have launched a manhunt after a woman died in West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire Police said officers were called to a property where the woman was found seriously injured in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury at 6.43pm on Sunday. The woman later died, the force said. Image: An air ambulance near the scene. Pic: YappApp
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says “everything is on the table” when it comes to tax cuts in this week’s autumn statement. Speaking to Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Mr Hunt said his speech on Wednesday would focus on growth, and pledged to “remove the barriers that stop businesses growing”. Politics live: Chancellor facing questions
Pro-Palestinian protest organisers have planned a national day of action across the UK – instead of a large march in central London. The demonstrations will take the form of 100 smaller rallies at various locations around the country. It comes a week after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital
Two 12-year-old boys have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton. Shawn Seesahai, 19, was killed on Monday evening. The boys have also been charged with possession of a bladed article. Both children, who cannot be named due to their age, have been remanded in custody to appear at
A group of Tory MPs plans to write a letter to Rishi Sunak demanding his “emergency legislation” to revive the Rwanda deportation scheme overrides human rights laws. Sky News understands the New Conservatives group – a cohort of predominantly red wall MPs on the right of the party – will demand the legislation be “over-engineered”
A wave of Labour frontbenchers have resigned in order to back an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Afzal Khan, Yasmin Qureshi, Paula Barker and Naz Shah are among the shadow junior ministers that have defied party orders to abstain from the vote. The MPs say Sir Keir Starmer’s calls for humanitarian pauses
A deported killer is offering to return to Britain to show his victim’s daughter where he buried her mother’s body 54 years ago. Nizamodeen Hosein was 22 when he and his older brother Arthur kidnapped Muriel McKay, the wife of a newspaper executive, and held her ransom for £1 million. The brothers were caught and
The government’s Rwanda plan, devised to tackle illegal migration, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court, ending over 18 months of legal battles in UK courts. Lord Reed announced his judgment in the Supreme Court on the deportation scheme, which would see those arriving in the UK illegally – including via small boats – deported
Suella Braverman has accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of having “manifestly and repeatedly failed to deliver” on key policies in a scathing letter after being sacked as home secretary. In an explosive attack, she said she only accepted the job in September last year because she was given “firm assurances” he would prioritise issues like
Rishi Sunak has welcomed a “strong and united” cabinet to its first meeting following the sacking of Suella Braverman as home secretary yesterday. Lord David Cameron, the newly appointed foreign secretary, was a shock return to government, and this morning sat in a cabinet meeting for the first time since he resigned as prime minister
David Cameron has been appointed as foreign secretary as a cabinet reshuffle kicks off in Downing Street. The former prime minister was seen entering Number 10 this morning, shortly after Rishi Sunak began changing his top team. Follow live for updates and analysis on reshuffle Mr Cameron is no longer an elected politician as he
Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary. She was asked to leave the job this morning by Rishi Sunak. In a statement released after her sacking, Ms Braverman said: “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as home secretary. I will have more to say in due course.” Politics latest:
Life-support treatment has been withdrawn from a critically ill baby girl who has been at the centre of a legal battle, a campaign organisation supporting her parents has said. Eight-month-old Indi Gregory has been transferred from the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham to a hospice, Christian Concern said on Sunday. She stopped breathing on Saturday
The Metropolitan Police has released images of protesters they are looking to identify “in relation to a hate crime” at Saturday’s pro-Palestinian march. The force shared pictures in a series of social media posts and appealed for anyone who can identify those pictured to contact police. Hundreds of thousands of people took part in a
Around 150 pro-Palestinian protesters have been detained by police after breaking away from a march that took place through London. The Metropolitan Police said the group launched fireworks and many were wearing face coverings. “Officers are using their Section 60 and 60AA powers to detain and search those involved,” the force said on X, adding
Suella Braverman has met the head of the Metropolitan Police this afternoon to offer the force her “full backing” ahead of controversial pro-Palestine protests taking place this weekend. On Wednesday, the Home Secretary wrote an article for The Times newspaper – which was not signed off by Number 10 – attacking the force for “playing
Hundreds of thousands of protesters are set to head to central London today to call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. The march has drawn criticism from the prime minister and home secretary because it coincides with Armistice Day, when people across the UK remember the moment the guns of
Prince Harry and stars including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley have won their bid to take the publisher of the Daily Mail to trial over alleged phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) stood accused of carrying out or commissioning unlawful information gathering such as hiring private investigators to place listening
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