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Queen meets with Liz Truss as she becomes new prime minister
Still images of the Queen meeting with the newly elected leader of the Conservative party, Liz Truss, at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire.
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Rishi Sunak's family arrive at his London home ahead of new PM announcement
Members of Rishi Sunak's family arrive at his London home ahead of Monday's announcement of who will take over from Boris Johnson as the next prime minister.
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Matt Hancock seen among Tory MPs leaving Downing Street
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was among a host of MPs seen leaving Downing Street on Thursday evening ahead of the mini-budget set to be announced by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.
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How Liz Truss's Cabinet looks following the mini-budget
Here's a look at Prime Minister's Cabinet now Grant Shapps has taken over as Home Secretary after Suella Braverman quit amid “concerns about the direction of this government”.
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Rishi Sunak enters 10 Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak walks into 10 Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister, having replaced Liz Truss in the role.
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Removal vans on Downing Street as Rishi Sunak moves into No 10 flat
Removal vans have been seen taking belongings into Downing Street, where new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was due to move in to the flat above No 10. Vans from the company Bishop’s Move – which specialises in removals, storage and shipping...
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Home Office minister criticises ‘cheek’ of complaints from illegal migrants
A Home Office minister has criticised the “cheek” of complaints about processing centres from people who have entered the UK illegally.
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Politics daily briefing: December 18
Daily politics briefing for December 18, as the NHS Confederation chief Matthew Taylor warns strikes will inflict “harms” on the health service.
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Starmer: The public should not never forgive tories that ‘crashed the pound’
Sir Keir Starmer has said the public should never forgive the Conservatives for having “crashed the pound”, as he gave his speech to the Labour conference. The Labour leader insisted “don’t forget, don’t forgive” as he accused the...
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Tory Party Conference: Greenpeace explain protest during Liz Truss's speech
Rebecca Newsom, head of public affairs at Greenpeace and one of the protestors thrown out of the Conservative Party conference, told reporters: “This year we really felt we needed to make an intervention because nobody actually voted for...
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Mick Lynch joins protest at Tory Conference
RMT boss Mick Lynch speaks at a protest in Birmingham ahead of the Conservative Party Conference.
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Kwasi Kwarteng addresses Tory Conference - Full Speech
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivers his speech to the Conservative Conference 2022.
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Labour will fight against Tory tax cut plan, says shadow chancellor
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves took aim at Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget plans, saying that Labour will "fight it every step of the way".
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Kwarteng: The UK Economy Hasn't Grown Fast Enough
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng sought to reassure jangled nerves in his ruling Conservative party with a pledge to deliver on the government's economic strategy just hours after making a humiliating U-turn on a plan to cut...
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Gary Neville in 'shock' at Government's tax cutting mini-budget
Former England footballer Gary Neville critical of Government tax cutting mini-budget, admitting it was a "shock" when he learnt about the plans.
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Rees-Mogg takes aim at Mick Lynch and Trade Unions during Tory conference speech
Business, Energy and Industrial Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg delivers his speech to the Conservative Conference 2022, with reference to heckling outside Conference, support for fracking and his eagerness to clamp down on industry strikes.
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Starmer: The public should not never forgive tories that ‘crashed the pound’ - High res
Sir Keir Starmer has said the public should never forgive the Conservatives for having “crashed the pound”, as he gave his speech to the Labour conference. The Labour leader insisted “don’t forget, don’t forgive” as he accused the...
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Do not forgive the Tories for crashing the economy, says Starmer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the public should never forgive the Tories for the economic turmoil unleashed since Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. In his keynote speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, he told activists that...
The Recount
How a Reversal of Roe v. Wade Could Impact the Midterms
John Heilemann talks with Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, national political correspondents for the New York Times, political analysts for CNN, and authors of the newsmaking account of the 2020 election This Will Not Pass: Trump,...
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Truss Speech: Can She Reassure Her Own Party?
Liz Truss will try to get her beleaguered UK premiership back on track in a speech to her ruling Conservative Party party members today. Less than a month into her tenure, she has already been forced into a humiliating U-turn over her...
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Hunt scales back energy price cap duration as he acts to stabilise markets
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has dramatically scaled back support for household energy bills and ditched tax cuts promised by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng as he seeks to restore stability following weeks of turmoil on the financial...
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces tax cut U-turns
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will scrap plans to reduce the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19% in April next year, a move that had been forecast would cost the Exchequer almost £5.3 billion in 2023-24....
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Shadow Health Secretary: Government mired in chaos
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting visits the University of Birmingham Medical School to find out about the University’s Covid-related research and speak to staff.
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Blackford: PM and Chancellor have made worst first impression in history
Liz Truss and her Chancellor have made “the worst first impression in the history of UK politics”, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said. Speaking on the first day of the party’s conference in Aberdeen, Ian Blackford took aim at the UK...