Boris Johnson was reportedly planning an extraordinary political comeback last night as he privately urged Conservative MPs, including his rival and odds-on favourite Rishi Sunak to support him in the race to become Prime Minister following Liz Truss’s humiliating resignation only 44 days into the job. Just weeks after being pushed out, and telling theContinue reading “A ‘Churchillian’ Return To No.10 Is In The Works For Boris Johnson”
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The Inflation Rate Has Risen To Its Highest Level In 30 Years, At 5.5 Per Cent
The squeeze on families amplified as inflation crept up to another near 30 year high, with more despair to come. The headline CPI rate nudged up to 5.5 per cent in January from 5.4 per cent the previous month, with clothing and footwear costs adding to the burden. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he’d been listeningContinue reading “The Inflation Rate Has Risen To Its Highest Level In 30 Years, At 5.5 Per Cent”
Prepare For The Catastrophe Of Rising Living Costs
Ministers are scrambling to find a way of defusing a mounting cost of living catastrophe with energy and food bills soaring and the tax burden getting more serious. Experts have warned that the squeeze could be even more destructive than the credit crunch 14 years ago, thanks to a toxic mix of spiking prices, theContinue reading “Prepare For The Catastrophe Of Rising Living Costs”
The Middle Class Is Squeezed By Rishi Sunak
Experts said that Rishi Sunak tightened his grip on Britain’s squeeze middle with a Budget that will see it bear the brunt of tax increases for a splurge of public spending. Experts warned that millions of people will be left worse off under plans unveiled by the Chancellor, with no realistic prospects of taxes fallingContinue reading “The Middle Class Is Squeezed By Rishi Sunak”
Adding The Final Nail To The Coffin
The Chancellor will again delay plans to improve the business rates regime, pushing a nail in the coffin on the high street, and the Government will push back an announcement for improvement a second time. The commercial property tax has been condemned for high street woes – retail pays a quarter of rates despite makingContinue reading “Adding The Final Nail To The Coffin”
What Are The Chances Of Plan B?
Rishi Sunak insisted there was no need to move to Plan B to cut COVID cases after health leaders debated whether there needed to be an urgent rollout of tougher measures to combat a surge in cases. The Chancellor insisted that the data showed that bringing back working from home and introducing compulsory COVID passportsContinue reading “What Are The Chances Of Plan B?”
Treasury Kills Boris Johnson’s £15 Billion Plan To Build The World’s Stupidest Tunnel
Boris Johnson’s £15 billion dream of building the world’s most ridiculous tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland looks to have been killed off by the Treasury. Government officials have admitted the grand project mocked by Tory MPs and numerous experts, is dead, at least for now after fraught discussions with Rishi Sunak ahead of theContinue reading “Treasury Kills Boris Johnson’s £15 Billion Plan To Build The World’s Stupidest Tunnel”
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