HS2 is a ‘killer whale’ for next PM, says cabinet minister July 24, 2022 The HS2 rail project will be a “killer whale” for the next UK Prime Minister and “could “rip the arm” off their administration, according to Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse. Malthouse urged Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to ensure “we’ve got the risk assessed properly” on the near £100bn high speed rail line that will [...]
Hard-line immigration policy will ‘stifle’ growth in the capital, London firms warn Truss and Sunak July 24, 2022 A hard-line immigration policy risks tightening the labour market further and choking off economic growth in the capital, a top London business body has warned Tory leadership contenders.
Tory contender Rishi Sunak backs insulation over heat pumps as winter crisis looms July 24, 2022 Sunak has hinted that he will prioritise insulation for low-income households over new technologies such as heat pumps this winter.
Tory leadership: Truss set to attack Sunak as soft on China July 24, 2022 Liz Truss’ campaign team is reportedly set to paint Rishi Sunak as soft on China and national security as she tries to win over Tory members. Truss, who is foreign secretary, has framed herself as a foreign policy hawk in the early parts of the campaign and talked up her efforts in helping place sanctions [...]
Sunak and Truss try to outdo each other on refugee policy July 24, 2022 Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss vied with each other last night to be tougher on immigration policy in a bid to win over the right of the Tory party in the leadership race. Sunak vowed in The Sunday Telegraph to introduce a cap on the amount of refugees the UK takes in every year that [...]
Sunak ‘the underdog’ hits out at ‘forces that be’ backing Truss July 23, 2022 Rishi Sunak has labelled himself as the “underdog” in the Tory leadership race, hitting out at the “forces that be” backing rival Liz Truss. “The forces that be want this to be a coronation for the other candidate,” the former Chancellor said during a speech in Grantham. “But I think members want a choice and [...]
Liz Truss promises post-Brexit bonfire of EU rules that hinder UK growth July 22, 2022 Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss has vowed to seize the opportunities posed by Brexit by scrapping EU regulations that hinder the UK’s growth. The Conservative MP said that if she becomes prime minister, she will scrap any EU rules that hinder investment or fail to support growth in the UK economy by 2023. If Truss [...]
UK’s private healthcare market booms as NHS case backlog hits record levels July 22, 2022 A surge in people choosing to pay for surgeries out of their own pockets has seen overall activity in the UK’s private healthcare sector bounce back to pre-pandemic levels. More than 250,000 British people opted to pay for private healthcare themselves in 2021, instead of using the NHS, in a shift that has offset a [...]
Ukraine grain crisis set to end with Turkey facilitating Kyiv-Moscow deal July 22, 2022 The global grain crisis caused by Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports is set to end when the two countries sign a deal today facilitated by Turkey. Kyiv and Moscow will reportedly agree to allow the export of grain through Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, spurring hopes that the shortage of supply will end and prices will [...]
Hawkish policy on investments in British tech to only tighten, says Alphawave boss July 22, 2022 The government’s hawkish policy on foreign investments in British technology is only going to tighten, the boss of chip maker Alphawave has told Morning Wire Computer chip manufacturers have fallen under increasing scrutiny in recent months. The potential takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, which is owned by a Chinese state-backed company, has raised eyebrows in [...]