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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Industry backlash at Sunak’s ‘damaging’ U-turn on northern leg of HS2

Businesses unimpressed by announcement of alternative ‘Network North’

The Guardian - UK

Tory conference chooses culture wars over coherent policies for environment

Party insists UK will meet its climate targets but ministers refuse to say how it will be done

The Guardian - UK

John Curtice gives his verdict on divided Tories after chaotic conference

RISHI Sunak has realised the Conservative Party is “in a hole” and has launched a last-ditch attempt to secure a legacy, according to a leader…

The National (Scotland)

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RishGPT veers between dull and delusional in Tory conference speech

Sunak may be slightly better than the Maybot, but he’s still very much AI in development

The Guardian - UK

HS2 cuts throw away once-in-a-generation opportunity, warns David Cameron

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced HS2 will no longer extend beyond the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

What is the new Advanced British Standard qualification replacing A-levels?

Rishi Sunak is shaking up the post-16 education system — but it might not be implemented for almost another decade

Evening Standard

What Rishi Sunak scrapping HS2 – and promising a new 'Network North'– means for the north of England

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped the eastern Leeds branch of the project.

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Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK

In two recent speeches, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the costs of everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles as justification for weakening the country’s climate policy. There is a strategy behind this, but it’s one that risks ending a fragile cross-party consensus on net zero and turning the…

The Conversation

Ask John Rentoul anything about Tory Party conference revelations – from HS2 to smoking bans

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be taking your questions on the fallout from the Conservative Party conference

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s speech showed what’s next for the Tories – and it isn’t him

At a chaotic conference, Suella Braverman wasn’t just preparing for a general election, but a leadership battle, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak packages U-turns as challenges to consensus politics – an improbable effort to rebrand as the candidate for change

The party conference speech is traditionally an important moment for political leaders. It enables them to set the agenda, rally the core membership and supporters around key themes, and speak to the wider audience of electors.

The Conversation

International investors are laughing at the HS2 shambles

Verdict from overseas will probably range from hilarity to derision as second northern leg is scrapped

The Guardian - UK

Burnham blasts Tories as HS2 plans hit buffers

The mayor of Greater Manchester said he and others would now work to salvage the plans to make them work for his and other regions.

The Independent UK

‘Ludicrous’ decision not to protect land on axed HS2 routes

Railway consultant William Barter described the decision as ‘ludicrous’ and an act of ‘spite’.

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The Independent UK

Land on axed HS2 routes will not be protected

Railway consultant William Barter described the decision as ‘ludicrous’ and an act of ‘spite’.

The Guardian - UK

Key takeaways from Rishi Sunak’s 7,500-word Tory conference speech

PM dresses up HS2 cancellation as fresh start as he attempts to portray himself as candidate for change

The Guardian - UK

Health charities welcome Sunak’s plan to curb smoking in England

PM’s plan to gradually increase age at which people can buy cigarettes described as ‘incredibly positive step forward’

Al Jazeera

Why UK PM Sunak axed part of high-speed rail link HS2

Rishi Sunak has cancelled the north leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project, citing ballooning costs and mismanagement.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Rishi Sunak can be the candidate of change (if you ignore the last 13 years)

Every candidate for high office, from the freshest of faces to the grizzliest of incumbents, seeks to pitch themselves as the candidate of change. This hinges on a cursory understanding of human psychology. Life for a lot of people is tough and when it’s not, it’s tedious. Who the heck…

The Independent UK

Now HS2 northern leg is axed – what next for rail travel in the north?

The government says it will spend money from HS2 on other schemes around the country with a mix of road, rail and tram projects

Evening Standard

Your Conservative party conference cheat sheet

Dance-offs with Priti Patel and Nigel Farage, Liz Truss back from oblivion, Rishi on a cancelling plans spree — Robbie Griffiths reports from the Tory gathering in Manchester

The National (Scotland)

'Reckless': Independence supporters react to Sunak's Nicola Sturgeon jibe

RISHI Sunak has been condemned for making a jibe about Nicola Sturgeon during his speech at the Tory conference.

The Independent UK

Key moments of Sunak’s HS2-cutting, ‘beauty pageant’ of a Tory conference

The Prime Minister struggled to keep his own party under control amid bleak prospects for a general election.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak compared to Margaret Thatcher for comments about trans people

RISHI Sunak is facing criticism for his comments about transgender people made during his speech to the Conservative Party conference.

The Independent UK

‘Radical’ Sunak cuts HS2, pledges A-level reforms and stubs out cigarettes

The Prime Minister promised ‘a government prepared to make long-term decisions so that we can build a brighter future’.

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