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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Rishi Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Sadiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory

Evening Standard

Wealthiest 1% would get average tax cut of £1m if inheritance tax scrapped

According to an IFS report, the cost of abolishing inheritance tax would be £7bn

The Independent UK

Andrew Gilligan: ex-Johnson adviser said to have Sunak’s ear on HS2

Former BBC journalist who has a gift for persuasion has reportedly always been 100% opposed to rail project

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Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Mayor of London Saqiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory.

The Independent UK

HS2: Five Labour mayors to demand PM keeps project on track

On Tuesday, Home Office minister Chris Philp said Mr Sunak was reviewing how the cost of HS2 could be ‘controlled’.

The Independent UK

Scrapping inheritance tax would cost £15bn a year by 2032, says IFS

Thinktank carried out analysis as calls mount among Tory MPs for the tax to be abolished

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Cop26 president Sir Alok Sharma will not stand at next general election

The Tory MP has held the Reading West constituency since 2010.

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Cop26 chief Alok Sharma becomes latest MP planning to step down at next election

The news comes after Mr Sharma criticised Rishi Sunak’s net-zero climbdown last week

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s dithering over HS2 spurs on its critics and supporters

With Tory conference looming and talk of delaying decision to autumn statement, the row could intensify further

The Guardian - UK

Northern Research Group of Tory MPs signals it may accept delay to HS2

Chair, John Stevenson, says they could back a compromise on phase 2 if ‘Charles line’ preserved

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Andy Burnham warns he could sue Sunak government if HS2 axed

‘We’re not going to take things lying down – they will be hearing from us,’ says Manchester mayor

The Independent UK

Poor public transport to blame for missed GP appointments

Letters: Margaret Parker says those living in rural areas have to rely on a patchy service to get to their GP surgery or hospital. Plus a letter from Maurice Bates

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change

The acclaimed 1990 film Awakenings tells the story of a neurologist who discovers a drug which rouses catatonic patients from decades of “sleep”. It’s a true story, based on Oliver Sacks’ 1973 memoir of the same name.

The Conversation

UK ban on American XL bully dogs boosts demand for muzzles

Owners also taking up training classes in readiness for rules requiring breed to be kept muzzled in public

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Scots Tory MSP rebels as party praises UK's 'alignment with EU' on climate

THE Scottish Tories have been panned after they asked MSPs to celebrate Rishi Sunak’s climate U-turns for bringing policy further “in line…

The Guardian - UK

Who gains from Rishi’s ‘long-term’ thinking? Not the planet, not the north … not even him

‘Let Rishi be Rishi’, is the new Tory catchphrase. So far, that seems to be code for ‘let Britain be rubbish’ – and Suella Braverman is circling, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Paedophile who crashed car into Downing Street is spared jail

Seth Kneller was caught with eight images of children on his Samsung after the crash

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey pledges legal guarantee on cancer waiting times

Lib Dem leader closes party conference with speech reinforcing party’s focus on the NHS

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Evening Standard

Ed Davey: Tories ‘are clinging to fossil fuels’

The Lib Dem leader set to use party conference speech to take a swipe at Rishi Sunak over eco policies

The Independent UK

Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’

PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’

Evening Standard

OPINION - HS2 could transform Britain — why do we refuse to think big?

As he prepares for what may be his last party conference as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is working on a truly unpleasant gift for Manchester, host city to the gathering that opens on Sunday. Though ministers insist that no final decision has been taken, they have conspicuously declined to deny…

The Independent UK

Brexit boost as EU agrees to hold talks on delaying electric car tariffs

Rishi Sunak government pushing for delay to 2024 deadline

The Independent UK

Sunak trying to ‘control’ HS2 costs after they ‘tripled’, minister says

Home Office minister Chris Philp insisted no decision has been made on whether to scrap or delay the Manchester leg of the rail project.

The Guardian - UK

From the brains behind Brexit: an HS2 for the north that doesn’t actually go there

The Conservatives have turned a promising national upgrade into an absurdity, says writer and journalist Jonn Elledge

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reviewing how HS2 cost can be ‘controlled’, minister says

But Manchester’s Andy Burnham threatens to sue if high-speed rail doesn’t reach his city

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