A former Conservative Party candidate has said Suella Braverman has 'blown up' her campaign for the Tory leadership 'before it's even started'. Meanwhile, the chancellor has said she will make the sums 'add up' on public pay rises.
Be sure to join us again tomorrow for the latest updates in politics as they happen.Adam BoultonThe so-called"special relationship" between the UK and the US is acted out in the level of cooperation between the two governments and personified in the relationship between the presidents and prime ministers of the day.
Inevitably, and ironically, renewed US-UK intimacy will complicate the other special relationship which the new British government is trying to rekindle with the European Union. That is a matter for discussion elsewhere.This year's Olympics are set to kick off on Friday in Paris.In a letter posted to social media, Sir Keir Starmer wrote:"You have worked so hard to prepare for this moment.
It found the government had"failed" the public because of"significant flaws" in preparing for a pandemic.He conceded that he was"part of a groupthink where we over-prepared for pandemic flu, we didn't think about other types of pandemic"."That was the most terrible tragedy, what happened to this country during COVID.
She has suggested the Tories should find an"accommodation" with Reform and welcome Mr Farage into the party following the disastrous election result that saw Labour win a landslide. Speaking on Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, James Murray insisted the Labour government's fiscal rules were"non-negotiable" as he refused to be drawn on whether Chancellor Rachel Reeves would meet the floated increase of 5.5% recommended by independent pay review bodies.
An increased pay rise could pose a significant challenge for the chancellor's first budget, which is likely to come in the autumn. Ms Thornberry, who served as shadow attorney general when Labour was in opposition, told political editor Beth Rigby she was"very sad" and"disappointed" not to get a government role because she wanted to part of the"great project" of a Labour government.
When he appointed his cabinet shortly after his election landslide, Sir Keir chose Richard Hermer KC, a former barrister at Matrix Chambers, as attorney general.Tax rises? Spending cuts? Economist explains how government could afford public pay increase Mr Zaranko says:"I think eventually the scale of the challenge facing public services and the funding gap means eventually they might have to look at broader revenue-raising measures, or else maybe cutting back on some of the other things that the state does that they view it no longer needs to do."
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