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Rishi Sunak holds private meeting with chair of influential 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs amid concerns over party's direction
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Tories hit back at Sunak critic ‘to get behind PM or get lost’: Sir Simon Clarke had called on fellow Conservative MPs to act or face being ‘massacred’ in the ...
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This was once a safe Tory seat - now people don't know who to vote for: 'This is a Conservative area, but I don't feel like I'm in the minority ...
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Too many UK children go to school hungry, says top Tory backing farm surplus food scheme for families
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The Tory right has a difficult question to answer now: why follow Suella Braverman?
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Quick Glance: Braverman's Sharp Attack on Sunak After Dismissal
- Braverman launches scathing attack on PM Sunak, accusing him of abandoning secret promises.
- Former home secretary criticizes Sunak's record in government after her dismissal.
- Braverman criticizes Sunak in a letter, accusing him of betrayal.
- She thanks the PM for the dismissal but criticizes his governance and lack of support.
Rishi Sunak’s voting record on HS2 explained – how PM has previously supported rail project
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Quick Glance: Mistake: Rishi Sunak to Amputate High-Speed Rail Line in Britain
- HS2 decision makes infrastructure construction more difficult
- HS2 will not extend beyond Birmingham to Manchester
- Wrong decision that doesn't make sense
- Deep-seated problems of HS2 require government solutions
Book unveils the secrets of the Tories’ 1922 Committee: IT’S a secretive body of Tory backbenchers which hit the headlines as MPs plotted the downfall of Boris ...
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Backbenchers long to be on the ’22 executive: if you are not in government, it is an alternative power base.
The ’22 was founded in 1923 by new MPs elected ... Show more
Is it time to ban second jobs for MPs? : There are some genres of newspaper story that never die. Among them are sightings of Lord Lucan ...
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Led by Donkeys: Sir Graham Brady asks fake Korean firm for £60k in new MPs for Hire video
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Chair of 1922 committee Sir Graham Brady, who oversaw Tory leader elections, to step down as MP
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Sir Graham Brady: 1922 committee chairman becomes latest Tory to announce exit at next election
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‘Extremely unedifying’: Minister slams Tory colleagues caught in sting: A minister has described videos of Conservative MPs caught in a sting asking to be paid ...
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Leaders slam 'terrible idea' as asylum seekers move into Britannia Hotel: Trafford Council has issued a statement
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Tories unite – for one night, at least: To the Hurlingham Club, that seat of sporting privilege. Where better to host the 1922 committee’s centenary dinner? Tory ...
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Plans to put up more than 100 asylum seekers in a Hale village hotel have been described by a Trafford MP as the ‘most inappropriate location' ... Show more https://bit.ly/3GJ8t6o
Boris Johnson had backing to challenge Rishi Sunak, Sir Graham Brady confirms: Sir Graham Brady says the former PM had enough nominations to stand in the race to ...
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Liz Truss resigns as PM and triggers fresh leadership election: Truss says she will step down after a week-long emergency contest to find successor
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Quick Glance: Dominic Raab latest: Civil servants face "agonising" wait for Raab decision, says union president, who urges PM to "show compassion"
- The PM will most certainly reach a "swift conclusion" on Raab, but no decision has been made, according to the ministry.
- Rishi Sunak has been given the findings of an inquiry into eight complaints of bullying against his deputy, Dominic Raab, for over 24 hours.
- Mr Sunak still has "full confidence" in Mr Raab, according to the PM's official spokesman, and he remains deputy prime minister.
- This morning, it was reported that Mr Raab, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, had seen the report on eight allegations of bullying by his colleagues.
Candidates to replace Liz Truss as Tory leader will need at least 100 nominations
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BREAKING: Rishi Sunak emerges new UK Prime Minister: Rishi Sunak has emerged the new Leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party.
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Quick Glance: Rishi Sunak Appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the Face of Economic and Political Crisis
- Former Treasury Secretary promises to reverse the damage done by his predecessor's strategy of unfunded tax cuts.
- Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak addressed outside 10 Downing Street on Tuesday after King Charles III formally nominated him Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Mr. Sunak warned of a "profound economic crisis" facing the country, which is suffering from stagflation and has just sunk into deeper political uncertainty with three new prime ministers in seven weeks, in his first speech as prime minister.
Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister sparking Tory leadership race as Labour and Lib Dems call for general election – live
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Boris Johnson to stand for Prime Minister after Liz Truss resigns - reports: Liz Truss resigned after just 44 days in office
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Quick Glance: Britain is hanging by a thread. We'll unravel if Boris Johnson is removed.
- Hunt will not run for president: it turns out he was serious when he declared this comeback was not about him.
- Once again, an unelected Conservative prime minister is set to succeed another unelected Conservative prime minister in a process befitting of a shambles.
- With his viral tirade against "talentless people putting their tick in the right box" for selfish reasons, Tory backbencher Charles Walker nailed the nail on the head.
- But now they're getting the pencil back, probably influenced (according to one theory) by a poll of Conservative Party members who gave us Johnson and Truss previously.
Tory leadership: Hopefuls face high bar to enter contest to be PM: Conservative Party bosses raise the threshold for MPs entering the race to succeed Liz Truss.
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Boris Johnson supporters urge former-PM to make a comeback: Just six weeks after he left office Johnson is said to be plotting a return
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Quick Glance: Next UK Prime Minister Odds: Rishi Sunak Is Favored, Boris Johnson Rises
- Politics betting odds should be treated with a grain of salt.
- Following weeks of market and political turmoil, the appointment of a new Chancellor of the Exchequer and a U-Turn on the majority of her economic proposals gave some relief.
- After Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pulled himself out of the race, House of Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt rose to second-favorite at 9/4 odds.
- Sky Bet has cut the chances on him making a spectacular comeback to office to 4/1 after the Times revealed that the former prime minister is expected to run in the Tory leadership election.
Sir Keir Starmer calls for general election following resignation of Liz Truss: Ms Truss announced her resignation after just 44 days as leader
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Liz Truss was 'late to Commons because she was with Sir Graham Brady': Liz Truss did not show up for Sir Keir Starmer’s urgent question because she had a meeting ...
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Quick Glance: As he slashes Liz Truss's economic plans, Jeremy Hunt warns of "eye-wateringly difficult" decisions.
- Mr Hunt stated that he and the prime minister had "reluctantly" agreed that it would not be responsible to extend the energy price guarantee past April 2023.
- "This is a Tory crisis made in Downing Street but ordinary working people are paying the price," added Ms Reeves.
- Ms Reeves said in the Commons on Monday, "The prime minister is barely in office, and she is certainly not in power."
- The prime minister sat behind Jeremy Hunt on the front bench as he delivered his statement, after Penny Mordaunt earlier informed MPs that Ms Truss was "not under a desk."
Rishi Sunak’s allies ‘launch coordinated effort to oust’ Liz Truss: Tory rebels are said to be working on a coordinated effort to remove Liz Truss.
metro.co.uk/2022/10/16/rishi-sunaks-allies-launch-coordinated-effort-to-oust-liz-truss-17572821/
Quick Glance: Joe Biden slams Liz Truss's economic strategy as a "predictable mistake" in an unusual attack.
- Mr Hunt will meet with his new Cabinet colleagues next week before presenting his spending proposals to the Commons a fortnight later on Monday, when the Government's medium-term fiscal plan detailing how it intends to reduce debt as a percentage of GDP is released.
- Decisions on spending, which will not rise as much as many expect, and I will request that all government departments find more efficiency savings.
- Mr Hunt was a member of the Conservative Cabinet when Chancellor George Osborne imposed harsh austerity expenditure cutbacks, but he denied his plans would be "anything like that."
Up to 100 Tories have written to Graham Brady demanding no-confidence in Liz Truss, MPs believe
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Liz Truss under pressure from brewing Tory rebellion over pensions triple lock ahead of crucial PMQs
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Live news: Conservative leadership election to be held in the next week
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EXCLUSIVE: Polling expert John Curtice says Tories could win fewer seats than SNP at a general election
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The British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after only six weeks in office. The Conservative politician said on Thursday at a press conference in Downing ... Show more
Quick Glance: BREAKING: Truss to make statement at 1.30 p.m. as Tory MPs call for her resignation
- Liz Truss has been Prime Minister for the shortest period of time in history.
- Truss then appointed former transport secretary Grant Shapps, who had been publicly scheming against her at the Tory party convention just two weeks before.
- Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey was accused by many persons of forcibly forcing a Tory MP into the voting lobby to vote with the party, a scenario described by one Tory backbencher as "nightmare material."
- "That is also what the Prime Minister wants."
Beware a Tory in a hurry: There’s no need to rush Truss’s replacement
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Tory MP confirms to Commons he has submitted letter of no confidence in Truss: William Wragg told MPs he would like to vote with Labour to ban fracking because ...
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Johnson allies confident 100 MPs will back him as he takes ‘soundings’ on return from Caribbean
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UK PM Truss met with chair of committee in charge of leadership contests - Guardian
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Sir Graham Brady, 1922 committee chair, has announced Rishi Sunak has been elected leader of the Conservative Party after Penny Mordaunt pulled out of race ... Show more
Which Tory MPs are calling for Truss to go - and how could the PM be ousted?: On Monday, Liz Truss apologised for the "mistakes" she has made in her ...
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Lawmakers will try to oust UK PM Truss this week, Daily Mail reports: (This Oct. 16 story has been refiled to change the name to Brady in the fifth paragraph)
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Liz Truss was on 'best ever form' in PMQs says body language expert: Ms Truss was 'full of energy and fight' during questioning with Sir Keir Starmer ...
metro.co.uk/2022/10/19/liz-truss-was-on-best-ever-form-in-pmqs-says-body-language-expert-17596185/
Tory MPs ‘sending in no confidence letters’ in bid to oust Liz Truss: Rebel Tory MPs are reportedly sending letters of no confidence in Liz Truss to ...
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Sir Graham Brady explains what will happen next as Liz Truss resigns as PM: A new Prime Minister will be in power by next week as a fresh leadership contest gets ...
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Seventy Tory MPs targeted in plot to oust Liz Truss by Christmas: The new Prime Minister has been in power for less than a month
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Conservative MP William Wragg has submitted a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Liz Truss to Sir Graham Brady.
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How does the Tory leadership election work and what happens next?: The Conservative Party has set out its timetable for replacing Liz Truss as leader and prime ...
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MP reveals who he's backing to be the next Prime Minister: KINVER’S MP Sir Gavin Williamson has confirmed his backing for Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race ...
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Quick Glance: Battle for Downing Street: Why a Johnson Comeback is a Real Possibility
- The first Conservatives have already threatened to resign if Johnson returns.
- Rishi Sunak is anticipated to be Johnson's main opponent if he runs.
- After taking office at 10 Downing Street, the ex-prime minister divested Mordaunt of his defense responsibilities.
- She was a candidate to succeed Johnson in the summer, but she dropped out.
Will the 1922 Committee change its rules to oust Liz Truss?: ‘As many as 100 Conservative backbenchers’ may already have penned letters of no confidence in the ...
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Beware a Tory in a hurry: There’s no need to rush Truss’s replacement
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Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer submits a letter of no confidence in Liz Truss: Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer has said the ‘deteriorating situation’ on Wednesday left ...
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Paid articlePaid New Prime Minister to be announced today with with Liz Truss set to be named PM: The new leader has an action-packed week ahead of them, from meeting the Queen ...
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Quick Glance: Liz Truss unveils her Cabinet after being sworn in as the United Kingdom's next Prime Minister.
- The prime minister has decided to keep defence secretary Ben Wallace from Mr Johnson's cabinet.
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, and Minister for Equalities Nadhim Zahawi The prime minister has appointed the former Health Secretary and Chancellor to a number of positions.
- The former Lord Chancellor and South Swindon MP has retained his position as Secretary of State for Wales.
- Previously, the Charnwood MP served as Minister of State for Health.
BREAKING: Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, says it will be "possible to conduct a ballot and conclude" a ... Show more trib.al/dwvcRFT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister of the UK, after winning the Conservative Party leadership election. After an eight-week campaign ... Show more
Following a summer of trying to persuade Tory members that they have what it takes to run the party, and the country, we're now just hours away from ... Show more
Keir Starmer must learn to box smart against this dangerous new Tory gang: When he was first jotting down notes over the summer for his Labour conference speech ...
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Liz Truss must make a break with Johnson: It is Tuesday September 6 and the tortuous, terrible Tory leadership race is over at last. The result was announced the ...
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Paid articlePaid What is the 1922 Committee and who is Sir Graham Brady?: The 1922 Committee got its nickname from the year its first members were elected
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Quick Glance: Johnson is set to receive a £18,000 pay-off, although this will be swamped by private-sector wages.
- Boris Johnson is entitled to a £18,000 golden goodbye and an annual stipend of up to £115,000 after resigning as Prime Minister.
- Mr Johnson will earn £18,860 in severance pay for resigning, which is a fifth of his prime ministerial salary of £75,440.
- Ministerial and PM pensions are calculated at 1/40th or 1/50th of an individual's last salary in the job, thus the most Mr Johnson could have contributed directly during his five years in office would have been roughly £9,000.
Boris Johnson to resign as prime minister: After a wave of resignations from his government, the PM will announce his exit from Downing Street later.
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Quick Glance: Timeline of why Conservative MPs abandoned Boris Johnson and forced him to resign.
- oris Johnson's handling of the scandal-plagued former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher persuaded Tory MPs to forsake the Prime Minister, forcing him to quit.B"
- Boris Johnson and Munira Mirza cross Downing Street (Yui Mok/PA_ via PA Wire).
- As part of a Metropolitan Police investigation into purported parties in the heart of the Government during the pandemic, Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak were fined for attending the Prime Minister's birthday event in Downing Street in June 2020.
- As calls for his resignation became louder, the Prime Minister declared he accepted "full responsibility" for the disaster.
New regulations mean MPs who put themselves forward to become leader of the Conservative Party will now need the backing of 20 other Tory MPs to get on to the ... Show more trib.al/iHI4U5P
Labour to table motion of no confidence in Boris Johnson’s government today: Party confirms it seeks to hold vote on Wednesday
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Boris Johnson must not be allowed to stay as caretaker PM, John Major tells 1922 Committee
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Boris Johnson latest: Contenders on the ballot to be next Tory PM to be revealed - BBC News
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London politics latest LIVE: Liz Truss vows to cut tax ‘on day one’ as she joins leadership race
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Vote to oust Boris Johnson could be tomorrow as 1922 Committee poised to change its rules today
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Boris Johnson resigns as prime minister, saying: 'No one is remotely indispensable'
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"Have you told the Prime Minister that he should go now?"
Jackie Long asks Sir Graham Brady, Chair of the 1922 Committee ... Show more
Tory leadership candidates must gather 20 supporters: Tory leadership candidates will need the support of 20 of the party’s MPs to get on the ballot paper after ...
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🔴BREAKING: Boris Johnson has spoken to Tory 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady and agreed to stand down.
Tories can still oust Boris Johnson before summer recess: Under Conservative leadership rules, unless he decides to quit, Boris Johnson is theoretically safe ...
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‘Unwise and unsustainable’ for Boris Johnson to remain PM, warns Sir John Major: The former prime minister said Mr Johnson should not stay in No 10 while his ...
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins 'no-confidence' vote: The prime minister's party voted on his political future Monday.
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Quick Glance: Boris Johnson is facing a vote of no confidence from his Tory colleagues.
- Mr Johnson's spokesperson claimed the vote will put an end to months of speculation over his leadership.
- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Mr Johnson, said she would support the Prime Minister "100%" and encouraged colleagues to do the same.
- The Prime Minister is haunted by the damning "Partygate" report.
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson toasting at a Downing Street reception.
Voting begins as Tory MPs decide Boris Johnson's future in confidence motion: Tory MPs have Boris Johnson's future as prime minister in their hands as they vote ...
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The Standard View: The Tories are in a hurry to find a new leader – but the big issues still need debating
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Live: MPs told whether Boris Johnson will stay as PM as confidence vote result revealed
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory ... Show more
Wrestling in London over Boris Johnson's successor: Eleven candidates have so far expressed interest in Johnson's successor. There are already favorites in the ...
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Boris Johnson no-confidence vote: prime minister wins by 211 to 148 but 40% of Tory MPs fail to back him – live
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Top issue: vote of no confidence in British Prime Minister Johnson: British Prime Minister Johnson, who has come under heavy criticism in the "Partygate" affair ...
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Come on Boris, it's time to go: Stream of letters calling PM to quit grows: John Stevenson is the 28th MP to publicly call for a vote of no confidence.
metro.co.uk/2022/05/31/come-on-boris-its-time-to-go-stream-of-letters-calling-pm-to-quit-grows-16743278/
Vote of no confidence: What is the 1922 Committee, who is Sir Graham Brady, and what happens with a vote of no confidence?
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Boris Johnson vows to stay in office after no confidence vote: The Prime Minister has vowed to carry on despite more than two-fifths of his MPs declaring him ...
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