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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty to wind down venture capital fund

Catamaran caused controversy because of taxpayer-funded support for startups in which it had invested

The Guardian - UK

Tory ministers are to blame for spiralling HS2 costs, says ex-rail boss

Former HS2 chairman fires back at ‘short sighted’ ministers and says axing northern leg would be ‘scandalous’

The Independent UK

‘National retrofit mission’ urged to better insulate Britain’s leaky homes

Net zero tsar Chris Skidmore said the country is lagging behind Europe on energy efficiency.

The Independent UK

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PM ‘understands parents’ frustration’ over Raac crisis in schools

Rishi Sunak said the Government was right to close schools when the concrete safety issue came to light.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says he won’t be ‘rushed’ into HS2 decision as critics’ anger grows

PM denies high-speed rows are derailing the Tory conference in Manchester

Evening Standard

Now Sunak blames Covid for failing railways – as he refuses 12 times to say if HS2 will be scrapped

The PM said Covid-19 caused everyone to ‘stop travelling on the rail network’, which has made running train services ‘very difficult’ - as he suggested fixing potholes was ‘priority number one’

The Independent UK

Sunak skirts more than a dozen questions over future of HS2

PM remains tight-lipped about rail project’s Manchester leg and says his focus is on potholes and local buses

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Rishi Sunak refuses to endorse Suella Braverman’s claim multiculturalism has failed – as it happened

The PM instead praised the UK’s ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’, saying the nation has done an ‘incredible job of integrating people’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak says he will ‘probably be driving’ to Manchester for Tory party conference

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has often received criticism from his political opponents for travelling across the country by private jet or helicopter.

The Independent UK

XL bully dogs ‘a danger to our communities’, Prime Minister insists

Rishi Sunak would not be drawn into whether banning the breed will be enough to prevent future attacks.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak denies people feel betrayed by wavering over future of HS2

The Prime Minister did not rule out ditching the northern leg of the rail project.

The Independent UK

Sunak says he is making decisions for the long term, but that’s his vanity talking. He’s failing and he knows it

The PM is rebranding himself as the man thinking far into the strategic future, because he can do nothing about the present, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

IT professionals urge Rishi Sunak to make AI ethics a priority at safety summit

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, says its members want to see ethical standards established around the use of AI.

The Independent UK

Net zero goal still alive, says IEA – but the world faces major obstacles to reach it

This roundup of stories is adapted from our weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine, written by environment editor Jack Marley. Click here to subscribe.

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The Guardian - UK

There’s no need for a British baccalaureate

Letters: Readers respond to Rishi Sunak’s plan for radical changes to the post-16 curriculum and qualifications

The Independent UK

Braverman plays down Tory leadership ambition speculation after migration speech

The Home Secretary insisted that such questions were ‘flippant’ and that she was working ‘hand in hand’ with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The Guardian - UK

I advised Starmer on his plan to ‘stop the boats’. This is why Labour’s policy will work

The Tories’ tactics are failing as asylum seekers continue to risk their lives in huge numbers. Our solution will address that, writes Thom Brooks, an adviser to the shadow home affairs team

Fortune

Rishi Sunak considers cutting the U.K.’s ‘most unfair tax’

An overhaul to the existing inheritance tax regime might worsen wealth-based inequalities in the U.K, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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The Guardian - UK

Pulling plug on HS2 ‘would be final nail in coffin for levelling up’

Exclusive: Business leaders and politicians in north of England say scrapping high-speed rail link would threaten businesses and jobs

The Independent UK

Sunak warned he is ‘risking cohesion of country’ as Labour mayors meet over HS2

Labour mayors Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Oliver Coppard and Steve Rotheram gathered in Leeds to warn against further rail cuts.

The Independent UK

Boss of HS2 building firm savages Rishi Sunak over scrapping new London station

Mark Reynolds says it will take longer to travel the five miles from Old Oak Common to London than the previous 114 miles from Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

Labour says Sunak should take blame for soaring HS2 costs as they happened on his ‘direct watch’ – as it happened

Labour says HS2 costs almost trebled while Sunak was chief secretary to the Treasury, chancellor and then PM

The Independent UK

Britain approves new North Sea oil drilling in welcome news for the industry but not activists

British regulators have approved new oil and gas drilling at a site in the North Sea

The Guardian - UK

Conservative peer says party does not deserve to win next election

Lord Harris, who donated £5,000 to Labour’s Rachel Reeves, criticises Tories over lack of ‘clear vision’

The Guardian - UK

Labour mayors urge Sunak not to scrap, delay or scale back HS2

Regional leaders express dismay at prospect of ditching high-speed rail project’s northern leg

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