Rishi Sunak’s plan to ‘stop the boats’ will likely face legal challenges on a number of points.
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The UK government’s plan to remove asylum seekers will likely face legal challenges.
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It’s rare to have quite so many former PMs and first ministers still in parliament.
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RIshi Sunak has said he won’t suspend the deputy prime minister while dozens of accusations about his conduct are investigated.
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Can the prime minister unite his warring party around a new energy department? It feels unlikely.
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The UK is perceived to be more corrupt than it was following the 2009 expenses scandal that rocked parliament to its core.
Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Conservative chairman.
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The prime minister’s pledge to bring integrity to public office could become a stick to beat him with – just like ‘back to basics’ became for John Major.
Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi faces pressure from the public over “careless” tax affairs.
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What is ‘careless behaviour’ in relation to UK tax and in what other ways can people fall foul of HMRC?
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Figuring out how jigsaw pieces fit together by visualising moving them in your mind is an example of using spatial skills.
Striking miners face off against police in 1984.
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Workers have gradually lost all powers to take industrial action when they feel conditions are unfair.
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While UK inflation could drop again in 2023, there is a lot of work to do to support the country’s economy.
NHS workers would be subject to tough new strike laws being proposed by prime minister Rishi Sunak.
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The strikes (minimum service levels) bill making its way through parliament potentially means employers can block named workers from taking industrial action.
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Extending the existing core maths qualification could help improve numeracy.
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An influential group of the UK prime minister’s own backbenchers want more wind farms.
Old acquaintances: Charles Michel with Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2016 when Michel was pirme minister of Belgium.
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Charles Michel, president of the European Council, will meet the Chinese leader at a time of tension over European and US relations with Beijing.
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When the rot sets in, past governments have found it hard to win back the public.
Rishi Sunak’s government is set to deliver its first budget statement on November 17 2022.
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Sunak and Hunt may hope for some normality after the budget, but markets may not be so content with the details.
Six former UK prime ministers and a potential new one in Labour’s Keir Starmer.
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The gravity of the current situation is obscuring a less visible crisis – a failure of political imagination
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Star Wars is full of interesting and relevant lessons for the leader of a country (or galaxy) in turmoil.
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The PM will be notably missing from the COP27 leaders summit in Egypt early next week. Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, will represent Australia later in the conference.
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Polling only provides a snapshot of the current moment but modelling across decades can help us predict the next election result.