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Rishi Sunak full question and answer session during Yorkshire visit
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a question and answer session during a visit to The Queens Hotel – JD Wetherspoon, Maltby.
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Rishi Sunak pool clip on visit to pub in Yorkshire
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a pool clip during a visit to The Queens Hotel – JD Wetherspoon, Maltby.
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Rishi Sunak tells Maltby pub of his aim to abolish national insurance
The Prime Minister repeated his “long-term ambition” to abolish national insurance in the next Parliament. Speaking at an event at a pub in South Yorkshire, Rishi Sunak said: “The reason we have chosen to cut national insurance in...
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National insurance is 'unfair' and 'unnecessarily complicated' - Rishi Sunak
The Prime Minister told a pub in Maltby, South Yorkshire that national insurance is 'unfair' because it's a tax on work and is 'unnecessarily complicated', as he laid out his “long-term ambition” to abolish national insurance in the next...
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Scottish Secretary defends UK Government's decision to extend windfall tax on oil and gas licenses
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack defended the UK Government's decision to announce an extension to the windfall tax on oil and gas licenses and said he understood why Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross spoke out against it. He was visiting...
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Sunak insists economy ‘on the right track’ ahead of Budget
Rishi Sunak claimed the UK economy is getting “on the right track” as he visited the site of the former Honda car factory. The Japanese car giant’s plant in Swindon, Wiltshire, shut in 2021 with the loss of thousands of jobs and the site...
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Khan says 'we don't live in Russia' following Sunak's appeal for police to 'take action' against protests
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said 'we don't live in North Korea, we don't live in Russia' in response to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's appeal for the police to 'take action' against pro-Palestinian demonstrations during his national address...
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Sunak insists economy ‘on the right track’ ahead of Budget during Honda car factory visit
Rishi Sunak claimed the UK economy is getting “on the right track” as he visited the site of the former Honda car factory. The Japanese car giant’s plant in Swindon, Wiltshire, shut in 2021 with the loss of thousands of jobs and the site...
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Sadiq Khan says 'we don't live in Russia' following Sunak's appeal for police to 'take action' against protests
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan says 'we don't live in North Korea, we don't live in Russia' in response to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's appeal for the police to 'take action' against pro-Palestinian demonstrations during his national...
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Pro-Palestine protests take place following PM’s extremism warning
Pro-Palestine protests continued across the country on Saturday following Rishi Sunak’s warning that democracy is being targeted by extremists. The Prime Minister said he had told senior police chiefs the public expected the protests to...
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Daily politics briefing: March 2
All the latest political developments in the UK, as Rishi Sunak used a Friday evening address to warn that democracy is being targeted by extremists.
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HD version: Rishi Sunak delivers an evening address in Downing Street
HD and slow motion shots as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a Friday evening address to warn that democracy is being targeted by extremists. Speaking at a lectern outside the doors of No 10 Downing Street, Mr Sunak warned about the...
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Rishi Sunak delivers an evening address in Downing Street
General shots as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a Friday evening address to warn that democracy is being targeted by extremists. Speaking at a lectern outside the doors of No 10 Downing Street, Mr Sunak warned about the current...
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Sunak warns that extremist forces are ‘trying to tear us apart’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a Friday evening address to warn that democracy is being targeted by extremists. Mr Sunak said there are “forces here at home trying to tear us apart”. Speaking at a lectern outside the doors of No 10...
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Rishi Sunak and Douglas Ross question and answer session
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a question and answer session with Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross during the Scottish Conservative party conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen.
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Angela Rayner sets out Labour's plans if she becomes 'deputy prime minister for the north' – full speech
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner speech at the Convention of the North, an annual gathering of Northern business, political and civic leaders, including mayors of northern cities, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds
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The First Lady of Ukraine visits Downing Street
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty welcomes the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, to Downing Street in London during her visit to the UK.
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James Cleverly joins calls for Lee Anderson to apologise over Sadiq Khan comments
Home Secretary James Cleverly has joined calls for former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson to apologise after his criticism of Sadiq Khan sparked a Islamophobia row. Mr Anderson doubled down on his criticism of Sadiq Khan as Rishi Sunak...
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Rishi Sunak makes opening remarks as Cabinet meets in East Yorkshire
The decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2 and put the money into local transport schemes will be “transformational”, Rishi Sunak claimed as the Government earmarked £4.7 billion of funding for the north and Midlands. With a general...
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PM refuses to describe Lee Anderson’s comments about Sadiq Khan as Islamophobic
Rishi Sunak has refused to describe Lee Anderson’s comments about Sadiq Khan as Islamophobic when pressed repeatedly. Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to East Yorkshire, the Prime Minister said: “I’ve been very clear that what he...
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Starmer says Sunak 'too weak' to call out 'islamophobia' after Lee Anderson comments
Sir Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak “lacks the backbone” to call out “Islamophobia” after Lee Anderson’s attack on Sadiq Khan. Sir Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak “lacks the backbone” to call out “Islamophobia” after Lee Anderson’s attack on...
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Starmer says Sunak 'too weak' to call out 'Islamophobia' after Lee Anderson comments
Sir Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak “lacks the backbone” to call out “Islamophobia” after Lee Anderson’s attack on Sadiq Khan. Speaking to reporters in Shrewsbury, the Labour leader said: “I think this is straightforward. It’s Islamophobia...
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Rishi Sunak visits factory in East Yorkshire
The Prime Minister visited the site of a new railway station which is going to be built near York at Haxby, where the last station closed in 1930. Rishi Sunak met the chief executive of Network Rail Andrew Haines and York Outer Tory MP...
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Politics daily briefing: February 26
All the latest political developments, as Rishi Sunak faces calls to publicly address the fallout from remarks made by MP Lee Anderson after an Islamophobia row deepened on Sunday.