Ukraine 1) Johnson tells Zelensky the UK will ‘by no means recognise’ Russia’s seizure of Crimea
“Boris Johnson at this time declared that Britain will ‘by no means recognise’ Russia’s seizure of Crimea or ‘every other Ukrainian territory’. The Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s help for Ukraine, within the face of Vladimir Putin’s barbaric invasion, at a global convention. The summit – hosted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – comes forward of the six-month anniversary of the most recent part of Russia’s assault on its neighbour, which started on twenty fourth February this yr. Tomorrow can also be Ukraine’s independence day, which is able to mark 31 years because the nation’s independence from Soviet rule. Downing Avenue was at this time adorned with flowers of Ukraine’s nationwide colors in preparation for the nation’s celebration.” – The Day by day Mail
Ukraine 2) Liz Truss: Britain will expose Putin’s lies to the world
“Thirty one years in the past, Ukraine took a decisive step ahead on its path as a free democracy. We’ve got stood with them all through. The UK was one of many first nations to recognise Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, and is now on the forefront in supporting our pals of their battle to cease Putin from turning the clock again by drive of arms… If I turn into prime minister, I’ll do every little thing I can to make sure the flame of freedom in Ukraine continues to burn shiny… I’ll go additional as prime minister by doing every little thing attainable – together with declassifying extra intelligence – to reveal Putin’s playbook to the world. My authorities will use intelligence strategically to disclose the Kremlin’s makes an attempt to undermine and destabilise freedom-loving democracies.” – The Day by day Telegraph
- It’s taken Johnson six months to destroy his personal legacy of serving to Ukrainian refugees – Paul Waugh, The I
Ukraine 3) Trevelyan publicizes ‘bumper deal’ with the war-torn nation
“London and Kyiv have unveiled particulars of a brand new settlement to assist the war-torn nation rebuild its financial system after Russia’s invasion…Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Worldwide Commerce Secretary, met with Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Ukraine’s Minister of Economic system of Ukraine, and Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister and Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, through video hyperlink to reiterate the UK’s unwavering help for Ukraine and start talks. The digital commerce deal, agreed within the presence of Vadym Prystaiko, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, yesterday, will goal to help Ukrainian companies by slicing pink tape, enabling them UK extra effectively by expertise equivalent to digital transactions, e-signatures, and e-contracts.” – Day by day Categorical
Truss 1) The Overseas Secretary tells the most recent hustings that social care ought to get extra of ‘NHS billions’…
“ Liz Truss has pledged to divert billions of kilos earmarked for tackling NHS backlogs into social care in an effort to free hospital beds. The international secretary advised a management hustings hosted by Instances Radio within the West Midlands that an excessive amount of of the federal government’s £13 billion bundle to deal with Covid backlogs and overhaul social care was going into the NHS. “I might spend that cash in social care,” she mentioned. “Rather a lot has gone to the NHS. I might give it to native authorities. We’ve got folks in beds within the NHS who can be higher off in social care. So put that cash into social care.” Rishi Sunak known as for basic reform of the NHS, warning that in any other case it could “gobble up each single pound that everybody has”.” – The Instances
- Values of UK black communities ‘extra aligned with Tories than Labour’ – The Guardian
- ‘Slimy and a bit cringe’: swing voters have their say on Truss and Sunak – The Instances
- Britain is damaged – and no one could be bothered to do something about it – Madeline Grant, The Day by day Telegraph
- Sunak could be the underdog however Truss’s cats bought the most important cheer – Tim Stanley, The Day by day Telegraph
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Truss 2)…guarantees a ‘tax-cutting mini-Finances’ inside days of taking up…
“Liz Truss final night time promised to carry a tax-cutting mini-Finances inside days of taking up if she wins the Tory race. However Rishi Sunak slammed her saying she had watered down plans for a full blown emergency Finances – with full unbiased scrutiny of her spending plans. ommons Treasury Committee boss Mel Stride – who backs Sunak – accused the Overseas Secretary of “flying blind” as she deliberate to ram by tax cuts and not using a new financial forecast. However Truss supporters say a financial forecast would take ten weeks to supply and there was no time to attend to assist folks this winter so as an alternative she is going to maintain a smaller “fiscal occasion.” A supply mentioned: “Liz needs to chop taxes as quickly as she will be able to, one thing Rishi has no expertise of.”” – The Solar
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Truss 3)…is ‘attacked’ by Sunak over her plans to curb the Financial institution of England’s independence…
“Liz Truss’s plans to curb the independence of the Financial institution of England may spook buyers and “be dangerous for all of us”, Rishi Sunak has mentioned as he continued to assault her financial coverage. Sunak, a former chancellor, mentioned the federal government wanted to “let the Financial institution of England get on with its job with rates of interest”. On Tuesday, he advised Sky Information: “I’m apprehensive, fairly frankly, by experiences from others that they need to curb the independence of the Financial institution of England. I feel that may be a mistake, and I feel it could spook worldwide buyers into the UK and shall be dangerous for all of us.” With Truss firmly within the result in be the subsequent prime minister and fewer than two weeks to go, she has indicated she would evaluate the Financial institution’s mandate.” – The Guardian
Truss 4)…suggests she ‘received’t appoint an ethics advisor’ if she turns into Prime Minister as a result of ‘you may’t outsource ethics’…
“The Overseas Secretary, who’s extensively anticipated to win the Tory management contest, insisted ‘you can’t outsource ethics to an adviser’ as she spoke to Conservative members in Birmingham. There may be at present no Unbiased Adviser on Ministers’ Pursuits after Lord Geidt dramatically give up the position in June… Sir Alex Allan beforehand give up the position in 2020 after the PM overruled his discovering that Dwelling Secretary Priti Patel had bullied employees. Previous to his personal resignation as PM, Mr Johnson had been considering learn how to substitute Lord Geidt. However, on the newest Tory hustings occasion, Ms Truss…claimed there can be a ‘basic downside’ if a PM didn’t know ‘the distinction between proper and mistaken’ themselves.” – The Day by day Mail
- Our subsequent Prime Minister should whip Quantity 10 into form – Rohan Silva, The Instances
Truss 5)… ‘woos’ Frost for a ‘main Cupboard job’…
“ Brexit guru David Frost is being wooed for a significant Cupboard job by Liz Truss, The Solar can reveal. The frontrunner to be Britain’s subsequent PM is known to need the Tory peer to run the Cupboard Workplace – the nerve centre of Whitehall – as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. However his friends say discussions are ongoing and no settlement has been reached. Lord Frost negotiated Britain’s exit from the EU and future commerce settlement for Boris Johnson, however he give up the federal government in October final yr disillusioned by excessive taxes and lingering Covid restrictions. Since then the ex-Ambassador to Denmark has reinvented himself because the voice of true Conservatism with searing innovations on Web Zero, Fracking, low taxes and scrapping HS2.” – The Solar
Truss 6) …and faces a ‘revolt’ by Overseas Workplace officers over a pay supply.
“ Liz Truss is going through an inside revolt at her personal division over officers’ newest pay award which allegedly leaves employees paid completely different quantities for doing the identical job and comes amid a backdrop of assaults on the Civil Service,i has learnt. The Overseas Workplace (FCDO) pay award, introduced to employees on Monday, has led to an outpouring of anger from round 100 officers on the employees intranet.Posts seen by i present employees threatening to refuse to work extra time, accusing the Authorities of failing to worth employees, and bemoaning ministers’ assaults on civil servants whereas handing them real-terms pay cuts amid double-digit inflation. It comes after Ms Truss, the Overseas Secretary, has used her marketing campaign to be subsequent prime minister to assault the Civil Service for being “woke”.” – The I
- The subsequent Prime Minister should deal with the Whitehall ‘blob’, Coverage Trade warns – The Day by day Mail
Sebastian Payne: What would a UK authorities appear like beneath Truss?
“Overseas secretary Liz Truss and her internal circle have been holed up final weekend at her seventeenth century official countryside residence, plotting what her authorities would possibly appear like and learn how to start tackling the multi-layered crises going through the nation ought to she win the race to turn into the subsequent UK prime minister. The Conservative get together management contest could have slightly below two weeks to run, however with a number of polls suggesting that she has a greater than 30-point ballot lead…Truss determined it was time to decamp to Chevening Home in Kent to plan the transition to energy. Senior insiders on her management marketing campaign insisted that they weren’t taking victory as a right however with a hefty in-tray of financial challenges going through the subsequent prime minister, Truss wished to hit the bottom operating…” – The Monetary Instances
- Truss is extra Heath than Thatcher, warns economist – The Instances
Patel faces the Rwanda plan being caught in ‘authorized limbo’ for months
“The Rwanda asylum scheme shall be in limbo for months whereas the variety of Channel migrants continues to soar. Dwelling Secretary Priti Patel is going through a authorized problem from a commerce union which represents 1000’s of her personal Border Pressure officers…the Public and Business Providers Union has introduced a judicial evaluate of the Rwanda scheme which – after lengthy delays – is because of start on September 5…a second listening to in a problem introduced by one other charity, Asylum Assist, will happen in October. Each hearings will scrutinise the lawfulness of the Authorities’s coverage, introduced by Miss Patel in April, that may see migrants from the Channel and different ‘irregular’ routes handed a one-way ticket to Rwanda to assert asylum there somewhat than in Britain.” – The Day by day Mail
- Britain owes us £8 million for seashore patrols, claims France – The Instances
- Regardless of years of guarantees, the Authorities is not any nearer to tackling the shaming phenomenon of determined migrants arriving in small boats – Editorial, The Instances
Kwarteng met with Scottish Energy boss over his £100 billion proposal to freeze power payments till 2024
“Enterprise and Power Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has met with the boss of Scottish Energy over the power large’s £100bn plan to freeze power payments till 2024. Scottish Energy chief Keith Anderson mentioned that the minister and Liz Truss ally is ‘severely contemplating’ plans to mortgage power firms the cash to fund a value cap freeze. Households may face common power payments of £6,500 a yr by this April, new forecasts of the power value cap reveal… If the ‘deficit-fund’ plan from Scottish Energy have been carried out, the federal government would assure power suppliers loans of round a tenth of a trillion kilos – their greatest estimate between the distinction between the price of shopping for power and the present cap.” – The Day by day Mail
- Small companies are going through power prices squeeze – Tim Newark, Day by day Categorical
Raab vows to ‘break maintain of barristers on crown courts’ amid strike motion
“Dominic Raab is planning to interrupt barristers’ near-monopoly on crown courtroom trials. Dealing with an open-ended strike by legal defence barristers, the Justice Secretary is known to be inspecting methods to let different attorneys step in. One proposal regarded as into consideration is extending the variety of solicitors who’re allowed to look in crown courtroom. Solicitor advocates have existed since 1990 however the Ministry of Justice is increasing their rights of viewers so extra of them can current arguments earlier than a decide. There are 157,000 solicitors in England and Wales, throughout all areas of legislation, in contrast with 16,000 barristers. In one other transfer, the MoJ needs to broaden the position of authorized executives to permit them to tackle work carried out by different forms of attorneys.” – The Day by day Mail
Shapps in Israel to announce Crossrail bosses will advise Tel Aviv on its metro
“Bosses from the Crossrail venture in London will advise Israeli officers on the brand new Tel Aviv metro, it’s to be introduced at this time. Engineers from Crossrail Worldwide, the advisory firm wholly owned by the Division for Transport, will present consulting providers for a brand new $45 billion, three-line underground with 90 miles of tracks and 109 stations. Crossrail was the venture identify for the brand new Elizabeth Line…It was three and a half years late and billions of kilos over funds.The Division for Transport mentioned that Crossrail would advise on design, security and requirements, in addition to on sustainability and environmentalism. Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, will meet officers in Tel Aviv at this time and signal a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli transport ministry.” – The Instances
Thames Water announce a hosepipe ban throughout south of England
“Thames Water has introduced a hosepipe ban throughout the south of England, which is able to have an effect on 15 million of its clients. The ban will come into drive from 24 August, affecting folks in London and the Thames Valley space. Utilizing a hosepipe to water gardens or to scrub automobiles will not be allowed, besides by companies and farmers. The short-term ban comes after experiences that the supply of the Thames had dried up throughout the drought. The measure follows a hosepipe ban introduced for the primary time in 26 years by South West Water, which covers Cornwall and elements of north Devon, and after extraordinarily dry circumstances throughout the UK, with drought having been declared throughout eight areas of England by the Atmosphere Company.” – The Guardian
Information in Temporary:
- Britain is just not ready for winter blackouts – Sam Ashworth-Hayes, The Spectator
- Will Macron name one other election? – John Lichfield, UnHerd
- The legislation is failing to guard us – Ben Sixmsith, The Critic
- Reinventing the Blob – placing the politics again into public appointments – Henry Hill, CapX
- Is crypto nonetheless fungible? – Curtis Yarvin, Grey Mirror
