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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clash over tax and NHS funding in second live TV debate – UK Politics Live

Key events BETA filters Key events (17)Liz Truss (21)Rishi Sunak (20)Kate McCann (5)Boris Johnson (5)Andrew Sparrow (4) The Talk TV/Sun debate was halted after Truss was interrupted by an accident on stage The next question is about winter fuel bills. And if Sunak has the guts to stand up to Vladimir Putin if he turns …

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LIVE transfer news: Man Utd offer De Jong £110m deal, Cristiano Ronaldo £36m Atletico plan

Gianluca Scamacca has passed his medical at West Ham as he continues to put the finishing touches to his £35.5m switch from Sassuolo. The Italian international forward, who flew to the capital from Rome on Monday, was given the green light to discuss personal terms with the Hammers at the weekend after a deal was …

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Tory leadership race live: Sunak suffers poll setback as Tory members say Liz Truss is more in touch with voters

The next leader of the Conservative Party must have “strength of character” and be able to make “difficult decisions” that could prove unpopular, David Davis has said. Former Brexit secretary and supporter Rishi Sunak told Times Radio: “A future leader of this country will already have economic problems to deal with, the crisis in Ukraine …

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Live EasyJet seeks compensation from airports as it posts £114m loss – live updates

Good morning. OneWeb has confirmed it is being taken over by French rival Eutelsat in a deal valuing the British satellite champion at $3.4bn (£2.8bn). Shareholders of OneWeb, which was bailed out by Boris Johnson in 2020, will own 50% of Eutelsat, which will continue to trade in Paris and apply to be listed on …

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Live Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin launches ‘massive missile attack’ on Mykolaiv port

Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin launches ‘massive missile attack’ on Mykolaiv port The Telegraph Russia-Ukraine war live news: Odesa hit by Russian missiles again, says regional military chief The Guardian Russia says Odesa missile attacks won’t affect grain deal The Independent Times opinion on Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports: Feed the World The Times ‘No indication’ Ukrainian …

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Ministers don’t know if £486m pandemic traffic light system worked, MPs say

At least £486m of taxpayers’ money was spent on implementing the ‘traffic light system’ for international arrivals during the coronavirus pandemic. But the government “does not know” whether it worked or not, according to a powerful committee of MPs. The traffic light system marked the rules for the arrivals of each country according to whether …

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Truss and Sunak trade blows in the first acrimonious televised debate

The battle to become Britain’s next prime minister descended into fierce clashes on Monday night as Rishi Sunak launched repeated attacks on front-runner Liz Truss’s economic policies in her first televised debate to face The two Tory leadership hopefuls traded blows over tax cuts, China and inflation, with former chancellor Sunak accusing the foreign secretary …

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Conservative leadership debate live: Liz Truss accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘Project Fear’ as he warns it would ‘throw millions into misery’

Doug Beattie, the leader of the UUP, paid tribute to Lord Trimble, saying his death would cause “deep sadness” across Northern Ireland and far beyond. “David Trimble was a man of courage and vision. He chose to seize the opportunity for peace when it presented itself and sought to end the decades of violence that …

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