Tory conference
I wondered how I could top my wife’s surprise conference speech, jokes Sunak
Akshata Murty made a surprise speaking appearance on stage at the event in Manchester.
Tories seeking to ‘stoke culture wars’, claims Yousaf after Sunak’s speech
During his Tory conference address, the Prime Minister declared ‘a man is a man and a woman is a woman’.
Sunak’s ‘bold ambition’ in speech shows he ‘relishes’ next election, says Ross
The Prime Minister announced he would scrap HS2 north of Birmingham in favour of transport improvements in the north of England.
Sunak dodges questions on Braverman’s ‘hurricane’ rhetoric
‘Your words, not mine,’ the Prime Minister said when asked whether he was happy with the Home Secretary’s language.
Smoking plan ‘biggest public health intervention in a generation’, says Sunak
The Prime Minister outlined proposals to increase the legal smoking age annually.
West Midlands mayor: I won’t quit Tories despite ‘agonising’ HS2 cut
Andy Street said he was still hopeful a private sector consortium could revive the idea of a high-speed rail line to Manchester.
The key moments of Sunak’s HS2-cutting, ‘beauty pageant’ of a Tory conference
The Prime Minister struggled to keep his own party under control amid bleak prospects for a general election.
‘Radical’ Sunak cuts HS2, pledges A-level reforms and stubs out cigarettes
The Prime Minister promised ‘a government prepared to make long-term decisions so that we can build a brighter future’.
Sunak announces crackdown on smoking
The Prime Minister said more must be done to ‘try and stop teenagers taking up cigarettes in the first place’.
Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester because ‘facts have changed’ and costs doubled
Rishi Sunak said he would reinvest ‘every single penny’ of the £36 billion in hundreds of transport projects in the north and Midlands.