Elevenses: New Term, Same Tories
From the newsletter: Westminster's new battle-lines have been drawn - and they look awfully familiar.
Tag: Rishi Sunak
Sunak granted planning permission for swimming pool, gym and tennis court
"Exciting news from the man who’s about to remove £20 a week from some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country," David Schneider said.
Sunak adds swimming pool to country mansion while cutting your benefits
The chancellor has defied MPs to cut six million people’s Universal Credit allowance by £20 a week.
Peter Stefanovic challenges Rishi Sunak’s claim about nurses, police and hospitals
"The government’s levelling up agenda is based on the premise the entire country has suffered some type of collective amnesia," he said.
Elevenses: Rish-ky Business
From the newsletter: The chancellor thinks young people ought to get back to the office. Is he right?
Sunak urges young people to office… but just 25% of civil servants are back in Whitehall
The chancellor said going to the office is "really beneficial" for young people's careers.
Sunak’s stamp duty cut did more harm than good, economists say
Any saving for buyers was mostly subsumed by a spike in house prices, experts said.
Treasury mandarins handed pay rises and bonuses at peak of pandemic
Top Treasury civil servants were handed 30 per cent pay rises while Rishi Sunak froze public sector pay.
NHS app won’t be tweaked despite ‘pingdemic’ battering businesses
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, are among the hundreds of thousands of people currently self-isolating.