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Michael Gove said that “boring is back” during a speech in central London after returning to the cabinet yesterday to his former job as levelling up secretary.
The former journalist told London Press Club Awards attendees that he believed Rishi Sunak as prime minister would end months of instability.
Mr Gove said he was “grateful” that Mr Sunak on Tuesday stressed “that after 12 months of turbulence, after a rolling news buffet, an all-you-can eat story extravaganza, that boring is back”.
He joked that he would apologise to the media for the government’s “utter determination to try to be as dull as possible”.
But it comes amid a row over Mr Sunak reinstalling Suella Braverman as home secretary just six days after she resigned over a security breach when Liz Truss was PM.
During PMQs, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer suggested Ms Braverman and Mr Sunak had struck a “grubby deal” to enable them to take office.
Also the Commons, Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin suggested that it would “not be proper” to probe “events in the last administration”.
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1666810518LGBT fans should be ‘respectful’ of Qatar during World Cup, UK foreign secretary says
The Foreign Secretary has been criticised for saying LGBT football fans should be “respectful” during the World Cup.
James Cleverly said visitors to host country Qatar should show “a little bit of flex and compromise” and to “respect the culture of your host nation”.
Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and can be punished by imprisonment or even death under the country’s criminal code.
The Tory politician’s comments were branded “abhorrent” and “shockingly tone deaf” by opposition parties, who said the government should be challenging football authorities over the selection of the country to host the tournament.
“I have spoken to the Qatari authorities in the past about gay football fans going to watch the World Cup and how they will treat our fans and international fans,” Mr Clevely told LBC radio.
Qatar 2022: James Cleverly asks fans to ‘be respectful’ and ‘make compromises’ at World Cup
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It was ‘mistake’ to back Truss, says Sajid Javid
Former Chancellor Sajid Javid said he made a “mistake” in backing Liz Truss for the Tory leadership.
“In hindsight I made a mistake, I think many of us did,” he told LBC’s Tonight with Andrew Marr programme – adding that Ms Truss “didn’t show any respect” for the country’s “key economic institutions”.
Mr Javid also commented on reports that Ms Truss and her sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng were no longer speaking saying, “If that is the case… I hope they can get back together one day and become friends again.”
Reflecting on his own relationship with Boris Johnson, after calling on him to quit in early July, Mr Javid said he still thinks of the former PM as a friend but that “you can understand why he might take a different point of view”.
Sam Rkaina26 October 2022 19:48
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Rail minister loses job but says he’s ‘rooting’ for Rishi Sunak
Kevin Foster is no longer rail minister as Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle continues.
In a letter to the prime minister, the MP for Torbay wrote: “I write following our phone call earlier and whilst disappointing to not be carrying on in a post I enjoyed, it is right you are able to bring a new team into Government as you take this nation forward.”
He added: “As prime minister your success will be our nation success. I will be rooting for you!!
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 19:00
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Sir Keir Starmer meets Bill Gates in his parliamentary office
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer met tech billionaire Bill Gates in Parliament today where they discussed climate change and global health.
Mr Gates, whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the largest philanthropic bodies of its kind, led a global funding drive in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sir Keir Starmer (right) meets Bill Gates in his parliamentary office
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A Labour spokesperson said: “Keir Starmer was pleased to meet with Bill Gates today and discuss a number of issues of mutual concern including how the UK best supports global health and equitable development, and how we use the goal of net zero to invest in science and technology to deliver the jobs and growth of the future.”
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 18:43
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Independent’s petition for general election almost hits 450k
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 18:20
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Rishi Sunak hosts guests at Downing Street function
Rishi Sunak is hosting guests at Downing Street at a function also attended by some of his newly-appointed ministers.
Pictures show attendees dressed and suited up to join the new PM at Number 10.
Ministers that were present include deputy PM Dominic Raab, minister without portfolio Nadhim Zahawi, and foreign secretary James Cleverly.
Deputy PM and justice secretary Dominic Raab posing with a guest
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Saida Muna Tasnee, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK arrives at No10
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Military men rocking up to Downing Street
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Nadhim Zahawi also attended
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Foreign secretary James Cleverly arriving at Downing Street
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Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 18:00
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Inspector tells MPs he was ‘speechless’ by Kent migrant facility
A watchdog said he was left “speechless” by the “pretty wretched” conditions at a migrant processing centre in Kent.
Chief inspector of borders and immigration David Neal told MPs that he wrote to the home secretary about his concerns over the conditions at the Ministry of Defence’s former site in Manston.
Migrants are meant to be held at the short-term holding facility, which opened in January, for 24 hours while they undergo checks before being moved into immigration detention centres or asylum accommodation – currently hotels.
It was originally meant to hold between 1,000 and 1,600 people but Mr Neal said there were 2,800 people at the site when he visited on Monday, with more due to arrive.
The site in Manston, Kent
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The lack of officers and guards to match the number of people was “sufficiently alarming” he told the Commons Home Affairs Committee, adding: “When I discovered that I was frankly speechless and I’m not someone who is normally speechless.”
Mr Neal said: “I spoke to an Afghan family who had been in a marquee for 32 days. So that’s in a marquee … with a kit mats on the floor, with blankets, for 32 days.”
“It’s a really dangerous situation. It’s failing to address vulnerability … There are risks there in terms of fire, in terms of disorder, in terms of medical and infection,” he also said.
Mr Neal said there was a “creeping lack of ambition from the Home Office” over Manston.
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 17:40
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Alec Shelbrooke loses job as minister for defence procurement
Junior defence minister Alec Shelbrooke is returning to the backbenches, he tweeted.
The minister for defence procurement said he will continue to represent his constituency of Elmet & Rothwell.
It comes after Boris Johnson’s ally Sir James Duddridge lost his job as trade minister as Rishi Sunak continued his reshuffle.
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 17:20
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Backer of Boris Johnson loses international trade minister job
Boris Johnson’s ally Sir James Duddridge lost his job as trade minister.
It appears that PM Rishi Sunak is continuing his reshuffle of ministers.
Sir James, MP for Rochford and Southend East, tweeted: “I am disappointed to be asked to leave my role as Minister for International Trade. Now is the time for us all to come together as a party.
“As I return to the back benches, I will be giving the Prime Minister my full support.”
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 17:01
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Braverman’s ‘disregard for ethics hangover from Johnson days’
Wera Hobhouse said Suella Braverman should do more than apologise for breaking the ministerial code and that there should be an inquiry into her breach of security.
During an urgent question in the Commons, the Liberal Democrat MP criticised Ms Braverman’s reappointment as home secretary six days after resigning over the breach.
In response to Ms Hobhouse, Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said an apology was the appropriate response in this case and that Ms Braverman’s reappointment was totally justifiable.
In a statement, Ms Hobhouse wrote: “Suella Braverman’s apology is not enough. Breaking something as important to our standards in public life as the Ministerial Code requires a stronger sanction than a half-hearted apology and a week-long hiatus from the job.
“This disregard for ethics and any level of decency is a hangover from the Johnson days and the Conservative party simply cannot shake the rotten culture that he embedded.
“Rishi Sunak has said that it is his intention to finally reappoint an ethics advisor, my only hope is that he does so quickly because attitudes to public office as improper as this cannot be allowed to fester. What is needed is an inquiry.”
Lamiat Sabin26 October 2022 16:41
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