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Furious Tory MPs have demanded the government ‘bite the bullet’ and set out its strategy for easing the coronavirus lockdown as Boris Johnson targets a return to Number 10 on Monday next week. Senior Conservative MPs fear the government currently has ‘no leadership’ as they urge ministers to give businesses hope that restrictions could soon … Read more
Ministers are underestimating the public by refusing to discuss exit strategies for ending the coronavirus lockdown, senior Tory MPs have warned. The Government has set out what needs to happen before it will consider lifting the measures, but there has been no detail on how the easing of restrictions will take place. Tory backbenchers and … Read more
Tories raised £37million in big donations in the run-up to the election almost FOUR TIMES more than Labour – as parties racked up a record £113million in gifts in a single year Electoral Commission released donations figures for last three months of 2019 Tories racked up over £37m in large gifts compared to nearly £10m … Read more
For more than a decade, Kate Fall was at the heart of David Cameron’s team. As his deputy chief of staff, she was his gatekeeper — the person who sat outside his office and decided who came in and who didn’t. Now she has written the riveting inside story of her years in the nerve-centre … Read more
PM draws up mandarin ‘hit list’: Tories plan purge of senior civil servants amid concerns at heated clashes with ministers Three Whitehall permanent secretaries are now in the firing line of Number 10 Treasury’s Sir Tom Scholar is one of the mandarins at risk for frustrating Brexit Sir Philip Rutnam, who locked horns with Home … Read more