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...Jim Pickard is the FT’s deputy political editor This piece was amended since publication to reflect that Gary Lubner moved to the UK 35 years ago....
...Hollinrake told MPs on Monday evening that retired judge Sir Gary Hickinbottom would chair an independent panel to assess compensation claims brought by sub-postmasters with overturned convictions where...
...The crunch vote followed a day of high drama in Westminster that laid bare the scale of division in the Conservative party and served as a portent of the trouble looming for Downing Street in the new year...
...Additional contributions from Gary Jones and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...I caught up with Sir Gary Streeter, a Tory MP whom I first met when he was elected in 1992 and I was working on the Western Morning News. He epitomises mainstream Tory backbench sentiment....
...He said there had been no “pandering” to any political party amid accusations from Labour that BBC executives bowed to pressure from Downing Street and ministers over Lineker’s remarks....
...“Editors [are increasingly] looking to pre-empt the inevitable Downing Street complaints,” one insider said....
...“In the last few years, we have become much more worried about criticism from Downing Street,” one senior news producer said....
...Downing Street on Monday said: “We don’t tell private companies how to set their own wages. It is for shareholders to hold these companies to account....
...“Our relationship is not about being happy, we have a constructive relationship, at times there are disagreements but that is healthy,” said Gary Smith, general secretary of the GMB....
...to help Keir Starmer get to Downing Street....
...Here is the rest of the day’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news Boris Johnson makes way for Liz Truss Boris Johnson gave an unapologetic speech outside 10 Downing Street this morning, before...
...Sir Gary Streeter, who has been a Tory MP for 30 years, believes there are three words that explain why this isn’t a rerun of the 1997 election. “Sir. Keir Starmer.”...
...Gary Lineker, the BBC’s football presenter, tweeted that politics should be taken out of the appointments process. “The BBC chairman should not be selected by the government of the day....
...Sir Gary Streeter, a longstanding Tory MP, said simply: “He is finished in politics full stop.”...
...In a brief statement outside Downing Street she said she had notified King Charles she was standing down as Conservative leader so that a new party leader and prime minister could be chosen next week....
...In particular, we focus on three so-called megadonors who are giving £5bn each — that’s Dale Vince, Gary Lubner and David Sainsbury....
...Liz Truss vows Britain will ride out ‘the storm’ Liz Truss dodged torrential rain outside Downing Street to say she would create an “aspiration nation” in her first speech as prime minister....
...Sir Gary Streeter, a Conservative MP in Sir John Major’s government from 1992-97, said there was not yet “the stench of decay” around the Sunak administration that accompanied Major’s time in office....
...Lauren Indvik is the FT’s fashion editor This article has been amended to correct the spelling of Gary Pyper’s name....
...Because the prime minister was standing at a lectern in Downing Street with a slogan underneath saying “Stop the boats.” Downing Street clarified that he meant he was gonna stop all of the boats....
...The minister at the despatch box was told, mistakenly, by Downing Street to say that it was not.”...
...Gary Streeter, a Tory MP first elected in 1992, said Sunak would take a lot of the bitterness out of the party’s politics....
...Yet Gary Smith, general secretary of the GMB, the biggest industrial union, said the number of workplaces voting for strikes reflected a broader mood of anger....
...“I think it’s much more radical than people give him credit for,” says Gary Smith, general secretary of the GMB union, a major donor to Labour....
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