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...Former defence secretary Ben Wallace said: “There’s no substitute for a core funding increase that leads towards 3 per cent in 2030 and 2.5 per cent as soon as possible....
...Later, an adviser mentions that neither he nor Johnson knew which side of the referendum he’d back 15 minutes before he announced his decision to support Leave....
...“We’ve now 86’d McConnell, McCarthy McDaniel....
...Eleven minutes before my lunch with Nadine Dorries is due to begin, it is cancelled. The message comes by phone....
...Probably what it’s like living inside Gregg Wallace’s head....
...“We thought it’d be cute and little, and within a few weeks we realised the error of our ways,” says manager Hannah Wallace, 37. Seven staff became 30 and the shop doubled in size....
...“I sometimes think I’d just like to go and do things I love, like Formula One or horseracing — just do something completely different,” he added....
...We hear, for instance, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg and former defence secretary Ben Wallace speak lucidly about the delicate balance between supporting Ukraine and fuelling Putin’s narrative...
...I’d go so far as to say it’s more chaotic than it was when Boris Johnson was there and that’s saying something,” the former minister added....
...Sesto Quatrini conducts at sprightly speeds. ★★★★☆ ‘L’elisir d’amore’ to October 10, roh.org.uk...
...It feels like something I’d really wanna live with, if I could. The place that means a lot to me is Paris....
...After I’d had enough of McAllister’s diktats, I dived into To Marry an English Lord (1989) by Gail MacColl and Carol McD Wallace, which partly inspired Fellowes’ previous series, Downton Abbey....
...Nadine Dorries’ constituents ‘not properly represented’ | Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari during a phone-in, Rishi Sunak said Nadine Dorries’ constituents were “not being properly represented”....
...ECB board member Elizabeth McCaul speaks on distributed ledger technology at a Banca d’Italia roundtable on sustainability in Frankfurt....
...Elliott Dennahy says he felt like he’d won the lottery when he moved into his central London flat alongside the river Thames in 2015....
...“I’d continually get an itch to create less formal paintings. It became more about the rooms than the people.” For the Dickinson trio, these homes are united by a tangible comfort....
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...“It’s a scandal — if we’d known this, the economic narrative would have been different,” said one minister....
...,” Wallace said....
...If it is a boyfriend, husband or partner they’d need to be quite informed,” laughs Bongiasca....
...We’d have thought some of those companies might have had bigger pay increases.” The FT research covered pay rises offered to workers after April, when the cost of living crisis intensified....
...On one occasion I waited outside Harrods for 20 minutes so that George, a 21-year-old spotter, could use the bathroom, only to discover he’d given me the slip and headed out of another exit....
...“I’d also like to personally thank Christian for his leadership and commitment over the last six years and for the significant contributions he and his team have made to our sustainable performance through...
...“Really D-Day is next year when some of these utility contracts come up for grabs.” The two big funeral providers in the UK are also showing signs of strain....
...Someone close to Rishi Sunak said that the resignation was less Geoffrey Howe and more Nadine Dorries, which I thought summed it up....
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