All news on the topic: Pat McFadden

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UK government to tighten hospitality rules following donations controversy
Britain’s government will close a loophole that meant ministers did not have to declare hospitality they had received, cabinet office minister Pat McFadden said on Sunday when pressed again to explain the use of donations for clothing and gifts.
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Boris Johnson pals tell Rishi Sunak 'it's over' as 9 more Tory MPs could defect
Supporters of Boris Johnson have launched a fresh bid to oust Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after MP Lee Anderson joined Reform UK, the party founded by Nigel Farage
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Two out of three Brits demand an election by summer after 14 years of Tory rule
In a brutal verdict on the Tories' record in office, a majority also believe life has got worse in Britain since 2010, including among more than half of those who voted Conservative in 2019
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Fund set up by top Tories is huge investor in firm behind Sunak family fortune
Somerset Capital Management LLP, founded by the Business Minister Lord Johnson, owns a £105m stake in Infosys, the Indian IT firm started by Rishi Sunak's father in law, the Sunday Mirror can reveal
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Rishi Sunak claims David Cameron will deliver 'change' after 13 years of Tories
Downing Street said Rishi Sunak's new Cabinet will be 'focused on delivering the change the country needs' as he appointed David Cameron to a top job as Foreign Secretary
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Gove and Rees-Mogg's seats at risk if Labour repeat by-election drubbing
New analysis of how the mammoth swing to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth might affect a nationwide poll found the Tories would be down to as few as 50 seats in the Commons
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Rishi Sunak tries to 'fool Britain' with conference speech plea to stay in power
Rishi Sunak bizarrely claimed that after 13 years of Tory rule voters will be choosing change if they back him at the election during his first conference speech as Conservative leader
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Sunak will moan about UK's problems after 13 years of Tory rule in major speech
The PM will use his first conference speech as leader to complain the Westminster system isn't working and try to shift blame onto Labour - despite 13 years of Conservative rule
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PM claims an election is 'not what anybody wants' - despite polls showing it is
The next general election has to be held by the end of January 2025 but last month a survey by YouGov found almost 50% of the public want one by spring next year
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Giant billboard poster featuring Sunak in Liz Truss' pocket axed after tip-off
The Labour Party booked the advert for a huge digital billboard on Manchester’s Axis Tower skyscraper to overlook the Tory conference venue but it was canned after word got out
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Fears over public service cuts as Tories fail to offer extra cash for wage hikes
Teachers, troops, prison officers, police, junior doctors and consultants are being offered pay rises - but critics warned that failing to fully fund the wage increases would mean cuts elsewhere
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Truss blamed for £150-a-week rise in mortgage bills after disastrous mini-Budget
People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1.49% charged two years earlier - and Labour is blaming former PM Liz Truss
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PM spends £260,000 of taxpayer cash on bash to woo business after economic chaos
Labour accused the Conservatives of using money from the public purse to 'paper over the cracks of their 13 years of economic failure with meaningless photo opportunities'
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Ministers expected to raise state pension age weeks after tax handout to richest
Longstanding MPs and Ministers - including Jeremy Hunt - stand to benefit from the Chancellor's huge handout to the richest, while the low paid are expected to have to work for longer before claiming a state pension
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Officials 'must count cost' of climate inaction to prevent 'drastic' debt rise
Ahead of the Budget, Pat McFadden, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury has called for officials to routinely publish data on the financial impact of failing to take action to hit net zero targets
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Tory doesn't know about Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs as he was busy 'shopping'
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly's claim was branded a 'dog ate my homework excuse' by critics as questions mount for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and under-fire Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi