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Arise Sir Alan Bates? Post Office scandal campaigner should receive knighthood, says Cabinet minister

Esther McVey, who is known as the 'Minister for Common Sense', said he should be given the honour 'as soon as possible'

Evening Standard

Who is Esther McVey? MP returns to represent Tory right at Cabinet table

The MP for Tatton is pledging to back civil servants and look into how public cash is being wasted

Evening Standard

Former health minister says Michelle Mone wasn’t honest with him about her PPE Medpro involvement – as it happened

Lord Bethell during Covid posts screengrab he says challenges ex-Tory peer’s claim she told people in government about her links with PPE Medpro

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‘Minister for Common Sense’ to ‘look carefully’ at use of equality and diversity consultants

Esther McVey takes aim at ‘wasteful’ public spending on diversity consultants as she reveals her brief

The Independent UK

David Cameron under pressure to reveal where personal fortune is invested

Latest register of ministerial interests revealed foreign secretary’s wealth is managed by a blind trust

The Guardian - UK

Worst of Westminster: Even King Charles thinks Rishi Sunak's lost his marbles

RISHI Sunak generated days of cringe-inducing headlines this week by throwing his toys out the pram in a row with his Greek counterpart over the…

The National (Scotland)

Audience erupts into laughter at Esther McVey's defence of 'common sense' role

A QUESTION Time audience erupted into laughter as Esther McVey defended the role of minister for common sense on Thursday night.

The National (Scotland)

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Esther McVey: I’m committed to delivering common sense decisions

The minister without portfolio fielded questions from Labour MPs about her role.

The Independent UK

First he was the change PM. Then came the king’s speech. Now a spectacular reshuffle. Can Rishi’s endless resets ever work?

Is the Tory PM’s latest gamble, to bring back David Cameron as foreign secretary, a stroke of genius or the last desperate gamble of a drowning man?

The Guardian - UK

'It makes me furious!': David Tennant releases anger at Tories in live rant

DAVID Tennant has released his anger at the recent Conservative reshuffle live, calling the move a way to keep the country "asleep".

The National (Scotland)

Why Marie-Louise Eta deserves her historic moment at Union Berlin

In today’s Football Daily: Club hires qualified and experienced assistant coach, and Cray Valley (Paper Mills) go paperless

The Guardian - UK

Please stop giving nihilists a bad name

The Guardian - UK

‘Now, where was I?’ Lord Big Dave dusts off old contacts book to return to top table

David Cameron plays catchup with foreign affairs, old and new colleagues … and his place setting

The Guardian - UK

What will Esther McVey bring to cabinet as the ‘commonsense tsar’?

The GB News presenter could give a voice to the Tory right with her stance on LGBT education, diversity training and the ban on petrol and diesel cars

The Guardian - UK

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Tory chair defends GB News host's role as 'minister for common sense'

GB News host and Tory MP Esther McVey has been given the unofficial title of “minister for common sense” after Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle ...

The Independent UK

‘Common sense minister’ McVey returns to represent Tory right at Cabinet table

Esther McVey is expected to tackle ‘woke’ issues in Whitehall and could push for a cull of Civil Service diversity officers.

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman says Rishi Sunak broke secret promises he made to win her support and accuses him of betrayal – as it happened

Former home secretary tells PM he broke promises he made to gain her support during party leadership contest

The Independent UK

David Cameron in shock return as Sunak sacks Braverman in right-wing cull

Sunak risks civil war as he finally fires Braverman and shocks MPs with a sensational recall for ex-PM David Cameron – while ex-home secretary’s furious allies plot their revenge

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak seeks to appease Tory right by giving Esther McVey ministerial role

GB News presenter appointed Cabinet Office minister, reportedly to lead government’s anti-woke agenda

The Independent UK

Ofcom chairman: Our job is not to stop broadcasters from employing politicians

Lord Grade said rules around impartiality, fairness, accuracy are the same for GB News as other broadcasters.

The Guardian - UK

In adopting suffragettes as role models, Just Stop Oil is painting itself into a corner

Attacking Diego Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus failed to achieve votes for women in 1914, so why do it again?

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox expects GB News to sack him and Dan Wootton as he finally apologises to journalist

Right-wing commentator still seeks to justify rant he admits was demeaning – as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent UK

Odd for Tory colleagues to be ‘swanning off’ to host GB News shows, says MP

Commons Women and Equalities Committee chair Caroline Nokes criticised her Conservative colleagues.

The Independent UK

Frazer defends Tory MPs who host GB News shows after ‘unacceptable’ comments

The Culture Secretary dodged a question over whether Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson should consider axing his £100,000-a-year show amid the row.

The Independent UK

Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’

PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’

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