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Tory MPs urge ministers to curb European judges’ influence on UK migrant policy

The Home Secretary faced calls from her backbench colleagues to ensure the Illegal Migration Bill seeks to curb the influence of the ECHR.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Human beings are driven solely by their own self-interest — deal with it

I couldn’t go to bed. Someone was arguing in bad faith on the internet. The subject that pushed me over the edge and into insomnia was, of all things, the establishment of a football regulator.

Evening Standard

PM faces Tory Brexiteer fury on Northern Ireland deal as Starmer offers helping hand

A TORY rebellion is brewing over changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol – with Labour offering support to the Prime Minister if Conservative…

The National (Scotland)

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Cleverly in crunch talks with EU in big push for Northern Ireland Protocol deal

Downing Street says no ‘final deal’ has been struck as ‘intensive work’ continues.

The Independent UK

Tories in new warning to Sunak over Brexit deal with Brussels

Senior Conservatives said any deal which does not lead to a return of powersharing in Northern Ireland will be ‘completely disastrous’.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs defend former minister Green after rejection as election candidate

Damian Green failed to win selection for the new Weald of Kent constituency.

The Independent UK

Government to hold new talks with EU on NI protocol ‘in coming days’, says foreign secretary – as it happened

James Cleverly’s comments come after No 10 said ‘no deal has been done as yet’

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Truss allies’ calls for sweeping tax cuts fuel further Tory infighting

Some MPs accuse former prime minister of damaging party with her comeback weeks before budget

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss seems keen to make comeback, but is anyone else on board?

Former PM not trying to keep a low profile, but former allies have their own ambitions and few would risk a return

The Guardian - UK

A hole in Tory finances shows the party’s fortunes getting worse

LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s U.K. Conservatives face a grim funding outlook with a 25 million pound ($30 million) shortfall less than two years before the next election.

Tribune News Service

Strong support for green steel deal as Humber revealed as Net Zero hot spot

Humber on the list and biggest employer heard by key figures as help called for with decarbonisation

Birmingham Post

German wins Cadel's race in sprint finish

German rider Marius Mayrhofer was the surprise winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, taking out the sprint finish.

AAP

Tory slammed over 'disgusting' claim food bank users waste cash on booze and TV

Conservative MP Lee Anderson claimed there was a 'whole industry' behind food banks leaving people reliant on help - but Lib Dems said it was a 'direct result of industrial scale neglect' by the Tories

Daily Mirror

Tory MP uses junior staff member to make point about pay and it goes badly wrong

Lee Anderson's comments have been reported to Commons authorities

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Nottingham Post

Criticism as Nottinghamshire MP Lee Anderson uses staff member in nurses foodbank argument

The term 'Poor Katy' trended on Twitter

Daily Mirror

'Bad taste' Tory MP blasted for using own staff to back up food bank claim

Lee Anderson, who has previously claimed people can cook meals from scratch for 30p, posted a picture of one of his staff members, claiming she earns less than £30,000 but can afford to live in central London and go on foreign holidays

Daily Mirror

'Simon Clarke's insulting nurses comments prove Tories don't value NHS and its staff'

Today Simon Clarke, who served as a Cabinet Minister when Liz Truss was Prime Minister, had the gall to tell nurses relying on foodbanks they needed to 'budget better and take responsibility'

Daily Mirror

'Disgusting' rich Tory MP accuses nurses using foodbanks of 'not budgeting properly'

Tory Simon Clarke accused NHS workers of not managing their shrinking personal budgets properly. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who earns £84,000 a year as an MP, sparked fury with his comments

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Wales Online

Ex-minister questions why nurses on ‘average’ £35,000 salary need food banks

Tory MP Simon Clarke says people earning that sum must have an issue with budgeting

Evening Standard

Ex-Cabinet minister’s comments over nurses using food banks branded ‘heartless’

Simon Clarke, Liz Truss’s levelling up secretary, said in a radio interview the debate over nurses’ pay has ‘got way out of hand’

Daily Mirror

'Out of touch' Tory MP says nurses using food banks should 'budget better'

The comment was made by former levelling up secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke as thousands of nurses walk out in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions

Wales Online

Top Tory defends not paying NHS workers more by saying he could be earning £400,000

The former Cabinet minister took part in an online debate on Facebook and told one user that he could be earning £400,000 in the private sector. He used this as an argument against paying NHS workers more.

Daily Mirror

Top Tory boasts he could earn £400k as he defends not paying NHS workers more

Simon Clarke, who earns more than £84,000 as an MP, boasted his salary would be much higher in the private sector while arguing that the Government does 'not get the credit' it deserves on NHS pay

Evening Standard

Rishi vs the rebels: can Sunak unite the Tory party?

With growing Tory unrest on everything from energy to housing, does the PM have the strength and backing to stare down his backbenchers? Anne McElvoy reports

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak bows to pressure from Tory backbenchers to allow new onshore wind

Under the proposals, planning permission would be dependent on demonstrating local support

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