Tag: Esther McVey
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What the papers say – March 18
[ad_1] The Times follows suit with Mr Sunak saying Britain is about to bounce back. Both papers are also among several titles to carry a picture of Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as she voted in the country’s election in Berlin by writing her late husband’s name on the ballot paper.…
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BBC Radio Audience Bursts Out Laughing After Esther McVey Says Sunak Has ‘Turned Economy Round’
[ad_1] A Tory minister was openly laughed at after she claimed Rishi Sunak has “turned the economy round”. Appearing on BBC Radio 4′s ‘Any Questions’ programme on Friday night, McVey said Tory MPs must rally round the prime minister despite the party’s latest humiliating by-election defeats. She said: “People need to now get behind Rishi…
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Government to review ministers’ severance payouts but rejects immediate reform
[ad_1] Conservative former minister Richard Fuller suggested abolishing the severance payments altogether, saying: “When people are struggling, it is galling that people who already earn £80,000-a-year salary for being a Member of Parliament, and then earn more on top of that for ministerial duties, are then given another payment when, for whatever reason … they…
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Arise Sir Alan Bates? Minister says Post Office scandal campaigner should be knighted
[ad_1] Esther McVey, who is known as the ‘Minister for Common Sense’, said he should be given the honour ‘as soon as possible’ [ad_2] Source link
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Cameron to return to the Cabinet table as Sunak meets with his new-look team
[ad_1] The Prime Minister has angered the Tory right by shifting his team to the centre and bringing back the former party leader. [ad_2] Source link
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Ofcom chairman: Our job is not to stop broadcasters from employing politicians
[ad_1] Sir Jacob’s show is under investigation for allegedly twice breaching the “politicians as presenters” rule which means “no politician may be used as a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified”. [ad_2] Source link