The former fitness secretary says he’s on screen so he can “go where other people are, not the ivory towers of Westminster. “
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Matt Hancock insisted he “didn’t lose his temper” as he headed to Australia to sign up for I’m a Celebrity. . . Get me out of here! amid a lot of criticism.
The West Suffolk MP said his “first priority” was his constituents as he travelled more than 10,000 miles to register for the ITV programme, which starts on Sunday.
The former fitness secretary, who was suspended from the party, defended his resolve in a Sun article, saying he was on screen so he could “go where other people are, not sit in the ivory towers of Westminster. “
Meanwhile, Conservative MP Tim Loughton called him an “absolute jerk,” while Mr Hancock questions whether he broke the rules by applying for leave for work taken within two years of his departure.
Earlier, opposition MPs sought out the prime minister with SNP MP Pete Wishart saying: “It says a lot that Matt Hancock would be stuck in a remote jungle eating kangaroo testicles than spending another time in the Conservative banks in Westminster, as Rishi Sunak’s government is doing. “reeling from one crisis to the next.
A global fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria patients has collapsed after the Foreign Office broke its promise to make a major donation.
In September, ministers pledged to make an allocation “in the coming weeks” (after initially failing to deliver cash), but now failed to meet the final deadline for cash.
That means the fund, which said it has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, was left “in the dark” of its available resources before making key decisions in two weeks.
Deputy political editor Rob Merrick reports:
“It sends the message that Britain’s leadership in handling the crises of our time is waning. “
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak obviously disapproved of Matt Hancock’s resolution to leave Parliament to appear on television. I’m a celebrity Get me out of here.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The Prime Minister believes that at a difficult time for the country, MPs are striving for their constituents in the House or in their constituencies.
“The public, when they elect their MPs, expect them to work hard for their electorate. “
Our political editor Andrew Woodcock reports:
MPs ‘should paint for their constituents’: PM signals disapproval of TV reservation
The Just Stop Oil campaign organization said the disruption after 32 days of protests would give the government time to “consider its day jobs in this country. “
Activists gave ministers until last Friday to respond to their calls to halt new oil and fuel licenses.
The organization has pledged to “step up” its activities if it gets a reaction so far.
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Activists gave ministers until the end of Friday to respond to their calls to halt all new oil and fuel licenses.
Embattled Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been sent back to a Labour Party financial watchdog over allegations of a breach of insider trading laws.
Ghost, the city’s minister, Tulip Siddiq, asked the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate the data breach that led to Braverman’s resignation.
Rishi Sunak has been under intense pressure since reappointing Ms. Braverman to the post six days after Liz Truss ousted her while still prime minister.
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Tulip Siddiq asked the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate the leak that led to Ms. Braverman’s resignation.
A resolution on whether to approve plans for a questionable coal mine has been delayed as ministers would want more time for the matter.
The last deadline for whether or not to grant a building permit for the coking coal mine on the outskirts of Whitehaven in Cumbria was early November.
Friends of the Earth said it was a “shame” that the government was not “seizing” the opportunity to reject the plans at a time that would have coincided with the Cop27 convention in Egypt starting next week.
The organization said it won a letter Tuesday night confirming the delay.
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The mine was supported by several Conservative MPs, but drew the ire of environmentalists.
You have the distinct impression with Matt Hancock that he is necessarily giving up his political career, which is understandable, but also incomprehensible.
That’s quite understandable in the sense that this career hasn’t recovered from its labor business; and his disorderly resignation, when Boris Johnson intended to keep him only so that he could later use him as a human shield, did not rise to Hancock’s prestige.
Even with all the unprecedented closet turnover of our current crisis, Hancock never won a call to come back to the closet, not even to the government.
As in a self-destructive have compatibility of spite Hancock flew into the jungle to make a fool of himself in I’m a Celebrity . . . Get me out of here!
But our deputy editor, Sean O’Grady, warns that he opposes this decision and says that, with honorable exceptions, live television is just a clown at dusk, unfortunately.
With a few honorable exceptions, it’s just a twilight antics, unfortunately, writes Sean O’Grady.
More than one in four young people whose parents are caregivers are growing up in poverty, according to a new TUC analysis, as unions stage a mass demonstration calling for a snap general election.
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady warned that the numbers are rising, with the 220,000 young social staff living in poverty expected to reach 300,000 until the end of this parliament if the dissolution is postponed until the last imaginable date in 2024.
The TUC said poverty is “endemic” in families headed by relatives whose jobs make them key workers.
Our political editor Andrew Woodcock reports:
TUC studies show ‘progressive’ need among frontline staff, as 28% of young people whose parents are carers grow up in poverty
Home Secretary Suella Braverman is likely to inflame the migration dispute with plans for vulnerable young refugees to undergo X-rays to determine their age.
The move comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the closet that he wanted Britain to be a “compassionate and welcoming country,” distancing himself from the Home Secretary’s questionable claim that the UK is subject to an “invasion” through asylum seekers.
While counter-terrorism police took over the investigation into the bombing of a separate immigration centre in Kent, it emerged that Mrs Braverman’s incendiary had not been erased with the number 10. And Sunak’s official spokesman declined to say whether the prime minister thought of that. adequate.
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Home Office systems ‘not sufficient’ to process asylum applications, warns Conservative MP
Rishi Sunak “accelerates, not backs” on nature-friendly agricultural reforms, conservation teams have urged.
Wildlife and Countryside Link urges the new Prime Minister to maintain and increase investment for the new Environmental Land Management Program (Olmos) and put into effect all facets of nature plans.
The call comes as the government prepares to submit proposals on long-term agricultural financing, after delivering a policy review, and a vote suggests the public thinks ministers are not supporting farmers in nature.
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Conservation teams are urging Rishi Sunak to oppose what they see as an “attack on nature” through the government in recent weeks.
Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has said Matt Hancock’s resolution to sign up for I’m a Celebrity. . . She was “naïve and brave. “
The former entered the Australian jungle as part of the screen in 2017 after stepping down as Scottish Labour leader.
Mrs Dugdale sparked outrage across the political spectrum in Scotland following the ruling, with Labour leaders contemplating disciplinary action because she did not tell the party she would be out of the country for unprofessional matters in the Parliament session.
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The Scottish ex-Labour entered the jungle in 2017 after stepping down as party leader.
Former cabinet minister Matt Hancock at BBC Broadcasting House after Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on October 16, 2022 in London, England
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