Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to hold talks with senior cabinet ministers to boost the UK’s energy security amid rising bills. The government’s announcement of an energy strategy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine is said to have been delayed due to the break-up of the cabinet over nuclear financing, land winds and the role of fracking. There are reportedly major disagreements between the prime minister, the chancellor and business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. Meanwhile, Risi Sunak has been labeled “Mr Tax” by Labor as the party accused him of “acting in his own interest” in the Spring Declaration. The chancellor is reportedly planning a new tax deduction in the city council after initially announcing a refund of 150 150 to help households with excessively high energy costs. In a scathing attack on the chancellor, Conservative MP David Davis said Mr Sunak was “making things worse” for the UK economy. “What you are seeing is a title-based Spring Statement. “My view of the Treasury Department’s economic strategy is that it does not exist,” Davis told LBC on Sunday.
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The British government is moving away from Biden’s statements about Putin
Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi has dismissed the British government from US President Joe Biden’s alleged call for regime change in Moscow, saying it was “up to the Russian people”. After meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw on Saturday, Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “butcher” and said he “could not stay in power.” “I think the Russian people are very tired of what is happening in Ukraine, this illegal invasion, the destruction of their own livelihoods, their economy is collapsing around them and I think the Russian people will decide the fate of Putin and his friends “, he added. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 March 2022 07:02 1648446312
Johnson helps Ukraine more thanks to British pressure, Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Boris Johnson is “helping more” than other leaders in the resistance against Russia thanks to pressure from the British people. The president said: “Britain is definitely on our side” and “is not carrying out a balancing act”. “The leaders of the countries react according to how their voters act. “In this case, Johnson is an example,” he told The Economist. Johnson has forged a close relationship with the Ukrainian leader, speaking to him regularly on the phone. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 March 2022 06:45 1648444596
Schools across the country will be required to provide at least 32.5 hours of teaching per week under a new government plan, said Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi. The White Paper on Schools is scheduled to be published on Monday, but the government has not allocated any new money to fund the increase in teaching hours. Most primary and secondary schools already offer 32.5 hours per week, but Mr Zahawi said there were gaps that needed to be eliminated by 2023. He confirmed that the government is sticking to plans to pay 3 percent in 2022-23, followed by another 2 percent next year – despite estimates that inflation will reach 10 percent this year. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 March 2022 06:16 1648443179
Labor calls Sunak “Mr Tax”
Labor called Chancellor Rishi Sunak “Mr Tax” and accused him of “acting in his own interest” and not that of the British. Shadow Affairs and Pensions Secretary Jon Ashworth gave the nickname to Mr Sunak, warning that retirees had “cut back on hot meals” and “given up hot showers” as they could not afford them. “Rishi Sunak certainly had more room to maneuver in this spring statement and the mini-budget, but instead of acting in the best interests of the British people, he was playing games,” Ashworth told Sky News. He added: “I do not think it is fair to put 1.3 million people in poverty because you are imposing a very serious cut in real terms on universal credit, you are imposing the biggest pension cut in 50 years.” Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 March 2022 05:52 1648442528
The prime minister will hold talks on tackling the energy crisis
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold talks with senior cabinet members in a bid to resolve disagreements over ways to boost the UK’s energy security amid growing bills. The cabinet has spit on Chancellor Risi Sunak’s spring statement, which has been widely criticized for failing to address the cost-of-living crisis. Mr Sunak is now facing pressure from Downing Street to impose sanctions on spending on new nuclear and renewable energy projects, the Guardian reported. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 March 2022 05:42 1648442326
Tory leader accuses Sunak of “making economy worse”
Senior Conservative MP David Davis has accused Chancellor Richie Sunak of “making things worse” for the British economy. He said Mr Sunak and his team at the Treasury Department had “no strategy” to deal with the rising cost of living after the chancellor’s spring statement was widely criticized. “What you are seeing is a title-based Spring Statement. “My view of the Treasury Department’s economic strategy is that it does not exist,” Davis told LBC on Sunday. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 March 2022 05:38 1648439018
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