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Oct 1, 2018 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Defence secretary says “we have to think much more radically about how we do procurement” in defence.
Points to product development in the automotive sector as example of better practice and asks: “How do we start brining the cost of military tech down?”. #cpc2018 Image
Williamson: "UK's confidence was knocked by the conflicts in the Iraq & Afghanistan... we became too timid". But troop uplift to Kabul & strikes on Syria is "us rediscovering that intervention, when it is thought through, when it is properly considered, is the right thing to do"
Defence secretary jokes that his RAF brother & Royal Navy brother-in-law are constantly lobbying him about their services, so much so that General Sir Nick carter "is at the moment trying to get someone from the army to marry into my family, so there’s an army perspective"

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Oct 4, 2022
🚨 Give me until end of 2023 before you judge me, Liz Truss tells public

Asked for deadline by which voters can judge her programme, PM tells @TimesRadio her priorities are helping Britons through this winter and getting economy moving. ‘I’d expect that to happen during 2023.’ Image
PM distances herself from Chx’s hint of more to come re tax cuts

Does she agree with Andrew Griffith that she’d like to cut inheritance tax?

‘We have been clear about our tax plans - keeping corp tax low & reversing the NI increase… We have no more plans on that front.’
Truss insists no cuts to frontline services

Do you stand by your July vow ‘I’m not planning public spending reductions’?

PM: ‘I do… There will be some… projects the govt is doing that we don’t think should go ahead. What I’m not talking about is reducing frontline services.’
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Apr 8, 2022
NEW: Boris Johnson accused of 'breaking promise' to protect Troubles veterans from vexatious prosecutions.

Tory MPs fear safeguard proposals will be shelved, after legislation pledged in last Queen's Speech failed to materialise.

thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
100+ veterans of Northern Ireland fear investigation, say MPs.

Tories are angry at failure to act, after Johnson made personal vow to end 'unfair' prosecutions in 2019 leadership bid.

A promise to 'give veterans the protections they deserve' was then included in Tory manifesto
Iain Duncan Smith, chair of Veterans Support Group, says situ is causing misery to veterans 'on the verge of death'.

He adds: 'We’ve abandoned them & it’s appalling - we need to sort it out... It’s now two years since the election. It is a broken promise'
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Mar 7, 2022
Exc: Ministers have raised concerns about Ireland’s open-door policy to Ukrainian refugees, arguing it creates UK security risk.

Dublin joined EU-wide scheme welcoming refugees for 3 years, via which Ukrainians can travel to UK (Common Travel Area) without biometric checks

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Govt source: “Ireland has basically opened the door to everyone in Ukraine, which creates a problem due to the CTA.

“We've seen before with migrants from Albania that they hv come through Dublin, into Belfast & across to the mainland to L'pool. That's created a drug cartel route
Source adds: “It's the Home Office that will get the blame if in three or fives’ years time there are problems with those who come. That’s why the security checks have to be done carefully now.”

Ireland has said it expects to welcome more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
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Mar 3, 2022
Exc: Ukraine war has curbed PM's ability to trigger Article 16 before Stormont elections in May, Govt sources tell @Telegraph.

Johnson is now “unlikely” to deploy the safeguard mechanism this side of the ballot

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telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…
Invasion has reduced both ministerial bandwidth & appetite for major political row with EU before purdah starts on March 26

Gvt source says momentum had been growing for "narrow" triggering of A16 on food, as "v difficult for the EU to argue against without looking unreasonable"
Senior Govt source says: “Before the Ukraine war, it was more likely that we could have triggered Article 16 before purdah kicks in. But now it's looking pretty uncertain.

"The whole of Govt is entirely focused on the Ukraine war, there's very little ministerial capacity"
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Dec 23, 2021
Excl: A senior British banker is set to become NHS England's chairman.

Richard Meddings, ex-chair of TSB Bank & non-exec director of Treasury, is Govt’s preferred candidate.

Whitehall source says he'll bring an "outsider's eye" to NHS & help make health service more accountable
It's understood Sajid Javid was personally impressed with Meddings during selection process.

A heavyweight from private sector had been sought for the position to help deliver NHS reform.

Health & Social Care select cmtte will now assess suitability of appointment.
A Whitehall Source told @Telegraph that Meddings “has unrivalled business experience and will bring an outsiders eye to the NHS.

“We can’t have business as usual when it comes to the Health service - reform is needed to deliver an NHS that serves patients for years to come.”
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Oct 27, 2021
Chancellor insists the Budget “does not draw any lines under Covid - we have challenging months ahead”.

He adds, however, that it is “does begin the work of preparing for an economy post-Covid”.
Chancellor draws attention to inflationary pressures right at the start of Budget.

Inflation is currently 3.1%, set to rise to 4% next year, with increase caused by supply chain issues & energy prices that “will take months to ease”.

Govt is “ready & willing to act”, says Sunak
Economy growth forecast has been raised from 4% to 6.5% this year, Sunak reveals.

OBR growth estimates -
2022: 6%
2023: 2.1%
2024: 1.3%
2025: 1.6%

Scarring forecast from Covid reduced downwards from 3% to 2%.
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