Week 25, 2023

This week was full of memories, starting with Partygate investigation and ending with continuation of the story of a pupil identified as cat and Rishi Sunak's five pledges.

On Sunday, Lord Heseltine, the former deputy prime minister under John Major has called for Britain to “recreate our position at the centre of Europe” after the failure of Brexit; Rishi Sunak mocked trans women in leaked video footage; Prince William pledged to 'end homelessness' and announces plans to build social housing on own private estate the Duchy of Cornwall; and the Tories face the threat of new Partygate police probe. Learn more here.

On Monday, 'a dancing woman’ revealed to be aide to a Tory shortlisted to become his party’s London mayoral candidate; school leaders’ union opened national strike ballot for first time in its history; and one of Britain's top judges called for a tough clampdown on illegal Channel crossings. Learn more here.

On Tuesday, Jacob Rees-Mogg got under fire for backing anti-abortion misinformation; Britain's FBI has a ‘toxic male culture’ where sexism and bad behaviour may be ‘brushed under the carpet’ and top officers escape sanction; a British guy has won £55million jackpot in the EuroMillions draw; Gen Sir Tim Radford warned that Britain is only “just holding on” to its influence in Nato because its Army is too small. Learn more here.

On Wednesday, the Sky News reported that stubbornly high inflation increases pressure for interest rate hike; a study has found that British children who grew up during the years of austerity are shorter than their peers in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania; David Cameron’s wife Samantha “convinced” him to press ahead with legalising same-sex marriage; Immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie accused the Home Office of institutional racism over ‘inefficient’ Windrush scheme. Learn more here.

On Thursday, we've known that 1.2 million UK Households Insolvent This Year as a Direct Result of Higher Mortgage Repayments; British Heart Foundation claimed that Britain has seen an extra 100,000 heart attack and stroke deaths since the pandemic; Bank of England could spring interest rate ‘jumbo hike’ today amid wage-price spiral fears. Learn more here.

On Friday, Brits were choosing their favourite holiday destination in Britain; the Sky News reported that junior doctors in England will strike for five days from 13 July in what is thought to be longest single period of industrial action in history of NHS; Sunak’s five pledges laid to waste as most Brits say he’s doing a ‘bad job’ – especially on inflation. Learn more here.

On Saturday, Rye College has denied allegations that a pupil self-identified as a cat as the education secretary started an investigation into the claims; Brits learned that SNP will use general election to negotiate independence; and the Green Party occurred to be politicians who oppose solar farms. Learn more here.

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