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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arriving by plane in Hiroshima after their visit to Tokyo, ahead of the G7 Summit in Japan. Picture: Stefan Rousseau

Rishi Sunak's lifestyle setting bad example over climate change: Letters

The Prime Minister and Jeweller Emma White on a recent visit to Sunny Bank Mills.

Prime Minister praises transformation of Yorkshire mill into 'thriving' hub

Rattled: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was belittled at PMQs by Sir Keir Starmer for humiliating Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the Elgin Marbles. Mr Sunak suggested everything Rishi Sunak touches turns to something unpleasant that Home Secretary James Cleverly is accused of blurting out at last week's PMQs. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

PMQs: Rishi Sunak humiliating Greece's Prime Minister was a petulant clanger tha...

UK families are paying £605 more for their food than they did two years ago, with climate change being the main reason for the high prices, according to researchers. Picture Tony Johnson

Researchers say climate change is making food more expensive

Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs for Meta, during the AI safety summit, the first global summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence. PIC: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Absence of referendum for East Yorkshire devolution is telling - David Behrens

Ministers open pathway for departmental-style funding for all of Yorkshire

Bird Lovegod has his say

Black Friday and my quiet protest against over-consumption: Bird Lovegod

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, is said to have more scope to be generous now that inflation has rapidly fallen back

Low-paid workers see wage boost ahead of Chancellor's Autumn Statement

Rishi Sunak delivers his speech at a college in north London.

Rishi Sunak pledges tax cuts as he once again resets his premiership

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

Why Jeremy Hunt should expand tax-free health support for workers

New Conservative Chairman, Richard Holden with the party's candidate for Mayor of North Yorkshire, Keane Duncan

Tories need to 'rebuild trust' with voters, new Tory chairman says

Members of the media photograph Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron (right) and Minister for Development in the Foreign Office Andrew Mitchell arriving in Downing Street. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Data is key to improving social mobility - Justine Greening

Richard Holden, chairman of the Conservative Party, arrives in Downing Street, London, for the first meeting of the new-look Cabinet following a reshuffle on Monday. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Trust in the Tories across the North is running low - The Yorkshire Post says

Doncaster Conservative MP Nick Fletcher

Tory MP blames 'champagne sipping socialists' in latest anti-immigration rant

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron (right) and Minister for Development in the Foreign Office Andrew Mitchell arrive in Downing Street, London, for the first meeting of the new-look Cabinet following a reshuffle on Monday. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

David Cameron is the embodiment of a broken political system - Bill Carmichael

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised Kirklees Council. Photo credit: Leon Neal/PA Wire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declares Yorkshire council 'not fit for purpose'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference in Downing Street.

Rishi Sunak promises emergency legislation to get Rwanda flights off by spring

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a meeting of the new-look Cabinet following a reshuffle on Monday, at 10 Downing Street, London.

Inflation drop driven by factors outside Rishi Sunak's control: Victoria Scholar

Rishi Sunak and his new Foreign Secretary David Cameron attend a Cabinet meeting inside 10 Downing Street.

Suella Braverman hits out at Rishi Sunak ahead of pivotal Supreme Court ruling

New Home Secretary James Cleverly leaving Downing Street, London, after being appointed in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ministerial reshuffle. PIC: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Sacking of Suella Braverman was inevitable - The Yorkshire Post says
The sacking of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary was inevitable, especially so after the events of the weekend. What was not expected was the return of former Prime Minister David Cameron as Foreign Secretary.

Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary as Rishi Sunak took action following her unauthorised article criticising the way pro-Palestinian protests had been policed.
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Suella Braverman sacked as Home Secretary as Rishi Sunak begins reshuffle

Home Secretary Suella Braverman during a visit to the north eastern Greek border with Turkey in Alexandroupolis. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Suella Braverman has Rishi Sunak in a checkmate - The Yorkshire Post says

Picture by Bruce Rollinson

Northern Powerhouse Rail: 'Huge relief' as key stretch of rail network is saved

Sir Robert Goodwill MP with Rishi Sunak.

Watch: MP proclaims his constituency as the best - because it's in Yorkshire

Rishi Sunak walks with Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer through the Central Lobby at the Palace of Westminster ahead of the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords.

Labour focus on school absences in King's Speech response

King Charles III, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State, and Britain's Queen Camilla, wearing the George IV State Diadem, leave after he read the King's Speech in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament.

Rishi Sunak places tackling crime at the heart of Government agenda

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX in-conversation in central London, at the conclusion of the second day of the AI Safety Summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence. Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Wire

Impressive progress made at Rishi Sunak's AI Safety Summit: Olga Watterich

Rishi Sunak said allegations of a Tory MP committing multiple rapes are “very serious” and anyone with evidence should “talk to police”. (Photo: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak urges victims of alleged rapist Tory MP to ‘go to police’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he hosts a policing roundtable at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

King's Speech 2023: What to expect from Rishi Sunak's policies

Tech giant Elon Musk envisages a future where robots can do the work of human beings, perhaps affording hope to English cricket. Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

Time for England’s ‘Musk-eteers’ to deliver - Chris Waters

Rishi Sunak speaks during a closing press conference at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.

Rishi Sunak: Britain's role in AI will tip the balance in favour of humanity
Rishi Sunak has said Britain’s leading role in Artificial Intelligence will “tip the balance in favour of humanity” following agreements with top companies to vet their technology before it is released.

Consensus on AI safety is imperative for all nations - The Yorkshire Post says

Martin Reynolds, former principal private secretary to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Inquiry is revealing the true legacy of the Johnson government - Jayne Dowle

Beckie Hart has her say.

AI leadership should just be start of ambitions for UK economy: Beckie Hart

Maisie Mead, 12, a Poppy Appeal collector from Plymouth, holding the new plastic-free paper poppy. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

The Royal British Legion is right to move with the times - Jayne Dowle

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Bibby Stockholm barge used to house asylum seekers

'Huge challenge' over asylum cases backlog, MPs warn

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Leaders right to avoid point scoring over Israel-Gaza - The Yorkshire Post says

An ambulance outside Doncaster Royal Infirmary in Yorkshire. PIC: PA

Flaws in the way the NHS is managed need to be addressed - The YP says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to members of the public. PIC: Frank Augstein/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak has done far too little for Yorkshire - The Yorkshire Post says

Rishi Sunak arrives to take part in the final Conservative Party Hustings event at Wembley Arena, in London, on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Susannah Ireland / AFP) (Photo by SUSANNAH IRELAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis: Rishi Sunak's second year as PM cannot be a repeat of the first

The area of Catterick Garrison where a town centre is set to be created Picture: Google

Blueprints to create town centre in Rishi Sunak’s constituency unveiled

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

Greenpeace activists on the roof of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in Richmond, North Yorkshire. (Credit: PA)

Rishi Sunak plans to build fence around Yorkshire mansion after roof protest

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Tories beginning to lose political initiative on levelling up - Justine Greening

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a PM Connect event at the Currys Repair Centre. PIC: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Food security is not a reasonable excuse for blocking solar farms - YP Letters

Leeds Council said almost 700 hectares of land is being safeguarded for the project and some of it is “valuable brownfield land” worth more than £8m per hectare.

'Valuable' land kept for HS2 in Leeds over 10 years will be sold off

A Northern train at Guiseley Station

Nearly half of all trains to Leeds are delayed or cancelled

Phillips 66, Humber Refinery, Eastfield Road, South Killingholme. Shaun Mullins Principal Consultant Global Speciality coke is pictured on the site. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

How oil refinery is powering mass production of electric car batteries

Rotherham town centre.

Rotherham could get a new station and trains running to London within five years

Mass Transit artists' impression

Rishi Sunak calling West Yorkshire mass transit 'Leeds tram' is 'annoying'

A bus in Leeds city centre

Leeds should consider new charge for motorists, experts claim

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a PM Connect event at the Currys Repair Centre, in Coddington, Newark, Nottinghamshire. PIC: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

The sooner we get a change of Government the better - Yorkshire Post Letters

Shadow cabinet members (left to right) Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner, during Sir Keir Starmer's speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Relying on Tory abstentions won’t be enough for Labour - David Blunkett

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided to scrap the northern leg of HS2 earlier this month due to concerns over rising costs

Northern Powerhouse Rail: PM urged to make 'clear commitment' after HS2 U-turn

Former foreign secretary William Hague speaking at Chatham House in London about the EU referendum.

Lord Hague warns Rishi Sunak over rollback of Net Zero commitments

Simon Bowen, chair of Great British Nuclear, addresses the Nuclear Manufacturing Summit 2023.

Great British Nuclear chair highlights hurdles in UK nuclear energy ambitions

Hull Paragon Station

Use HS2 money to electrify line between Hull and Selby, says council leader