Sam Blewett
Politics
Nadhim Zahawi: The millionaire MP
The MP who arrived in the UK as a child refugee with no English, built a fortune and rose to political stardom, is fighting for his career.
By Sam Blewett
12 Jan 2026
Politics
Social media firms to help law enforcement tackle small boat crossings
Rishi Sunak hopes the crackdown will remove promotional posts from people smugglers
By Sam Blewett
5 Aug 2023
Politics
Ministers urged to ‘rocket boost’ fostering to alleviate shortage of carers
The UK needs 7,200 more foster families, according to the Fostering Network.
By Sam Blewett
5 Aug 2023
Politics4 Aug 2023
Britain demands ‘immediate release’ of Putin critic Alexei Navalny
Navalny has been sentenced to 19 more years in a Russian prison
Politics
Greenpeace activists arrested after protest against oil ‘frenzy’ on Sunak’s roof
North Yorkshire Police said the campaigners had been arrested after they were loaded into the back of vans.
By Sam Blewett
3 Aug 2023
Politics
Greenpeace activists end hours-long protest against oil ‘frenzy’ on Sunak’s roof
The four activists were being spoken to be police officers.
By Sam Blewett
3 Aug 2023
Politics
Asylum seekers will go onto barge in ‘coming weeks’, says Dowden
The Deputy Prime Minister said migrants would be housed on the Bibby Stockholm at Portland soon.
By Sam Blewett
3 Aug 2023
Politics
Doctor attacks Sunak’s ‘amazing’ claim striking staff are behind waiting times
An A&E doctor told the Prime Minister in a radio phone-in that ‘a happy workforce is your responsibility’.
By Sam Blewett
2 Aug 2023
Business News
Sunak faces down critics, saying fossil fuel plans are ‘evidently’ sensible
The Prime Minister has announced around 100 new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea.
By Sam Blewett
1 Aug 2023
Politics
2,000 migrants could be housed in marquees under Braverman plans
The Home Secretary has purchased the marquees in recent days, according to a Whitehall source.
By Sam Blewett
28 Jul 2023
Politics
Emails sent to Kremlin ally after Ministry of Defence blunder
The MoD has launched an investigation over the error
By Sam Blewett
28 Jul 2023
Politics
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to be questioned at the Infected Blood Inquiry
He will be quizzed over the much-delayed compensation scheme for the thousands of victims.
By Sam Blewett
28 Jul 2023
Politics
Obesity levels rising as fifth of households face food insecurity, MPs warn
MPs also raised concerns that ‘many households are skipping meals’ as supermarkets pay high levels of dividends to shareholders.
By Sam Blewett
28 Jul 2023
Politics
First 50 asylum seekers to be sent to Bibby Stockholm barge on Tuesday
Refugee campaigners and residents in Dorset have raised concerns about the barge’s impact
By Sam Blewett
27 Jul 2023
Politics
Sunak promises to act ‘as swiftly as possible’ as he is heckled at blood inquiry
The Prime Minister acknowledged at the Infected Blood Inquiry that governments have let down victims for decades.
By Sam Blewett
26 Jul 2023
Business News
Labour questions Downing Street pressure over NatWest boss’s resignation
Dame Alison Rose quit as chief executive after coming under pressure from No 10 and the Treasury in the Nigel Farage row.
By Sam Blewett
26 Jul 2023
Politics
Infected blood: Minister insists compensation not being ‘kicked into long grass’
Paymaster General Jeremy Quin denied delays are because payments are deemed too expensive and complicated.
By Sam Blewett
25 Jul 2023
Money
2030 ban on new petrol car sales is immovable, insists Gove
Rishi Sunak had declined to personally back the policy a day earlier.
By Sam Blewett
25 Jul 2023
Money
Rishi Sunak says he does not want to ‘hassle’ families with net zero targets
The Prime Minister signalled that he could water down some policies amid pressure from the right of his party.
By Sam Blewett
24 Jul 2023
Politics
Tory chaos delayed reforms tackling Islamophobia in party, reviewer finds
Professor Swaran Singh said the ‘turmoil’ of three leaders and seven party chairs affected the ability to implement his original recommendations.
By Sam Blewett
24 Jul 2023
Politics
Covid inquiry to receive Boris Johnson’s messages now recovered from old phone
The former prime minister has committed to handing over the messages to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
By Sam Blewett
21 Jul 2023