He also said the UK must move away from EU rules so Britain can 'step up and compete at a global level'. In a rare public intervention on domestic policy, former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost said low taxes were 'the formula for success as a country'. He came under fire on another front last night when a Cabinet minister publicly joined a push for taxes to be cut, after the burden rose to the highest level in peacetime. Senior Tory Jeremy Hunt said today it had 'not been a great month' for the Government, 'not just on trivial issues like speeches going wrong but on much more serious issues like parliamentary standards'.Īlthough Mr Johnson does not appear to be under imminent threat, the situation appears to be becoming more serious by the day. Cabinet needs to wake up and demand serious changes.' Even Downing Street insiders reportedly laid into the premier, with one telling the Times there had been 'stumble after stumble' and 'people are sharpening their knives'.Ī senior Downing Street source told the BBC: 'There is a lot of concern inside the building about the PM. One Government source swiped that Mr Johnson, still suffering a heavy cold, seemed to have had 'a bit too much Lemsip'. Mr Johnson went on to reference Peppa Pig in a second speech he did last night, at a conference for the CPS thinktank, before mentioning the animated porcine hero at the ball. The bewildering scenes - hot on the heels of the debacle over sleaze triggered by Mr Johnson's abortive bid to save ally Owen Paterson from punishment for lobbying - have sparked a wave of vicious briefing. He also raised eyebrows with an extended tangent on children's cartoon character Peppa Pig, made car engine noises, and compared himself to Moses. The blow came after Mr Johnson put on a chaotic performance at the CBI conference, with the hall left in awkward silence for more than 20 seconds after he lost his thread.
The government's plan still went through due to its huge 77-strong majority - but alarm bells are sounding in Downing Street after the margin was slashed to just 26.
The PM is gathering his Cabinet after 19 MPs fired a warning shot by voting against watering down the cap on care costs last night, while dozens more abstained. The opulent event came as pressure mounted on Mr Johnson to raise his game today after a major rebellion on social care and anger at his shambolic speech to business chiefs. Other lots on offer in the auction included a chance 'to walk in the footsteps of Churchill' on a private tour of the Cabinet War Rooms with then defence secretary Gavin Williamson - again won by Mrs Chernukhin.Ī weekend stay at at a barnhouse designed by Kate Moss was also up grabs - as was a £1,000 gift voucher, complete with private shopping experience at Theresa May's favourite store, Amanda Wakeley, where she famously bought a £995 pair of brown leather trousers.Įvery year tickets for the lavish event are sold for thousands of pounds for the richest on the outside, the meet and greet those at the heart of Parliament.
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Plus a 'private cinema experience' with then work and pensions secretary' Amber Rudd fetched £2,000.īig money donors were able to buy dinner with then environment secretary Michael Gove for a mere £12,000 - while a night out with now former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson was rated even higher at £15,000. Other prizes included lunch at London's Ivy restaurant with former chancellor George Osborne, and sinners with then foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt and home secretary Sajid Javid. There was also a flight in a Lancaster Bomber with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, and lunch with then justice secretary Robert Buckland in prison.Ī lucky donor paid £75,000 to spend a night at the Proms with soon to be ex-prime minister Theresa May.Īdditionally, a set of election campaign posters signed by Mrs May went for £175,000. She paid £45,000 for a place on court with the PM. Other lots up for auction included a game of tennis with Mr Johnson - won by Lubov Chernukhin, a Conservative donor.
Tory donors have shelled out huge sums to spend time with ministers in the bill-topping auction at the Winter Ball in recent years.Īn anonymous donor paid £60,000 for gold and silver versions of the Brexit Day commemorative coin, and a signed copy of the Withdrawal Agreement.