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Lawmakers from the United Kingdom’s governing Conservative Party have raised their concerns about the direction of the party and the government. The concerns mark the latest challenge under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government and efforts to unite the party.
On Sunday, Conservative lawmakers launched two campaigns in order to address concerns that were raised about the direction of the Conservative Party and the government. A group of 40 Conservative lawmakers, known as the Conservative Way Forward, signed a letter to finance minister Jeremy Hunt with their concerns over the plan to raise taxes in order to reassure financial markets.
“In the recent budget, the government decided to tax the British public at levels not seen since the end of the Second World War,” said the lawmakers in the letter to Hunt. “We need to be able to reassure our constituents who are worried about the cost of living crisis, that every penny of taxpayers’ money spent on their behalf provides value for money and is not wasted.”
The group said it intends to publish a report on Monday that would detail $8.58 billion of “waste” that would allow the government to cut taxes and increase spending on frontline services.
Another group called the Conservative Democratic Organization aims to “take back control” of the party on behalf of its members after its leaders were ousted and selected by the parliamentary party. The group is supported by former minister Priti Patel, saying that Sunak’s selection by the parliamentary party weeks after it voted for and eventually ousted Liz Truss “had finally ended members’ faith in any party democracy existing within the Conservative Party.”
Also on Sunday, British foreign secretary James Cleverly said that Ukraine peace talks could not be used as a cover for Russian re-armament. Cleverly added that he had not seen any indication that Moscow would enter peace talks in good faith. While the UK wanted to see, peace talks take place sooner rather than later, Cleverly noted that Ukraine should be the one setting the conditions for any negotiations.
“Any negotiations need to be real, and they need to be meaningful, they can’t just be a fig leaf for Russian rearmament and further recruitment of soldiers,” Cleverly told Sky News.
