Portrait of the week
Portrait of the Week: the gilt market, Larry the Cat and Iranian protests
Home The Bank of England warned of a ‘material risk’ to financial stability as it stepped in to buy a…
Portrait of the week: Tory party conference, gas supply warning and Denmark’s royals stripped of titles
Home Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, came up with a message for the Conservative party conference: ‘Whenever there is change,…
Portrait of the week: Chancellor unveils his unBudget, Hilary Mantel dies and corgi prices soar
Home Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented a far-reaching ‘fiscal event’ (ineligible to be called a Budget), said…
Portrait of the week: Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, capped energy prices and uncapped bankers’ bonuses
Home Queen Elizabeth was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, beside her husband and father, after a funeral at…
Portrait of the week: The death of Queen Elizabeth II – and the accession of King Charles III
Home The body of Queen Elizabeth lay in state at Westminster Hall, in a coffin draped in the royal standard…
Portrait of the week: Truss in, Johnson out and Nord Stream 1 off
Home Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, said in a speech outside 10 Downing Street: ‘Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the…
Portrait of the week: Gorbachev dies, Gibraltar becomes a city (again) and Meghan’s Mandela moment
Home Liz Truss, the contender for the Conservative party leadership who is expected to become prime minister next Tuesday, resisted…
Portrait of the week: Drought in Europe, property crisis in China and barristers and binmen strike
Home Inflation would reach 18.6 per cent by January and the energy price cap £5,816 in April, according to a…
Portrait of the week: Inflation soars as Boris moves out of No. 10
Home The annual rate of inflation rose to 10.1 per cent, its highest since 1982. Average wages rose by 4.7…
Portrait of the week: Energy bills up, NHS waiting lists down and hosepipes off
Home Energy bills will be £4,266 for a typical household by January, according to the consultancy Cornwall Insight, which had…
Portrait of the week: Hosepipe bans, England’s women win the Euros and a strike over dragons
Home BP reported quarterly profits of £6.9 billion, its biggest for 14 years, after oil and gas prices rose steeply.…
Portrait of the week: Sunak vs Truss, London dodges a blackout and 94st walrus capsizes boats
Home In a television debate between the two contenders for the leadership of the Conservative party (and hence the prime…
Portrait of the week: Record-breaking heat, a summer of strikes and a warning for snake-owners
Home In the contest for the leadership of the Conservative party, Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi were the first of…
Portrait of the week: Mo Farah’s secret, hot weather warnings and hot competition for the Tory leadership
Home The Conservatives began the process of finding a new leader, which involves balloting MPs and then sending two names…
Portrait of the week: Boris on the brink, petrol price protests and a £3,000 swear word
Home Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sajid Javid as Health Secretary. (Nadhim Zahawi accepted the post…
Portrait of the week: Scottish independence, striking lawyers and the end of Roe vs Wade
Home Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, said that military spending had to increase. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, reacted to…
Portrait of the week: Rail strikes, rates rise and a record-breaking stingray
Home A rail strike on three alternate days, bringing the system to a standstill for a week, was organised by…
Portrait of the Week: Knighthoods, Northern Ireland and Mick Jagger
Home The British economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in April after shrinking by 0.1 per cent in March, according…
Portrait of the week: A no-confidence vote, a marginal win and the Queen’s Jubilee
Home Boris Johnson won a vote of confidence in him as prime minister among Conservative MPs by 211 votes to…
Portrait of the week: Jubilee celebrations, energy bill discounts and a trade deal with Indiana
Home The Jubilee for the Queen’s 70 years on the throne was marked by two days of public holiday, 16,000…
Portrait of the week: Sue Gray reports, ScotRail slashes trains and monkeypox spreads
Home Sue Gray starched and ironed her report for publication after the Metropolitan Police wound up its own enquiries into…
Portrait of the week: Inflation’s 40-year high, Tory MP’s rape arrest and monkeypox in Britain
Home The annual rate of inflation, impelled by energy costs, rose to 9 per cent, its highest since 1982. Unemployment…
Portrait of the week: The Queen’s Speech, Sinn Fein surge and an £184m lottery win
Home The Prince of Wales delivered the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament sitting on a throne next…
Portrait of the Week: pornography, ‘sulky livers’ and abortion
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced £300 million more in military aid for Ukraine. Speaking by video to the…
Portrait of the week: Twitter takeover, late nights for pubs and a row over leg-crossing
Home Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, said Britain assessed that 15,000 Russians had been killed in the war against Ukraine…
