22 Jun 2023

UK news: Rishi skips Boris vote, lockdown party invite revealed

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 22 June 2023

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opting out of endorsing a report that his predecessor Boris Johnson mislead Parliament over Partygate.

It comes as an invitation for staff aides to "jingle and mingle" at a Christmas party in 2020 under lockdown restrictions surfaced.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to haul Britain's lenders in as the mortgage rate crisis continues to bite and a gang targeting luxury cars in leafy Surrey suburbs has been busted - in some cases the cars were already being sold over the Channel before their owners woke up and realised they were missing.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on March 8, 2023 on his way to take part in the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is flying to the United States on Sunday to hold discussions with the US and Australian prime ministers to finalise details of a submarine pact. Photo: AFP