Seven bad news that spread while people laughed at mince pies

From new chauffeured limos to skyrocketing train fares and ministerial madness, we line up some of the woes that have emerged during this political week of the more relaxed< /p>

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Rishi Sunak asks a homeless man "do you work in a company"

We haven't seen Rishi Sunak since December 23, when he asked a homeless man if he wanted to get into finance.

The Prime Minister is in quiet labor this week, between No 10 and his mansion with indoor swimming pool in Yorkshire.

MPs from all walks of life also take advantage of downtime to reunite with family and friends back home.

But that doesn't mean the Christmas parliamentary recess - which began on December 21 - has been devoid of bad news.

Last week we took a look at the stories that had been buried just before MPs left Westminster.

Since then, more news has come out after they left for locations across the country.

The Prime Minister in a shelter on December 23, when he had an unfortunate conversation with a homeless man (

Picture:

Simon Dawson / No10 Downing Street)

With many Britons getting something of a break last week, even if it isn't December 25, it's easy to fall behind what's happening in politics.

So we wouldn't want these important updates to go unnoticed, would we?

December 22: Sleaze Tsar cannot launch his own investigations

Rishi Sunak has finally appointed a squalid new Cabinet Tsar after the position was vacant for six months.

But Sir Laurie Magnus, the independent adviser on ministerial interests, will not be allowed to launch his own inquiries without the Prime Minister's permission.

Activists have called for the adviser to be able to launch inquiries without the prime minister saying so.

Yet Mr Sunak told Sir Laurie: "I propose to retain the existing terms of reference, as agreed with your predecessor and as published in May 2022."

It also emerged that Sir Laurie, the chairman of Historic England, donated £3,000 to former Tory MP Nick Boles in 2017 "to support the research and writing of...