Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sacked his shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing an article containing “an antisemitic conspiracy theory”. Starmer’s intervention follows a call from the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) who condemned Long-Bailey’s action and told her to apologise for the tweet and delete it. Long-Bailey’s tweet called actor […]
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Labour has called for an inquiry into the planning row surrounding the housing secretary Robert Jenrick and Tory donor and property developer Richard Desmond. Calls for Jenrick’s resignation have escalated since documents were released yesterday (Wednesday) revealing the secretary of state for housing and planning over-ruled advisors and was “insistent” Desmond’s controversial development was approved […]
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The Windrush Lessons Learned report delivers a stark account of system failures that led to thousands of people from the Windrush generation facing ill-treatment on the backdrop of hostile environment immigration policies. Speaking in the House of Commons following the publication of the Windrush report, Priti Patel has promised to act on all 30 recommendations. […]
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The government’s former chief scientist has warned that the loosening of lockdown rules – for England – announced today by the prime minister is “far too premature” and risks undoing “all the hard work” and sacrifice made since March. “The government’s own science advisers are saying exactly the same thing,” said Sir David King, who […]
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce on Tuesday his new plans for the coronavirus lockdown, among which are the reopening of the hospitality sector and the reduction of two-metre social distancing rule. ITV.com reported on Monday that Johnson will sit with chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer for England […]
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The president of the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) has warned the UK is facing a “summer of discontent” after months of lockdown combine with a severe economic downturn, anti-racism protests, counter demonstrations by the far-right, and Brexit. “There are so many issues where so many have opposing views that there’s a risk of a sustained […]
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The government’s failure to release the report into Russian interference in the UK’s democracy has been denounced as “utterly reprehensible underhand behaviour” – as it emerged the latest delay is being blamed on chlorinated chickens. The intelligence and security select committee (ISC) report into Russian infiltration of the UK was delivered to Downing Street on […]
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Michael Gove has tried to reassure Northern Ireland businesses fearing tariffs from a no-deal Brexit that they will be reimbursed by the government. The announcement comes as farmers across the UK contemplate a report passed by the European Parliament today (Friday) that if trade talks collapse “agricultural goods would probably be most affected” by tariffs. […]
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The de facto-deputy prime minister Dominc Raab thinks ‘taking the knee’ is something from ‘Game of Thrones’ and called the act – performed around the world by Black Lives Matter protestors – a “symbol of subjugation and subordination”. Raab made the comments in an astonishing interview with talkRadio’s resident ‘provoc-jock’ Julia Hartley-Brewer this morning that […]
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The United Kingdom formally commenced a free-trade negotiation with Australia and New Zealand, almost five months after its exit from the European Union (EU). A report by Al Jazeera on Wednesday quoted Australia’s Trade Minister Simon Birmingham that the country started talks with the two parties as part of its diversification strategy amid its dispute […]
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