Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has been accused of breaking the ministerial code by parliament’s anti-corruption watchdog over hosting a TV show. Dorries failed to consult with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) before taking up the presenter’s role of a new talk-show on Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV. ‘Friday Night with Nadine’ begins this week […]
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Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab is the subject of formal complaints from “at least 24 civil servants”, raising a huge question mark over his future and piling further pressure on his boss Rishi Sunak, reports the Guardian. The number of formal complaints against Raab – who is also justice secretary – has tripled since Downing […]
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Labour is demanding an investigation into Boris Johnson’s appointment of the BBC chairman who is reported to have helped the disgraced former prime minister secure an £800,000 loan. Richard Sharp was appointed chairman of the BBC by Johnson in 2021, only weeks after helping him arrange a guarantee on a loan in late 2020. Johnson […]
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The Northern Ireland protocol saga continues. Yesterday, the Foreign Secretary’s exclusion of the Sinn Fein leader Mary McDonald sparked a nationalist walkout thus throwing talks into farce before they began. The latest protocol row is one of a seemingly endless line of unresolvable disagreements which has kept the doors of Stormont shut. Today, the Irish PM […]
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Suella Braverman has provoked outrage over a U-turn on key pledges after the Windrush scandal and with her controversial plans to x-ray vulnerable child refugees. The home secretary is under fire for abandoning commitments the government made following the inquiry into the Windrush scandal – in the year that marks the 75th anniversary of the […]
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Trade unions have vowed to “fiercely resist” Rishi Sunak’s new anti-strike law that will give employers the right to sue unions and sack workers who take industrial action. The government plans to legislate for “minimum safety levels” in six key sectors – health, education, fire, ambulance, rail and nuclear commissioning – during strikes, giving bosses […]
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A Savanta poll on behalf of The Independent has revealed that nearly two-thirds of British people want another chance to vote on EU membership. This latest Brexit news comes just two years after the United Kingdom finally got Brexit done. If the government and even the opposition thought that the referendum would put an end […]
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Extinction Rebellion (XR) has announced it is pausing its campaign of civil disruption in 2023 but vowed to continue to protest against the “abuse of power” by vested interests. Hundreds of members of the environmental group have been arrested for causing disruption to further political action on climate change. On Sunday (Jan 1) XR said […]
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has “performed a major U-turn”, the Guardian reports, and the UK will now impose Covid checks on people arriving to the UK from China where coronavirus cases are surging. Sunak has responded to growing criticism from Conservative MPs over his “dithering” on the issue and the mixed messages from his government […]
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Capping off an historic year of crises, sleaze and scandal is news that Downing Street is very “concerned” about MPs on APPGs trips abroad engaging in sex with prostitutes and heavy drinking. One minister reportedly asked to extend a trip to Asia in order “to explore” his “interest in local women”. Another MP enquired on […]
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