The Scottish parliament has overwhelmingly voted through the first stage of a transgender recognition bill despite a revolt by Scottish National party (SNP) backbenchers and the resignation of a minister. Members of the Scottish parliament voted 88 to 33 in favour of reforms to give transpeople more “dignified” recognition and to make it easier for […]
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Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol have in effect kept the doors at Stormont shut. The election earlier this year saw Sinn Fein take pole position, but the DUP has refused to instate Michelle O’Neill as First Minister because of the NI protocol. With tonight’s deadline edging closer, the NI Assembly will today again attempt […]
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Suella Braverman has been reappointed home secretary less than a week after plunging Liz Truss’s government into a death spiral. The successor Rishi Sunak started his first hours as prime minister with a reshuffle of the cabinet and a pledge to fix the “mistakes” made by Truss’s government. Sunak warned of “difficult decisions” ahead before […]
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The UK’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak has warned the country that “there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge.” In his first comments after being named PM Sunak said: “We now need stability and unity, and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together.” Behind […]
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Rishi Sunak is set to become the UK’s third prime minister this year after Boris Johnson dropped out of the Conservative party leadership race. While Johnson never formally declared his candidacy, he withdrew from the leadership race despite claiming in a statement that he had “cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations” from Tory […]
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According to some MPs, the PM has 12 hours to save her job. Her position yesterday became even more untenable after the resignation of Suella Braverman. At this point, the Conservative party is in utter disarray. The trouble is, no one knows how this will play out. All options open appear to end in electoral […]
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New chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced almost every part of his predecessor’s mini-budget and fiscal policy will be reversed, including the two year £2,500 energy price cap, which will now only last for six months. Hunt said the government will end the cap on energy prices in April and “will reverse almost all the tax […]
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Amid soaring prices of staples and reports of record corporate profits, UK trade unions have been growing ever louder in their calls for members to take to the picket line. This year has seen significant strike-related disruption of rail and mail services, and many other workers may follow suit. Nurses are currently voting on strike […]
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Sir Keir Starmer is calling for an immediate general election regardless of whether Liz Truss remains in No 10 or is forced out by her party. “Change in personnel at the top of the Tory party is not the change we need. We need a change of government,” said Starmer, after Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng […]
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Ian Blackford has told Scottish voters their homes, pensions and incomes “are not safe under Westminster” days before the Supreme Court decides if an independence referendum can go ahead. The SNP’s leader at Westminster slammed “the disastrous duo” of prime minister Liz Truss and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for making “the worst first impression in the […]
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