Conservative MPs fear the mortgage rate time bomb will cost them the next election because their government is blind to the impact of the “interest rate catastrophe”. The cost of mortgages have surged following successive interest rate rises and the Bank of England is predicted to hike them even higher this week – from 4.5% […]
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Members of the House of Lords expressed their “outrage” and fury as the government fended off attempts to block new controversial measures over the right to protest. Peers slammed the “underhand” methods of ministers to pass new police powers by using “regulations” denouncing the tactic “as an absolute fundamental constitutional outrage.” Despite the levels of […]
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Nicola Sturgeon has inisisted she is “innocent of any wrongdoing” following her arrest by police investigating the finances of the SNP. Sturgeon was released without charge after seven hours of questioning on Sunday (June 11) but Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf, leader of the SNP, is being urged to suspend her from the party. Police […]
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“Coward” Boris Johnson has triggered at least three by-elections with his shock resignation from parliament. Almost to prove he’s been trolling the country since forever, Johnson quitting his seat – because of a report about his lying to peers – came just hours after his ‘sickening’ honours list of cronies, sycophants and fellow pantomime villains […]
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Rishi Sunak is hoping to convince the US president that the UK should be the world’s foremost AI (artificial intelligence) regulator during his trip to Washington. This will be Sunak’s fourth meeting with Joe Biden in as many months and the prime minister is set to lobby the president for the UK to have a […]
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The government has until 4pm today (June 1) to hand over Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages to the Covid inquiry or face a court battle. Head of the inquiry Baroness Hallett, a former judge, has warned of legal action if all of the documents – including Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, notebooks and official diaries are not […]
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In the aftermath of what can only be described as a historic election victory for Sinn Fein, Michelle O’Neill has called on the DUP to “get off the fence” and take steps to help restore the institutions. Her comments come as party leaders meet Jayne Brady, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, to discuss […]
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested the Conservative government’s introduction of voter ID was an attempt at “gerrymandering” that has backfired against the Tories because it made it harder for older people to vote. Rees-Mogg – who was the Commons leader who steered the legislation through parliament – said the photo-ID requirement “made it hard for our […]
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Net migration to the UK could reach one million this year – almost double the record set last year. Reducing net migration was a key Conservative promise in the 2019 general election. However, figures to be released by the Office for National Statistics in two weeks time will show that net migration will be even […]
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The British government has abandoned plans to repeal or at least review thousands of EU laws by the end of this year. During the leadership contest, Rishi Sunak had promised to scrap the bulk of all EU legislation within 100 days of taking on the leadership. Jacob Rees-Moggs and Liz Truss introduced the Retained EU […]
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