Rishi Sunak said his government will appeal against the Court of Appeal’s ruling that his government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful. Judges said the African country had not provided enough detail to prove it is a “safe third country” and that refugees deported there by Britain could be forced to return to the country from which […]
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Rishi Sunak has signalled he is willing to overrule independent review bodies recommendations for public sector pay rises, provoking fury from trade unions who say millions will be left even worse off. The prime minister said he will block public sector pay rises if they are considered unaffordable because they could set off a “wage-price […]
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London’s City Hall has been “effectively banned” by ministers from flying the EU flag on the seventh anniversary of the referendum that led to the UK leaving the European Union. London mayor’s City Hall office was warned it could be prosecuted for flying the flag on today’s anniversary as a mark of “solidarity” with the […]
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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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On Wednesday, the government defeated a Labour measure in the House of Commons, which would have seen the release of documents relating to the decision-making process on the controversial Teesworks investigation. Instead of an enquiry by the National Audit Office (NAO), as called for by Labour and some Tory MPs, the government has tasked, what […]
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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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Rail strikes have crippled services and disrupted events and holiday plans across Britain as 12,000 train drivers continue their industrial action today (June 3) over pay and conditions. The RMT union claims the strikes, which began last June, have so far cost the UK economy £5 billion – far more than a settlement would have […]
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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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Labout has announced it will stop issuing any new oil and gas drilling licences if it wins the next general election. Sir Keir Starmer’s government would instead invest heavily in renewable sources – wind, solar hydro – and nuclear power “to invest in the green jobs of the future ”, reduce bills and “create a […]
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