Suella Braverman did not invite journalists from the BBC, Guardian, Independent or Daily Mirror on her Rwanda trip and is only taking reporters from media outlets perceived as “friendly” to the government. Representatives from outlets including GB News, the Times, Telegraph, Express and Daily Mail are accompanying the home secretary on the tax-payer funded two-day […]
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Rishi Sunak’s pledge to stop people arriving to the UK in small boats is doomed to failure senior Tory MPs have warned, ahead of the prime minister’s key bill being introduced to parliament on Tuesday. One former minister called Sunak’s plans to stop small boats “a joke” and nothing more than electioneering to try and […]
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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 put the UK government on a collision course with Scotland’s parliament by threatening to block the gender recognition bill passed by Holyrood from becoming law. Sunak said it is “completely reasonable” for the UK government to block the new legislation allowing Scots aged 16-and-over to self-declare and change their legal […]
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England’s football captain Harry Kane may get a World Cup ban by Fifa if he sticks to his word and wears a ‘One Love’ armband. Fifa told the Football Association (FA) on Sunday that the armband – worn in of solidarity of gay and marginalised people and to highlight discrimination against them– does not comply […]
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The House of Lords has handed the government a major defeat over their bid to limit the prosecution of war crimes and torture by British soldiers serving overseas. Peers, supported by former military chiefs and led by former Nato secretary general George Robertson today voted 333 to 228 in favour of an amendment to exclude […]
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The High Court has ruled Northern Ireland’s abortion law breaches UK human rights in a landmark case described as “a turning point for women.” Sarah Ewart fought the case in Belfast after she was forced to travel to England for a termination after doctors said her foetus would not survive outside the womb. Ruling in […]
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