“I saw that there was a parking notice that Tony Blair had once” Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis has suggested Boris Johnson’s fine for breaking Covid laws is no different to ministers receiving parking tickets. Asked by Kay Burley if a “lawmaker can ever be a lawbreaker”, the Northern Ireland secretary told Sky News: “Yes…we’ve had prime […]

4 years ago

The Member of Parliament had been intending to fight on Conservative Imran Ahmad Khan will step down from his role in Parliament, three days after his conviction for sexual assault. The Member of Parliament for Wakefield had been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. According to reports in the Spectator, Khan […]

4 years ago

Members say Labour cannot call itself an “anti racist party” any longer Labour have been accused of failing to tackle Islamophobia, after a councillor suspended over alleged racist comments has appeared on the ballot in time for local elections. Members had been assured in writing by a senior Labour party official that Joyce McCarty, who […]

4 years ago

One of Boris Johnson’s own backbenchers asked ‘is this being done for revenge’ Senior Tory MP Julian Knight has said the government’s late-night decision to privatise broadcaster Channel 4 could be politically motivated. Writing on Twitter, Knight asked his followers to address the “elephant in the room” and question whether this is “being done for […]

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Officials have been fined for partying during England’s first lockdown The government’s former ethic chief has said sorry for an “error of judgment” after being fined by the Met police for attending a lockdown-breaking party in Downing Street. Helen MacNamara said: “I am sorry for the error of judgement I have shown. I have accepted […]

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P&O Boss has already admitted the firm broke the law A criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding P&O Ferries decision to sack 800 of its workers has been launched, the insolvency service has announced. In a statement on Friday, the Insolvency Service said it has begun examining the redundancies made by P&O Ferries, but could […]

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A meagre £50 penance has reportedly been issued Police have begun issuing the 20 fines to officials for breaching lockdown and attending parties at Downing Street during the pandemic. According to ITV’s Robert Peston, officials who attended a leaving party on 18 June 2020 for No 10 civil servant Hannah Young, have received £50 fines […]

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The chancellor appeared to echo Smith by saying it was ‘wrong to come after my wife’ Rishi Sunak has referenced Will Smith‘s Oscar’s night attack on Chris Rock, saying he is relieved he “didn’t get up and slap anybody” over attacks on his wife over her financial ties to Russia. Speaking on the BBC’s Newscast podcast […]

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The pressures are being felt most by people in the North East of England Two-thirds of the British public say they feel overwhelmed by stress caused by financial, global, and government pressures, a survey has found. Charity Campaign against Living Miserably (CALM) questioned 2000 people and found 63 per cent are worried or overwhelmed right now, […]

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‘We want Ukrainians, we want Qataris, we don’t want people in rubber boats’ Conservative Sir Bill Wiggin has called on Boris Johnson to encourage the “right” kind of immigrant and discourage people that arrive in the U.K. on rubber boats. The member of Parliament for North Herefordshire made the comments while questioning the Prime Minister […]

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Boris delivers another masterclass in misinformation A day after Police issued twenty fines for Downing Street lockdown party breaches – that Boris Johnson claimed he knew nothing about, and didn’t attend – the Prime Minister was back at PMQ’s no doubt emboldened to continue his run of telling lies and half-truths. Here are a few of Wednesday’s […]

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The MP for Bridgend made the announcement on Twitter The prime minister joked about the gender debate at a dinner for Conservative MPs, hours before a Welsh Tory became the first British MP to come out as Transgender. Boris Johnson mocked Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for refusing to answer questions on whether a woman […]

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The superyacht had been due to appear in an awards ceremony A £38m superyacht owned by an unnamed Russian businessman has been seized in London’s Canary Wharf as part of the UK’s crackdown against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. It is the first superyacht to have been detained by the government in UK waters, […]

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Police have concluded the law was broken at No.10 parties The prime minister will not make a further apology or correct the record regarding party fines, Downing Street have confirmed. A spokesperson said Boris Johnson will not be correcting a claim made in the house of commons that “no covid rules were broken”, despite confirmation […]

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The Prime Minister will not be among the first Police have recommended 20 fines should be handed out over the Downing Street parties that breached the covid lockdown. The fixed penalty notices (FPNs) will be handed out mostly to civil servants – with more expected to follow. It’s understood the Prime Minister will not be among […]

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Transport worker died of covid two weeks after allegedly being spat at by infected passenger The family of Belly Mujinga, who died of covid after she was allegedly spat on while working at a central London station at the start of the pandemic, are still seeking answers two years after her death. Speaking on what […]

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The MP said ‘everything stood still as it does when you hear the dreaded C-word’ Labour MP Dawn Butler has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram. The 52-year-old, who represents Brent Central in London, said the cancer had been discovered at a “very early stage” in November last […]

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Nadhim Zahawi was also asked how he would explain the incident to children Government minister Nadhim Zahawi has defended Oscar winner Will Smith after the actor slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars. The Education Secretary said it was “heartbreaking” to watch Smith “lose control”, but said he had set a good example, having “apologised […]

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The phones were taken before they could tell their families they were safe Priti Patel’s secret policy of seizing mobile phones from asylum seekers arriving on small boats to the UK was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. Three asylum seekers – known only as HM, KA, and MH – brought the case against the […]

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The Russian President said the West ‘cancelled’ the British author Vladimir Putin has defended J.K. Rowling during a speech condemning “cancel culture” and claimed the West is trying to cancel Russia too. The Russian president said the Harry Potter author was cancelled over her views on gender, warning the movement would soon move to works […]

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Couzens is already serving a whole life term for raping and murdering Everard Wayne Couzens has been formally charged with four counts of indecent exposure, The Met Police has confirmed. The former police officer, who is currently serving a whole life term for the rape and murder of Sarah Everard is alleged to have committed […]

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Grant Shapps said seafarers deserved respect Grant Shapps has written to P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite to give him “one final opportunity” to reinstate the 800 workers sacked by the ferry company earlier this month. The transport secretary told Hebblethwaitethe that new legislation will require all ferry companies operating out of UK ports to pay the […]

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Britain is heading for worst fall in living standards since 1950 Around 1.3 million Britons will be pushed into absolute poverty by the cost of living squeeze, a thinktank warned, after the Spring Statement failed to offer support to low-income households. The Resolution Foundation said low-and-middle-income families will be “painful exposed” to poverty in the […]

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Please sir, can I have some heating? Four hundred thousand people could be plunged into poverty by real-terms cuts to benefits in April. Charities hoped Rishi Sunak’s Spring statement on Wednesday would reinstate the £20-a-week Universal Credit uplift, which would help ease the strain of skyrocketing inflation on low-income households. Analysis from the Joseph Rowntree […]

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Why tell the truth, when a lie sounds so much better? On the day inflation hit a thirty-year peak, Boris Johnson spent Prime Minister’s Questions once again massaging the truth. The Tories are apparently doing a really good job at running the country – but weirdly, amidst soaring energy bills, high inflation, a looming National Insurance […]

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Soaring food and energy costs are taking their toll The boss of a supermarket chain has said food bank users are declining potatoes and root vegetables because “they can’t afford the energy to boil them”. Richard Walker, the Managing Director of Iceland, said rising energy bills were pushing many people onto the brink of catastrophe. […]

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‘Things must be going so badly for the Kremlin that they are now resorting to pranks and video fakes’ Russian pranksters have released a video of Defence Secretary Ben Wallace being duped into speaking by phone to an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister. An ‘official teaser’ of the prank was released on YouTube […]

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Workers have gathered outside Parliament to protest last week’s impromptu sacking Unions representing sacked P&O ferries staff claim new workers are being paid as little as £1.80 an hour, as former crew protested outside the House of Parliament on Monday. “These weren’t just our jobs – these ships were our homes,” said Paul, who’d been […]

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‘How many Foreign Secretaries should it take?’ Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has slammed the UK government for taking six years to deliver her freedom. “It should have happened six years ago,” she told a press conference on Monday morning – having returned from a six-year detention in Iran on Thursday. “I have seen five foreign secretaries over […]

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Britain is hoping to buy oil from a regime that executes its citizens Saudi Arabia has ramped up executions in the wake of Boris Johnson’s visit, executing seven people since the prime minister travelled to the Kingdom. On Wednesday, three people were sent to their death, four on Thursday, and one was murdered on Tuesday, […]

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‘This isn’t just food this is blood and rape food’ Four Ukrainian MPs have called on the British public to boycott Marks and Spencer after the supermarket chain refused to withdraw their business from Russia.  Speaking during a visit to the Houses of Parliament on Thursday, the MPs said money earned in Russia was being […]

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The deputy prime minister accused Corbyn of ‘siding with Putin’ Dominic Raab has described former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a “national security risk” in a fiery exchange with Angela Rayner. During a heated debate during Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, the deputy PM faced questions over the appointment of Russian oligarch Evgeny Lebedev to the […]

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Charity worker has been detained in Iran for six years. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is heading home to the UK after being detained for six years in Tehran. The British-Iranian aid worker left the country alongside Anousheh Ashouri, another British-Iranian national, earlier on Wednesday. The 43-year-old’s local MP, Tulip Siddiq,  tweeted a picture of Zaghari-Ratcliffe on the […]

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Nearly 1000 individuals and entities have been sanctioned since Russian invasion began The UK government has announced a further 350 sanctions against various Russian individuals and entities. These sanctions effectively bring Britain’s action list in line with those made by the EU. Downing Street said the announcement means that since the Russian invasion of Ukraine […]

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The aid worker has been detained in Iran since 2016 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her British passport returned, her MP Tulip Siddiq has said, renewing hopes that the charity worker may finally be able to return home after being arrested in Tehran in 2016. When asked whether Zaghari-Ratcliffe could be released, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani […]

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‘You Occupy Ukraine, We Occupy You’ A group of anti-fascists have occupied a Russian oligarch’s mansion in west London’s Belgrave Square.  The vacant property was originally purchased for family members of Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the UK government last week.  On Monday, an unknown number of “No Fixed Abode Anti-Fascists” […]

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It’s getting tougher to be an oligarch in Britain The UK has announced sanctions on 386 members of the Russian parliament who voted in favour of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, foreign secretary Liz Truss has announced. The sanctions will ban those listed from travelling to the UK, accessing assets held within the UK, and doing business here. New […]

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A tale of two refugees at Calais “There’s no water, no eating, no heating,” says Agram. “I can’t live like a human. I live like an animal.” He is stirring tinned tomatoes outside his tent in Calais, northern France. At the age of 24, this young Sudanese is a refugee. His hopes of a better […]

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The move is understood to be in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine The UK government has announced plans to phase out all imports of Russian oil by the end of 2022. Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed the move on Twitter, writing “this transition will give the market, businesses and supply chains more […]

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The foreign secretary accidentally let slip the new processing location Liz Truss has said a new pop-up visa centre will be set up for desperate Ukrainian refugees in Lille, 70 miles away from their current location in Calais. Answering questions in the House of Commons, the foreign secretary said the home office would shortly open […]

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Former Speaker of the House will no longer be able to attend Parliament Former Commons speaker John Bercow has been administratively suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation. Earlier on Tuesday it was revealed that Bercow would be banned from holding a House of Commons pass following the publication of a bullying investigation into […]

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The Home Secretary had promised a new humanitarian route Contrary to initial reports there are no plans to create additional humanitarian visa routes for Ukrainians to come to the UK, Downing Street confirmed on Monday. Currently only those with a family member in the UK have been offered a legal route to Britain, but following […]

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James Cleverly’s comments come after the Home Office revealed only 1% of Ukrainian visa applications had been processed A Tory minister has defended the government for offering just 50 visas to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion so far. Foreign Minister James Cleverly said the UK was welcoming Ukrainians to its shores and supporting refugees abroad […]

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The YouGov results come as the PM tries to push through the Borders Bill which would criminalise refugees People with dual nationality should be stripped of their British citizenship if they commit a serious crime, half of Brits say. A YouGov poll for PoliticsJOE revealed that 57 per cent of people think the government should be […]

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Labour hold Jack Dromey’s Birmingham Erdington seat Paulette Hamilton has won the Birmingham Erdington by-election, results confirm. Labour held the seat with 9,413 votes compared to Conservative rival Robert Alden’s 6,147 – a 3,266 majority Both Labour and Conservative teams had campaigned until the final hours of the contest in a bid to boost their […]

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The news hasn’t gone down well Former education secretary Gavin Williamson has been given a knighthood, Downing Street has said. “The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon The Rt. Hon. Gavin Williamson CBE MP,” No. 10 announced on Thursday. News of his knighthood has already proved controversial. […]

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Putin said he was still seeking the “de-nazification” of Ukraine Emmanuel Macron has told Vladimir Putin he is making a “major mistake” in Ukraine, following reports of thousands of Russian soldiers and Ukrainians feared dead. In a phone call on Thursday, the French president told the Russian president he was deluding himself over the current […]

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Sergei Lavrov’s comments come just days after Putin ordered Russia’s nuclear forces on special alert Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that if a third world war were to take place it would involve nuclear weapons. Speaking on the seventh day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lavrov told Al Jazeera, “world war three […]

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PM’s comments came as Ukrainian ambassador Vadym Prystaiko was given a standing ovation in the Commons Vladimir Putin has already committed war crimes in Ukraine, the prime minister told MPs on Wednesday. Speaking in the Commons, Boris Johnson said the bombing of innocent civilians “in my view already fully qualifies as a war crime”. The […]

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Tory MP says the people of Lincolnshire are already under ‘extreme pressure’ to provide jobs and housing Senior Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh has praised Priti Patel for refusing to offer visa-free asylum to Ukrainian refugees. The Gainsborough MP said the people of his Lincolnshire constituency have “done our bit in terms of migration from […]

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