Criminal barristers strike and warn of ‘existential crisis’ in British justice...
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have started their strike over low legal aid funding with a warning their profession faces an “existential crisis” because of severe cuts imposed by the government.
Barristers say their incomes have decline by almost 30% in the last two...
Boris Johnson in new crisis as Dowden quits following double by-election...
Boris Johnson’s premiership has been plunged into yet another crisis with the Conservative party chairman Oliver Dowden resigning in the immediate wake of double by-election defeats.
The Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Conservative majority in Tiverton and Honiton to inflict the Tories' biggest by-election defeat...
British Airways staff at Heathrow vote to strike over ‘fire and...
British Airways workers at Heathrow airport have voted to strike with their industrial action set to cause even more chaos during the peak holiday season.
Around 700 British Airways ground crew and check-in staff voted for strike action following a dispute with the airline over...
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‘Impossible and odious’ to be Johnson’s ethics adviser
Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Christopher Geidt has resigned because the prime minister put him in an “impossible and odious position”.
Geidt’s resignation letter states Johnson proposed violating the ministerial code and that he had been on the brink of...
Daily news
Boris Johnson rewrites ministerial code to ‘save his own skin,’ says Rayner
Boris Johnson has re-written the ministerial code of conduct whilst he is being investigated by MPs over whether he has breached it by lying to the House of Commons. Labour...
Events
Queen’s speech shows government’s ‘time has passed,’ says Starmer
The Queen’s speech, outlining the government’s legislative programme, has been attacked by Labour for lacking any strategy, detail or ideas to deal with the cost of living crisis. While Boris...
Daily news
Dick’s resignation will not delay ‘partygate’ investigation, says Met
The Metropolitan Police has insisted Dame Cressida Dick’s resignation as commissioner of the force will not delay the investigation into the “partygate” scandal that has engulfed No 10. Dick -...COMMENTARY
Boris Johnson in new crisis as Dowden quits following double by-election...
Boris Johnson’s premiership has been plunged into yet another crisis with the Conservative party chairman Oliver Dowden resigning in the immediate wake of double by-election defeats.
The Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Conservative majority in Tiverton and Honiton to inflict...
Downing Street
‘Impossible and odious’ to be Johnson’s ethics adviser
Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Christopher Geidt has resigned because the prime minister put him in an “impossible and odious position”. Geidt’s resignation letter states Johnson proposed violating the ministerial...
Daily news
Boris Johnson faces no-confidence vote today
Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote in his leadership of the Conservative party today (June 6) after at least 54 MPs sent letters against him to the backbench...
Daily news
Boris Johnson rewrites ministerial code to ‘save his own skin,’ says Rayner
Boris Johnson has re-written the ministerial code of conduct whilst he is being investigated by MPs over whether he has breached it by lying to the House of Commons. Labour...
Sturgeon ‘gambles all’ with Supreme Court bid for Scottish independence vote
Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans for a Scottish independence referendum on October 19, 2023 and has referred herself to the UK’s highest court in an attempt to force the vote.
Scotland’s first minister said her legal officer has been instructed...
Beyond England
Northern Ireland Legacy Bill – ‘an affront to all modern standards of decency’
Conservative MPs have voted for a controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill despite staunch opposition from all Northern Ireland political parties. Protests against the bill were held in Belfast, Derry and...
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DUP holding Northern Ireland to ransom over protocol
The DUP has been accused of holding Northern Ireland to ransom over its demands for major reform of the Northern Ireland protocol. Boris Johnson’s attempt to get the power-sharing executive...
Beyond England