Northern Ireland talks to restore the Stormont Assembly will continue on Monday after the parties failed to reach an agreement yesterday. Earlier this month, the UK announced a £2.5-billion cash injection to support the cash-strapped public services and reestablish the Northern Ireland Assembly. Once again, all eyes will be on the DUP, who walked out […]
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Shoppers have been paying more for branded food items because suppliers of branded goods have been profiteering, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found. Consumer group Which? Has called the results of the CMA’s investigation “shocking” after the watchdog concluded there was clearly some profiteering going on during the cost of living crisis. The […]
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Experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by the detection of potentially toxic “forever chemicals” in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies. The potentially toxic “forever chemicals” – many of which have been banned – have been linked to cancers, fertility problems, developmental defects in unborn children, immune system and thyroid […]
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After the Supreme Court ruled the government’s Rwanda migrant removal scheme unlawful yesterday, both the PM and home secretary vowed to push the policy through nevertheless. Rishi Sunak promised emergency legislation to declare Rwanda a safe country, whilst James Cleverly told Sky News that ‘Plan B’ is ready. The ruling is a significant blow to […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has warned his shadow cabinet that they will be sacked if they vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Twelve shadow ministers are ready to rebel against Starmer and back an SNP amendment to the King’ Speech that calls on the UK government to “join with the international community in urgently pressing […]
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The defence secretary, Grant Shapps, has blasted the Labour Party over suggestions that Suella Braverman’s comments inadvertently led to scuffles between police and far-right protestors. While pressure mounts on the PM to sack the home secretary, the government, at least for now, appears to stand by Braverman. But, speaking on GB News, Shapps refused to […]
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King Charles, flanked by the equally ermined and bejewelled Queen Camilla delivered the first King’s Speech in some 70 years, laying out “his” government’s legislative agenda before the public finally get their say. It was also Rishi Sunak’s first as prime minister. And given the polls, it’s probably his last too. Sunak said the 21 […]
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The Liberal Democrats are demanding transparency over government Covid contracts and multi-million pound “bungs” to friendly media following Dominic Cummings’s explosive testimony to the Coivd Inquiry [pdf]. Cummings told the inquiry that state funding had been “funnelled” to the Evening Standard, owned by Lord Evgeny Lebedev – the son of a KGB spy who was […]
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One in ten of England’s biggest councils risk bankruptcy in the next months because of the soaring cost of child protection since the pandemic, the County Councils Network (CCN) has warned. Many other vital services are threatened, according to the survey by CCN (representing some of the largest local authorities in England) which is calling […]
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Hallowe’en is upon us and trickster prime minister Rishi Sunak is treating the country by ditching his ‘InAction Man’ costume and donning Dr Death to battle the existential threat posed by AI. Hard to believe, but it could be worse. The PM might have changed into an outfit based on the increasingly prophetic anagram of […]
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