MPs have today accused “morally bankrupt” billionaires of using the UK as a “laundromat” for illicit finance despite a slew of fresh sanctions. In a new report: “The Cost of Complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine”, the foreign affairs committee urges the government to act now, while sanctions against Russia are in place,…
In a report today the House of Commons public accounts committee (PAC) complains that there is an “unacceptable cloak of secrecy” surrounding plans to restore the Houses of Parliament. The report says progress on the restoration and renewal of Parliament is “unacceptably slow” with the “likely start date for major works pushed back by many…
Following an urgent question regarding the US Supreme Court decision to allow states to decide of the legality of abortions, foreign minister Amanda Milling made a statement on the matter. Milling told MPs that “the UK is proud to defend and promote universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights”. But Milling didn’t slam…
In a statement to the House of Commons, health secretary Sajid Javid championed the arrival of a modernised Mental Health Act which will bring legislation “into the 21st Century”. This long term plan will see mental health service investment “reach an extra £2.3 billion each year by 2023/24” Labour’s front bench and former prime minister…
Conservative MP John Baron asked an urgent question in which he stressed to foreign minister Vicky Ford that “there remains around 180 British Council contractors in Afghanistan”, 85 of which the UK has classified at “very high risk”. Baron highlighted to Ford the issue that the government’s new application service for these individuals will have…
As the United Kingdom experiences its second day of rail disputes inside a week, the government has this morning unveiled plans to allow employment agencies to supply skilled agency workers to plug staff gaps during industrial action. Current trade union laws prohibit firms from supplying temporary agency workers to fill duties by employees engaged in…
10 years since it replaced the previous agency, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) say the Child Maintenance Service is “achieving no more” than its discredited predecessor. The replacement of the Child Support Agency left billions of pounds of unpaid child maintenance debt remaining from its schemes written off. Around half of children in separated families…
Inflation soared to 9.1 per cent in the UK across May, hitting a new four-decade high. The consumer price index climbed to 9.1 per cent, fresh data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows, up from 9 per cent in April. The retail price index used to decide train ticket prices rocketed to 11.7…
In the second opposition day debate, MPs were discussing the PM’s Advisor on ministerial interests after Lord Geidt’s resignation last week. Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner started the debate by forwarding a motion to “put the prime minister into special measures” and allow the public administration and constitutional affairs committee to appoint a new independent…
