With the May Day bank holiday celebrated this Monday, many of us will be enjoying a four-day week this week – preceded by a three day weekend. For me, a bank holiday weekend always feels like a relief – for the first time in weeks or sometimes months, I feel like I’ve just about got…
Offshoring migrants to Rwanda is yet another example of the government’s immoral and ineffective anti-refugee strategy. According to the International Organization for Migration, at least 52 people have drowned in the English Channel between 2018 and 2021. Over 28,000 people were smuggled across the Channel last year, and a further 3,000 have arrived in the…
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said male MPs ought to “keep their hands in their pockets”, after admitting a former MP assaulted her. Quizzed by Sky News today over whether she agreed with Attorney General Suella Braverman that “a very small minority of men [in parliament]…behave like animals”, she explained: “I think all of…
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has been questioned by the education select committee over his department’s work. He was quizzed over “how” he thought “contentious” topics such as historic slavery in the British Empire “should that be taught in a balanced way”, as he has previously suggested. Zahawisaid that “We should learn everything about the abhorrent…
The Wales secretary has defended claims that the government plans to ship adult male asylum seekers to Rwanda for official processing. Quizzed over the reports by Sky News’ Breakfast programme this morning, Simon Hart MP explained: “Yes. Again, I need to be a little careful about spelling out the detail, there are some sensitivities around…
A judge has sentenced Ali Harbi Ali to a whole-life imprisonment for his murder of Sir David Amess MP. On 15 October 2021 the Southend MP was stabbed over 20 times during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Sir David was treated by emergency services but, sadly, died at the scene. Jurors at the Old…
Today a man has been convicted of the murder of Southend MP Sir David Amess. On 15 October 2021 Sir David was stabbed over 20 times during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Jurors at the Old Bailey also found 26 year old Ali Harbi Ali of north London guilty of preparing acts of terrorism.…
Politics.co.uk has visualised the way in which planning permission requests vary across the country by local authority. Find out more about planning permission requests in your local area, and how this compares to the rest of the UK. Click here or on the image below to use the tool (launches in a new window): Map…
After the government revealed its long-awaited energy strategy this week, there is a notable push for new offshore wind capacity. Ministers hope the new plans will generate up to 50 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. But why is the government still reluctant to commit to onshore wind power? Chris Lomas breaks down the…
Labour have today suggested that the chancellor may have breached ministerial code over his wife’s “non-dom” tax status. Labour shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry has argued that Rishi Sunak “didn’t declare it properly”. The arrangement means she is not subject to UK inheritance tax and is able to circumvent tax on overseas investments and rental…
