The home secretary has told MPs that she has reiterated the British government’s offer to kickstart joint patrols in French waters in order to prevent the crossing of small boats. In a statement his afternoon, Priti Patel told MPs that she has spoken with the French interior minister Gérald Darmanin in order to approach a…
A minister from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport today told parliament that “football requires a strong independent regulator … I and the government endorse [this] in principle today”. Nigel Huddleston, parliamentary under-secretary for DCMS, said: “That is what the fans want, and this government is on the side of fans.” Labour supported…
Last week’s testimony from Cricketer Azeem Rafiq on the institutional culture of racism in cricket sent shockwaves throughout the country. As questions turned to whether the failings seen in Yorkshire were indicative of wider society, Rafiq himself had to apologise for posting historic anti-semitic messages online. Politics.co.uk went out to ask the public: Is Britain a…
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will today launch a revamped British development finance institution that will invest billions in infrastructure and technology in low and middle income countries across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. The government says the new British International Investment (BII), will be a key part of its wider plans to mobilise up to…
Today, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, leading barristers and over 40 women’s charities have condemned the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill (the Bill) as “harmful and discriminatory” to women who have survived sexual and gender-based violence. The legal opinion of Stephanie Harrison QC and barristers Ubah Dirie, Emma Fitzsimons…
In light of the recent controversies at Westminster, notably around the level of earnings from some MPs second jobs, and the accusations of sleaze against the former MP Owen Patterson, we saw the irony in the Prime Minister deciding to take a visit to Peppa Pig world. The post Boris sees some familar faces…
Arguments for and against LGBT conversion therapy were heard by the women and equalities parliamentary committee today. Dr Sheikh Ramzy, director of the Oxford International Islamic Information Centre, quoted someone who had asked for conversion therapy, and said: “He prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed to God. “He finished and he got married and…
The Foreign Office has issued a statement this afternoon instructing all British citizens in Ethiopia to leave the country as soon as possible. It is thought that commercial flights could soon cease as rebel forces near the capital of Addis Ababa. Vicky Ford, the Africa minister, said: “The conflict in Ethiopia is deteriorating quickly. In…
Four years after the Windrush scandal first emerged, the Home Affairs Select Committee has found that the vast majority of people who applied for compensation have yet to receive a penny. The report published today concludes that instead of providing a remedy, for many people the Windrush Compensation Scheme has actually compounded the injustices faced…
Former Conservative MP Rory Stewart says NATO’s inability to act independently from U.S. foreign policy is “very worrying”. Giving evidence to the foreign affairs committee on the UK’s foreign policy in Afghanistan, Stewart was asked by the chair Tom Tugendhat what the UK should have done differently. The former international development secretary argued the UK…
