The PR machine has been working overtime for Suella Braverman in Rwanda this weekend. She is extolling how Rwanda will be a place supporting refugees’ wellbeing and integration – helping them make a new life, in safety. Why on earth can’t this be the story she promotes of the UK? » Read More
Over recent years and months, British politics has grown accustomed to aberrance. But when the Grimond Room doors were closed for the final time on Wednesday afternoon, the lucky witnesses were in no doubt: something remarkable had just happened. A former prime minister — felled only months ago by his party — was asked to
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The “Ayes” were 515 and the “Nos” 29 in the latest (and last?) vote on the structures that will determine the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU. “A chapter is over” heralded former Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith. After years of acrimony, the day’s deep symbolism was not lost on attendees. » Read More
Last week’s budget brought some measures to help the many people struggling with rising costs. In particular, the Chancellor announced that the energy price guarantee will remain in place until June. That was a welcome win for campaigners – including Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis – and will offer a relief for families feeling anxious
Analysis from Asthma + Lung UK reveals a stark north/south divide in the likelihood of someone with a lung condition being hospitalised or dying. The leading lung health charity’s CEO, Sarah Woolnough, urges UK governments to end the lung health lottery by investing in earlier diagnosis, improved care and respiratory research. » Read More
Like dominoes, Scottish giants tumble. First fell Nicola Sturgeon, who declared her shock abdication at Bute House just over one month ago. Then deputy first minister John Swinney, who has swivelled around the apex of Scottish politics for decades, followed suit. Now Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who held his role as Party CEO for 24
Transport secretary Mark Harper has backed the Met Commissioner after a damning 363-page report into the police force found it is institutionally racist, sexist, and homophobic. A review by Baroness Louise Casey, who spent a year investigating the Met Police in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard by Couzens, » Read More
DUP MPs will vote against the “Stormont brake”, a key part of the prime minister’s solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol impasse, when it is put before the House of Commons on Wednesday. In a statement, party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said: “Our party officers, the only decision-making mechanism in our party on these matters
Jeremy Hunt has rejected the “bizarre” suggestion that his budget is aimed at helping the wealthiest one per cent in society following his decision to get rid of the lifetime pension allowance. The lifetime allowance — the total amount workers can accumulate in their pension savings before paying extra tax — was abolished yesterday. » Read
