A new report says tackling violence against women must be considered as much of a priority for the police as anti-terrorism. The report, undertaken by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), was commissioned by home Secretary Priti Patel in the wake of the murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard in March…
MPs on both sides of the chamber delivered passionate speeches in the Commons today during a debate on proposed reforms to the criminal justice system to better deal with public disasters. The debate centred on the Hillsborough disaster. Maria Eagle, calling for an independent public advocate to be established, closed her opening remarks by saying:…
Former Prime minister Gordon Brown has said the UK is “moving closer together, not further apart” and warned Prime minister Boris Johnson to scrap his “muscular unionism” approach to devolution claiming that “narrow nationalists” ran both Holyrood and Westminster. A poll released today by the pro-union pressure group “Our Scottish Future” of which Brown is…
The UK, US and Australia have announced a landmark security pact in the Asia-Pacific in an effort to counter China’s military expansion in the region. In a joint statement US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UK PM Boris Johnson said the new strategic alliance aims to “defend our shared interests in…
Boris Johnson has outlined Britain’s new military pact, named Aukus, with the United States and Australia today in the Commons. While Johnson stated that the pact is “not intended to be adversarial towards any other power”, he dodged former prime minister Theresa May’s question regarding what Britain would do in the face of a Chinese…
When Dominic Cummings announced his intended revolution in the corridors of Whitehall at the start of Boris Johnson’s reign, he promised to remove the shirkers and slackers, the bureaucrats and bores who had dogged British politics for too long. The new cabinet was to possess the greatest minds in parliament, who would be able to…
MPs clashed during an opposition day debate today regarding Labour’s proposal to set up a joint committee to investigate the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lisa Nandy brought forward the bill, saying: “Two decades of work: the transformation of the economy through landmine clearance, the improvements to health care, media…
Labour’s proposition to keep the £20 universal credit uplift passed today by 253 votes to 0. However, the government is still expected to get rid of the uplift later this year. Following the vote count, Labour MP Angela Eagle said: “It was once the case, Madam Deputy Speaker, that when governments lost opposition votes, they…
Labour leader Keir Starmer called the government’s plan to remove the universal credit uplift “unfair” today in the Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions. Johnson largely deflected from the topic, saying the Conservatives are “encouraging measures to see their [low paid people] wages rise.” Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader, pointed out that, coupled with…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly poised to reshuffle his Cabinet as early as today. At yesterday evening’s Covid briefing the PM refused to answer a question on whether he would rule out an imminent reshuffle. A Government source has now confirmed to The Telegraph that the highly speculated shake-up will take place. It has…
