It’s Christmas Eve and Santa’s on his way. He knows if you’ve been bad or good, and there will be a few MPs receiving a bag of coal down their chimney’s this year. It’s been an eventful year, full of scandals. But who has been naughty and who has been nice? To go through this…
LGBT people are still fighting for rights around the world. Here’s a summary of where things stand. The post LGBT rights around the world appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
Simon Cheng is a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, granted political asylum in the UK in 2020 after being arrested and tortured by the Chinese state. Since arriving in the UK, Simon has set up Hongkongers in Britain, an organisation that helps Hong Kong citizens emigrating on the BNO visa scheme settle in Great Britain.…
In just under a year, England will compete in the Qatar World Cup, hoping to go one better than their performance at Euro 2020. Here’s everything you need to know about the controversial world cup. The post Everything you need to know about the Qatar World Cup appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
Labour MP Pat McFadden asked ‘where is the chancellor?’ today in an urgent question to the House of Commons. Querying why Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the exchequer, was in California, the MP for Wolverhampton South East said: “Why did he decide to proceed with a trip to California on Tuesday, when it was already…
Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said the Omicron variant poses “the most significant threat we’ve had since the start of the pandemic”. Appearing in front of a transport committee on the threat of Omicron to international travel, Dr Harries warned the new numbers behind the spread of the…
Labour’s shadow justice secretary Steve Reed has labelled the government’s proposed changes to the Human Rights Act as ‘a dead cat distraction’. Speaking to the Commons, Reed said: “It’s a dead cat distraction tactic by a government that doesn’t know how to fix the criminal justice system that they’ve broken and is desperate to divert…
Labour MP Andy McDonald gave an emotional speech today during a Private Members’ Bill debate on access to medical cannabis. Speaking in the House of Commons, the MP for Middlesborough said: “We were confronted with our beloved Rory locked in status. And I recall so vividly calling the ambulance and having him whisked off to…
Yvette Cooper has clashed with Priti Patel over the so-called ‘borders bill’ today in the House of Commons. In her first appearance at the despatch box as shadow home secretary, Cooper accused the home secretary of “letting vile people traffickers and criminal gangs off the hook” and said her speech was “a lot of rhetoric…
The UK government says Russian president Vladimir Putin “needs to de-escalate now” over reports of a potential invasion of Ukraine. Answering an urgent question in the House of Commons on fears of a Russian incursion on Ukraine, minister for Africa Vicky Ford says such a move “should expect significant strategic consequences” for Russia. Ford added…
