Sleaze and cronyism has dominated the frontpages recently as a spotlight has been swung onto MPs’ second jobs. Notably Geoffrey Cox was paid as much as £6 million for work outside of parliament, leading to the government announcing a crackdown on outside work. But do the public think MPs should be allowed second jobs? Our…
Grant Shapps faced discontent in the Commons over the government’s plans to scrap the eastern leg of HS2 between Leeds and the East Midlands. Announcing £96 billion of new funding, the transport secretary said: “The HS2 track would not have reached the East Midlands and the North until the early 2040s.” Clearly, a rethink was…
The Home Office has confirmed that only five asylum-seekers have been returned to the European nations in 2021, amid post-Brexit difficulties on a returns agreement. Tom Pursglove, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for Immigration, confirmed to the home affairs committee that illegal Channel crossings rose to 23,000 this year, compared to 8,500 last year. Despite…
Christopher Chope, who yesterday blocked plans to undo Andrea Leadsom’s standards motion, was booed in the House of Commons today for telling a female Conservative MP to “apply her mind”. Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton, asked how long the Christchurch MP would like to spend debating the issue, saying: “We’ve had almost four-and-a-half…
Former Yorkshire County cricketer Azeem Rafiq has outlined the extensive racist abuse he received whilst playing for the club. Talking to the digital, culture, media and sport parliamentary committee, Rafiq said: “I felt isolated, humiliated at times, constant use of the word ‘Paki’. “In 2017 pre-season tour we were in a place and Gary Ballance…
The property ladder is a metaphor synonymous in the UK for a person’s desire to progress through the various stages of homeownership. Whether it’s due to a shortage of affordable homes, salaries outstripping house prices, or even the heavier tax burdens facing Britain’s younger generation, making that first step onto the property ladder has arguably…
Members of the House of Lords questioned the government’s response to Iran’s continued detention of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe today. The urgent question was proposed by Labour peer Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, who asked: “Can the minister use his undoubted influence with the prime minister to get him to make it his now, his top priority…
Poland are fearing that there could be an assault on their border as thousands of migrants and refugees are gathering on the border. Troops as massing on the Polish and… The post Polish ‘forces are ready for action’ as thousands of migrants and refugees gather at the Belarus border appeared first on London Business News…
A woman who suffers from a rare type of kidney cancer has urged the NHS to widen the net for cancer tests. Katy Hall, who was diagnosed with an extremely rare cellular cancer, known as MiT family translocation renal cell carcinoma, was initially told the lump found on her kidney was a benign tumour. Speaking as an…
In October, the government announced its long-awaited net zero strategy, a complex and wide-ranging pathway to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The government hopes the new plans will provide a clear roadmap for the economy to reorientate around a new green mission: To reduce emissions over the next three decades and to help limit global warming…
