A Palestinian flag flaps in the air by a message reading “Stop bombs” projected on the “Big Ben” during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, on the sidelines of the Opposition Day motion in the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. | Photo Credit: AFP … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressing the MPs on illegal immigration as Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman (right) reacts at the House of Commons, in London, on December 13, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, December 14, 2022, set out a new five-step strategy to clamp down on illegal … Read more
The nominations for Conservative Party members planning to contest in the leadership election to replace Liz Truss as Tory leader and British Prime Minister officially opened on Thursday evening, with a high threshold of 100 members of Parliament set for the final shortlist. Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Backbench Committee in charge of Tory … Read more
A surging tide of people – ranging from London retirees to former England soccer captain David Beckham – have lined up to file past Queen Elizabeth II‘s coffin as it lies in state at Parliament, so many that authorities on Friday had to call a temporary halt to more people joining the miles-long queue. A … Read more
Latest updates: UK prime minister holds press conference with German chancellor Olaf Scholz on war in Ukraine Patel apologises for low number of Ukraine refugees arriving UK might try to flex military muscles but has it got what it takes? Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty were legally declared to be “permanent US residents” … Read more
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, is making a statement to MPs now setting out the government’s response to the sacking of 800 workers by P&O Ferries. There are nine measures, he says. First, HM Revenue and Customs will get new resources to check ferry operators are complying with minimum wage law, he says. HMRC will … Read more
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak tabled the UK’s Spring Statement, or the country’s one of two annual fiscal statements, on Wednesday amid high inflation and price rises and announced measures such as a drop in the basic rate of income tax, a cut in fuel duty and doubling support for vulnerable households. The Indian-origin … Read more
Good morning. “Where are all these mansions [being] seized?”, a Ukrainian activist asked Boris Johnson angrily in Poland last week. The question reflected a concern that the UK has not done enough to directly penalise Russian oligarchs who operate in the UK. But this morning Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, said that he had effectively … Read more
12.27pm GMT 12:27 Ruth Edwards (Con) asks about a constituent who collapsed and died during a football game. She asks for VAT to be removed from commerical defibrilators. Johnson offers his condolences to the family of the constituent who died, and says he will meet with Edwards to discuss the VAT point. 12.25pm GMT 12:25 … Read more
Latest updates: prime minister tells MPs Russian president has staged ‘renewed invasion’ of Ukraine Russia condemned at UN after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine Ukraine-Russia crisis: latest updates According to a report by Lucy Fisher in the Telegraph, Russian oligarchs have been lobbying the Foreign Office in the hope of ensuring they avoid being … Read more