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KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The unprovoked Ukraine war enters its 116th day. The following is a quick summary of the events and everything major that occurred. According to Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Russia’s war in Ukraine might last years. They
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Downing Street has come under pressure to release a letter from Lord Geidt, PM’s former ethics adviser, who abruptly quit without explaining. Lord Geidt was known to be dissatisfied with how Boris Johnson handled the Partygate, even
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following the criticism from top bishops in the Church of England, the foreign secretary stated the Rwanda flights policy is absolutely moral. The first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off on Tuesday afternoon, with
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After the Russian invasion of Ukraine was blamed for causing a food crisis throughout the world by the European Council president, Russia’s UN representative stormed out of a UN Security Council meeting. Food supplies were used as
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – 93 percent of those who enlisted in the government’s flagship programme to combat long-term unemployment were unable to find work. Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak introduced the £2.9 billion Restart initiative last year with the goal of
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Monarch of UK celebrates her 70th year in reign this year and the nation is painted in the colours of joy, festivities and pride for their queen. Following is a quick summary of the events of
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A green thinktank believes that billions of pounds handed away in a tax incentive for UK gas and oil exploration could have permanently slashed the energy bills by £342 a year of 2 million homes if investment
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A minister has stated that an examination into claims that Carrie Johnson held a party during the lockdown that was not included in the Sue Gray investigation is not immediately clear. Over the last six months, Chris
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to the new government guidelines, those ministers who breach standards regulations in a “minor” fashion will not be expected to quit or risk dismissal. MPs have historically been expected to resign from government if they violate
ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The process for application of NATO membership was started earlier this month by Finland and Sweden despite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s stated opposition. As Russia’s war on Ukraine rages, Ankara is out of sync with the
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Top officials who violated the Covid lockdown rules at the parties in and around Downing Street are to be named by Sue Gray. After the Met Police’s conclusion of their investigation, the senior civil servant is free
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will outline the UK government’s plans for revising Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade pact. It comes after the Prime Minister claimed the arrangement, which governs the entrance of goods in Northern Ireland from the
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The government has decided to postpone a ban on multi-buy junk food offers and pre-watershed TV advertising. The plans will be put on hold for a year as officials analyse the impact on household budgets as households
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – If energy corporations do not invest sufficiently in new projects, the chancellor has threatened to levy a one-time “windfall” tax. Rishi Sunak went on to say that he hopes to see investment “soon” to improve energy security,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – As he gave the Queen’s Speech, Prince Charles outlined the priorities of the government for the next year. After the Queen dropped out owing to difficulties with her health, he stood in for her at the ceremony
BELFAST (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Sinn Féin has called for a debate on a united Ireland, hailing its first victory in a Northern Ireland assembly election as a watershed moment for the British-controlled province. On Saturday, the party’s president, Mary Lou McDonald,
CANBERRA (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to whistleblowers, Facebook employed an overly aggressive blocking system to take down the pages of Australian emergency services last year as a negotiation strategy. Following a dispute over paying news sources, the social media platform decided
JERUSALEM (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A key holy site in Jerusalem was cleared of Palestinian demonstrators by the Israeli police on Thursday, as the Jews began visiting which had been stopped for Muslim holidays. Several rounds of unrest had taken place in
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, revealed a proposal today to impose an EU-wide embargo on Russian oil imports, which are one of Moscow’s key revenue sources. The embargo will be methodical and progressive, with
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After oil and gas prices skyrocketed, BP’s profits for the first three months of the year more than doubled. The energy behemoth posted an underlying profit of $6.2 billion (£4.9 billion), up from $2.6 billion in the
BRUSSELS (ParliamentPolitics Magazine) – On Monday, energy ministers of the European Union to get together for an urgent meeting in an attempt to come to a united response to demands made by Moscow that European buyers pay for Russian gas in rubles
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Closing the bars of the parliament in an attempt to combat an atmosphere of sexual misconduct on the estate would be “excessively puritanical,” according to Kwasi Kwarteng. The business secretary spoke on Sky News’ Ridge on Sunday
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In the midst of increasing scrutiny concerning harassment in Parliament, a female cabinet minister has said she was once “pinned up against a wall” by a male MP. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the International Trade Secretary, said she had
BERLIN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to a media source, German power company Uniper would pay for Russian gas through a transfer to a Russian bank rather than a European bank. They plan on making the payments in euros to a Russian
WARSAW (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Gazprom, the Russian energy behemoth, has stopped export of gas to Bulgaria and Poland due to the nations’ refusal to pay in rubles for supplies. Until payments are completed in Russian currency, services won’t be restored according
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – This morning, Boris Johnson is chairing the cabinet. Johnson will direct the ministers to focus on the cost of living crisis, according to a long press release from No. 10. The press releases from Downing Street are
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Conservative Party’s chairman believes that removing Boris Johnson from Downing Street would cause “instability and uncertainty” in the country. After he was fined by the police for attending a party during the first lockdown in No
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson’s authority, according to Labour, is ‘draining away.’ Labour’s Peter Kyle has rebutted Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns’ allegation that the government has always wanted the Privileges Committee to look into whether Boris Johnson lied to
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – As he began a two-day trip to India, Boris Johnson downplayed the dispute over a new Partygate inquiry, saying he is concentrating on “the things that matter.” On his first visit to India since becoming Prime Minister
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – PM Boris Johnson is expected to apologise for violating his own laws during the lockdown when he gives the first statement to the MPs after he was fined by the police. At a 2020 birthday party at
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to MPs and peers, Dominic Raab’s proposal of replacing the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights is not based on evidence and will weaken protection for individuals. The joint committee on human rights,
CHEMLSFORD (Parliament Politics Magazine) – For the killing of Sir David Amess, Conservative MP, a man who was cleared of being a terrorist danger by an anti-radicalisation programme’s official now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following a dispute over her non-domicile status, Akshata Murty, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife has announced she would pay UK taxes on her income from overseas. She holds £700 million in shares in the Indian IT behemoth Infosys,
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced today a significant increase in UK sanctions on Russia. The largest Russian bank has had its assets frozen, and any new UK foreign investment into Russia has been stopped. By the
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Days before releasing its energy supply strategy, the government has requested a new report on the impact of fracking. The British Geological Survey (BGS) has been granted three months to review any modifications to the science around
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Jacob Rees-Mogg has refused to retract his comments about the Downing Street partygate controversy being “fluff” and “fundamentally trivial.” Asked about partygate by callers on LBC, the Brexit minister claimed it’s “not the most significant subject in
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – MPs will investigate why governments delayed paying a debt to Iran while knowing that doing so would likely result in the release of two British-Iranian detainees. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee confirmed that an investigation will be
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The government’s nominee for the next chair of the Charity Commission has been rejected by the committee of MPs, accusing ministers of making a sloppy and unimaginative choice in choosing Orlando Fraser, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate.
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After police probing the partygate incident began issuing fines for lockdown breaches, Dominic Raab defended Downing Street workers who were under great strain. There were certainly things that were incorrect, the deputy prime minister confessed, but added
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After being introduced during the pandemic, MPs voted to let women in England to continue to get abortion services at home. The House of Commons approved the amendment proposed by the House of Lords earlier this month
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Those people who attended lockdown-breaking parties in Whitehall and Downing Street will be issued 20 fines by the Metropolitan Police. However, the force has not published the names of those facing charges or the incidents to which
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following rival P&O’s plan to lay off 800 employees, executives from Stena Lines and DFDS will meet with government authorities later today. The Department for Transport (DfT) acknowledged the meeting but did not specify what would be
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Nadhim Zahawi, education secretary of the UK has claimed that Rishi Sunak is planning more cost-of-living assistance, adding that it would be “irresponsible for me to say ‘job done'” days after the announcement of the spring statement.
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The government has stated that by the end of the decade, 300,000 public charging stations will be made available to electric vehicle owners. The Department for Transport says £500 million will be committed to meet the aim,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – PM Johnson is expected to propose a new military aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, as he meets with G7 AND NATO leaders to encourage them to “stand up” in the face of Russian aggression. The PM
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A think tank has warned that the mini-budget by Rishi Sunak will not prevent millions of people from falling into poverty due to rising food and energy prices. The chancellor stated that the initiatives outlined in his
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to the newest video produced by the pair, the defence secretary appeared to inform Russian impostors pretending as the Ukrainian PM that the UK is running short of anti-tank weapons to deploy to Ukraine. The hoax,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has argued that the release of Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iranian prison took much too long. Mr Hunt stated to the BBC. The return to the UK of the British-Iranian
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson is holding a summit with nuclear sector executives in an attempt to lessen the UK’s reliance on Russian oil and gas imports. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he is meeting with industry leaders to prepare
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The chancellor should use this Spring Statement of this week to do more to aid poorer households, according to a top debt charity. Rishi Sunak is being urged by StepChange to enhance welfare payouts and provide more
