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
by Ashton Perry
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
by Ashton Perry
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,
by Ashton Perry
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
by Ashton Perry
BELFAST (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Sinn FĂ©in 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,
by Ashton Perry
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
by Ashton Perry
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
by Ashton Perry
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
by Ashton Perry
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 (ÂŁ4.9 billion), up from $2.6 billion in the
by Ashton Perry