LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Starting Monday, millions of people will be shifted off legacy benefits and onto universal credit, a strategy that charities have judged too risky to continue. More than 20 charities have written to Therese Coffey, the work and
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,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In the Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Féin has been certified as the largest party. Sinn Féin has now secured 27 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly, making it the largest party for the first time. Cara Hunter
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said in a speech at Chatham House that the wrecked southern port city of Mariupol is “an example of torture and starvation used as a weapon of war,” and that no international organisations
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson has recorded a clip for broadcasters about the results. He began by praising Conservative councillors and stating that the results were “mixed.” He described the situation in some sections of the country as difficult. However,
BEIRUT (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Almost three years into a debilitating economic crisis that has devastated the Lebanese pound, created record inflation, and forced thousands of people to flee the nation, Lebanese expats have begun voting in the country’s parliamentary elections. On
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
WARSAW (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, President Vladimir Putin is a “war criminal” who is conducting “genocide” in Ukraine, and the European Union must not continue “business as usual” with Russia as long as he is
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In English local elections, the Conservatives lost control of major London councils, but Labour has made small gains elsewhere. In a successful night for the Lib Dems, they won gains in Tory areas and won Hull City
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine) – On Thursday, May 5, here are the major events so far. According to Ukrainian sources, Russian forces were struggling for control of the last Ukrainian foothold in the beleaguered city of Mariupol. With a phased oil embargo,
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
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Shell has declared a record quarterly profit of $9.1 billion (£7.3 billion) for the first quarter of the year, increasing pressure on the government to enact a windfall tax to fund steps to combat rising home energy
