LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The deadline for officials from Downing Street to protest against being named in Sue Gray’s report on parties during the lockdown has passed. The investigation’s lead civil servant is anticipated to release her conclusions in the coming
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Keir Starmer’s staff is being asked to dispute Conservative allegations that the SNP would prop up Labour in office after the next general election by drawing up “red lines” against any deals with the Scottish party as
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine ) – Keir Starmer began PMQs by questioning Boris Johnson whether he supported, opposed, or was on the fence about a windfall tax on energy businesses. There was no clarity on the matter even at the end of
KYIV (Parliament politics Magazine) – For the first time, there are now more open jobs than jobless individuals in the UK. During January and March, the unemploment rate decreased to 3.7 percent, the least in over 50 years, while job vacancies reached
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) – According to a senior government source, the UK government is planning to introduce legislation that would empower London ministers to overturn aspects of the Brexit deal affecting Northern Ireland. Boris Johnson will travel to Belfast later this
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Labour will call for a vote on Tuesday to impose a windfall tax on oil and gas corporations, claiming it would be humiliating not to do so to help with growing living costs. The government’s refusal to
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The education minister has slammed the suggestion that prestigious universities like Cambridge and Oxford should bend the system to admit more students from public schools. Admissions should be based on merit, according to Nadhim Zahawi, and 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) – Boris Johnson’s “P&O-style” strategy to slashing 91,000 Whitehall jobs could be met by a strike, warns the biggest civil service union, with officials also trying to decrease staff redundancy terms by up to a third. After Johnson
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) – Natalie McGarry, a former Scottish National Party MP, was found guilty of embezzlement of about £25,000 from a pro-independence group she helped start as well as her local Scottish National Party unit. She was found guilty by
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The United Kingdom has come to mutual agreement with Finland and Sweden, agreeing to assist them if they are attacked. Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, paid a visit to both countries to sign the agreements, which
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
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,
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
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The results of a poll published last month by the Daily Telegraph suggested that the Conservatives are on track to lose almost 800 council seats in the local elections. Despite the fact that it was based on
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The environment secretary has advised that shoppers may deal with rising food prices and the cost of living crisis by shopping for value brands at supermarkets. Food prices are rising as a result of the knock-on impact
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Johnson is widely thought to be always eager to raise government expenditure, with only the more fiscally disciplined chancellor, Rishi Sunak, acting as a check. However, Johnson hinted that the Treasury has won this fight in his
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The High Court concluded that the government’s policy on discharging patients from hospitals to care homes during the onset of the Covid pandemic was unlawful. Two women sued the former health secretary and Public Health England, alleging
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner has expressed her disgust with assertions made by Conservative MPs that she attempts to distract the Prime Minister by crossing and uncrossing her legs. Ms Rayner told ITV that she was “really
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The UK has provided £200 million in military aid to Ukraine, according to the defence secretary, who also revealed that the UK will send a “small number” of Stormer missile launchers to Ukraine and will offer Poland
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following a scandal over the finances of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife, Labour has vowed to replace the “non-dom” taxable status in the UK. The party said it will end the “unfair” status that exempts UK residents with
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) – Angela Rayner has lashed out at political sexism and misogyny after a newspaper alleged that she uncrosses and crosses her legs during PMQs to distract Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson, along with cabinet ministers and MPs from across
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson has stated that he will remove loopholes to ensure that UK exports to India do not wind up being used in Russian weapons, despite the fact that he has acknowledged that the war in Ukraine
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson met with Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, to discuss defence, energy, and trade relations. Mr Johnson stated that he hoped for a post-Brexit free trade agreement to be reached by Diwali in October. The PM,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson has disclosed that dozens of Ukrainian soldiers are undergoing training in the United Kingdom, learning how to operate 120 British armoured vehicles before they return to fight alongside them in the war against Russia. According
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) – Priti Patel defended proposals to deport undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda on a one-way ticket, claiming that opponents of the plan had failed to present an alternative solution to the migrant crisis. The plan, which was announced
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson is planning to present his “version of events” on partygate to MPs for the first time this week, following a police probe that resulted in a fine. After additional reports about the PM’s role in
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to new government plans, some people seeking asylum who cross the Channel to the UK will be offered a one-way ticket to Rwanda. Mostly single men who will arrive by boat or lorry will be involved
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Even though they were fined by the police for breaking rules of the lockdown in Downing Street in June 2020, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have refused to quit. For attending a birthday celebration for the PM
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,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Crispin Blunt, a Conservative MP, has apologised for a comment in which he defended fellow Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan, who was convicted of sexual assault. On Monday, Khan, a Wakefield MP, was found guilty of abusing
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – About 2,500 barristers in England and Wales, who are critical to the criminal justice system, have started an industrial action over worries about legal aid funding. They will not pitch in at the last minute to cover
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) – According to the BBC, a Whitehall investigation is underway into how Akshata Murty, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife’s tax affairs were leaked to the media. Following a controversy over her non-domicile status, Akshata Murty has stated that
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – New demands have been made on the government to uncover the identities of eight sanctioned Russian oligarchs who were given “golden visas” to settle in the UK. Stephen Kinnock, the shadow immigration minister, is asking that Priti
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Environmental activist organisation Extinction Rebellion supporters staged a major sit-in protest in the heart of London’s shopping district. On Saturday morning, tens of thousands of people gathered outside Marble Arch with multicoloured flags depicting the group’s “extinction”
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – UK PM Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. The visit was described by No 10 as a “display of solidarity” with the people of Ukraine. Following the discussion, Downing Street announced that the
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following in the footsteps of the United States, the United Kingdom has placed sanctions on two adult daughters of Vladimir Putin, in yet another symbolic measure with an intention of putting pressure on Russia for invading Ukraine.
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) – After it was revealed that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife benefits from a tax-saving plan, he has been urged to “come clean” about his family’s financial affairs. Akshata Murty has non-dom status, which means she is exempt from
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following criticism that the government’s new energy plan provides little to aid consumers struggling with skyrocketing costs, the PM has defended it. Boris Johnson described it as a “long-term plan” centred on energy supply, adding that the
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) – Boris Johnson, the PM of the United Kingdom, says he believes transgender women should not compete in female sporting events, a view he admits is “controversial.” The example of transgender cyclist Emily Bridges has recently drawn attention
LONDON, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to the health secretary, the rise in national insurance payments for millions of individuals already struggling to cope with the cost of living issue is both reasonable and fair. Sajid Javid said the additional 1.25 percentage
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
