United Kingdom (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A tragic fire at a block of flats in Glasgow has resulted in the deaths of a couple, a man and a woman, with five others hospitalised due to smoke inhalation. Emergency services responded swiftly, evacuating
United States (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States, has paused job offers for candidates requiring H-1B visas following the Trump administration’s imposition of a $100,000 fee per visa application. This move directly responds to the
United Kingdom (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Budget footwear chain Shoe Zone has closed 39 stores in the year to September 2025 amid a 7.6% fall in revenue to £149.1 million. The company cites challenging economic conditions including falling consumer confidence after the
To promote development and innovation in the cryptoassets industry while preserving financial stability and unambiguous regulatory norms, the UK government is seeking input on a proposed regulatory framework. This survey comes after the Financial Services and Markets Bill (FSMB) proposed to bring
The police should be people you can trust because they are in positions of authority in society and are tasked with maintaining public safety and the rule of law. Police misconduct occurs when the police misuse their authority. Being mistreated by the
The roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the Head of State, or monarch, are established by conventions. One of the traditions is the political impartiality of the monarch. The common law system applied in England and Wales is a hybrid of both the
This is extremely important in a democracy where individual judges and the judiciary as a whole must be objective and free of all external influences and of each other to ensure that the people standing before them and the rest of society
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in England and Wales is the main source of funding for the UK judiciary because a significant part of the national justice system funding in England and Wales allocated to courts, tribunals, and judicial wages is financed
In the UK, the concept of “two-tier policing” refers to the practice of police treating certain protests or organizations more severely than others. It implies that police are more tolerant of left-wing or minority group rallies while being harsher on right-wing ones.
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A row has erupted between the UK and Scotland over £24.5m spent policing US President Donald Trump and VP JD Vance, with Scotland seeking reimbursement. As reported by The Guardian, Holyrood’s public finance minister, Ivan McKee, called
