LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The previous month, the cost of living continued to rise, highlighting the problem facing the chancellor ahead of his spring budget statement on Wednesday. Fuel, electricity, and food expenses soared, causing prices to rise by 6.2 percent
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to a senior economic adviser to the Ukrainian president, buying Russian fossil fuel offers “bloody money” to Moscow, which, in his opinion, ends up “funding war crimes.” According to Oleg Ustenko, oil revenue accounts for at
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) – According to Sajid Javid of Sky News, the UK has awarded 9,500 visas to Ukrainian relatives of British citizens fleeing the Russian invasion. The government said a week ago that 4,000 visas had been granted under the
LONDON (Parliament Politics magazine) – According to London mayor Sadiq Khan, the government has failed to implement a single suggestion from the public investigation into the Grenfell Tower incident. Mr Khan questioned if the government and the housing industry were taking steps
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
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The head of Police Scotland has stated that it is morally imperative and necessary to operate for police forces across the UK to show “zero tolerance for discrimination, racism and misogyny” both across society and within their
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – P&O Ferries’ “scandalous” decision to dismiss 800 workers without any warning, according to Labour, is a criminal felony. Louise Haigh, Shadow transport secretary, Angela Rayner, deputy leader and Jonathan Reynolds shadow business secretary have written to Kwasi
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Rishi Sunak has refused to disclose how many more people may be driven into fuel poverty as a result of increased energy prices, stating only that people shouldn’t be afraid. In the run-up to Wednesday’s spring fiscal
EDINBURGH (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Politicians from all over Scotland have paid homage to a member of the Scottish Parliament who passed while playing rugby for Holyrood. David Hill died on Saturday while playing for the Scottish Parliament in a tournament in
