UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Former Home Secretary David Blunkett urges PM Keir Starmer to sack Number 10 chief Morgan McSweeney after controversy over Health Secretary Wes Streeting. As reported by The Independent, former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett urged Sir Keir
Notwithstanding the fact that the Irish Sea border was supposed to arrive on 1 January 2021, it will only apply for the first time in relation to vet medicines from 1 January 2026. The Windsor Framework subjects Northern Ireland to laws made
Britain is a nation of islands. Roughly three quarters of a million people live on dozens of islands outside of the UK mainland. The Isle of Wight – my home – hosts the largest chunk of that population with about 140,000 residents
At the end of October, I asked a cabinet minister to apologise for some dubious statements he had made in the Chamber, on social media and in a letter to a Scottish Cabinet Secretary at Holyrood. His chosen subject to misrepresent? Scottish
Labour to abolish police and crime commissioners by 2028, shifting powers to mayors to save £100m and boost frontline policing efficiency.
When people go to court, they deserve justice – not a financial system that rewards investors before victims. Yet that is too often what litigation has become. The Post Office scandal exemplifies this. Hundreds of postmasters spent years fighting to clear their
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband calls on Keir Starmer to remove Downing Street staff behind briefing leaks as Labour tensions rise amid leadership rumours.
Former Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman warns Bridget Phillipson’s curriculum reforms risk weakening standards to appease teaching unions.
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Technology Secretary Liz Kendall says the new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill protects NHS, transport, energy, and essential services from attacks As reported by The Independent, the UK plans new legislation to impose strict cybersecurity rules on
PM Keir Starmer vows to fight racist rhetoric dividing Britain and signals scrapping the two-child benefit cap to tackle child poverty.
