MPs are coming together to form the Online Safety Bill. This bill will examine the often harmful content involved within online journalism and what constitutes as online journalistic content. The bill was also impose a duty of care on large tech companies
The Northern Ireland Protocol came into effect at the start of 2021 in an attempt to prevent hard border checks in Northern Ireland. However, the protocol has prompted disagreements between the UK and the EU because of continuous trade disruption between
“Significant concerns” have arisen from the Home Secretary, Priti Patel’s immigration bill amendments according to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, as well as there being potential for ‘racial discrimination.’ In September, the Home Office made the admission that the bill may
Parliamentary rules clearly state that MPs cannot use public resources, which includes parliamentary offices, for “personal or financial benefit”. Last year Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Cox made almost £900,000 was involved in a virtual meeting in a Parliament office of which there
Boris Johnson’s efforts to change the House of Commons standards regime, thus saving the career of former Tory minister Owen Paterson, were ruined on Thursday when he was forced into a huge U-turn. Facing intensive criticism from the opposition parties as
The Lord Speaker, Lord McFall of Alcluith addressed the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union (BGIPU) this week at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow to share his thoughts on how the government can aim to reach the goals set out at
Following a scandal of sleaze allegations, British legislator Owen Paterson is quitting Parliament, which has created a huge uproar. It was discovered that Paterson has broken paid lobbying rules, despite his claims of being “totally innocent” of any of these charges against
Bankrolled by trade unions, a campaign in support of a bill to end this practice will come to a head before the bill’s second reading on Friday the 29th of October 2021. Although Boris Johnson and other ministers have condemned the tactic,
Angela Rayner has publicly apologized for her behavior in the party’s conference last month where she “unreservedly” called Conservatives “scum”. Ashron-under-Lyne MP Angela Rayner took to social media to share a long statement, where she stated that upon reflection after the incident,
Sky News conducted a poll which revealed the majority of voters support Rishi Sunak’s budget and are in support of how he is handling the economy. After the budget plans were announced by Sunak, 1,529 people were surveyed a few days after
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has released a report that accuses Leicestershire Police officers of shutting down investigations into Lord Janner “without pursuing all inquiries”. Lord Janner was a British politician who became a Leicester Labour MP in the
House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has said he would begin a review of safety measures for MPs following the murder of Southend West’s MP Sir David Amess. Sir Lindsay said it was essential to “protect our democracy” against “people who
UK Government ministers are closing in on a deal to purchase a stake in the Sidwell C nuclear power project in Suffolk. Competition for this £20 billion project has been hotly contested, with China currently playing a major role. A sizeable backing
The British government has been criticised by the UN for a lack of resolution over colonial-era crimes committed in Kenya. Six UN special rapporteurs have written to the government expressing concern over its failure to provide “effective remedies and reparations” to the Kipsigis
The Hong Kong activist Nathan Law has applied for asylum in the UK, six months after fleeing his home on the eve of the national security law coming into force. Law revealed in an opinion article for the Guardian on Monday that he had submitted a
The UK should do more to constrain Iran by proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist group and formally describe the Iranian practice of detaining British dual nationals as state hostage taking, the all-party foreign affairs select committee has said. The report
Tens of millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured in Belgium will be flown to Britain by military aircraft to avoid delays at ports caused by Brexit, under contingency plans being developed by the government. Both the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
THE UK and EU have been warned to make progress on EU financial market access due the impacts the co..
The countrys leading rugby players are calling for clearer leadership from the games top administrat..
