A s it examines the Government’s Rwanda deportation policy, the Supreme Court will hear from asylum seekers about the “trauma” and “torture” they have experienced. The Home Office is contesting a June Court of Appeal decision that the multimillion-pound agreement, which would see asylum seekers sent to the country inContinue Reading
F oreign Office officials are assessing the situation in Israel and Gaza as the death toll continues to rise, with fierce fighting ongoing in the wake of an attack by Hamas. Among the dead is 20-year-old Nathanel Young, a Briton serving in the Israeli Defence Services who died on theContinue Reading
T he Government is working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel after a British man serving in the country’s army was killed during attacks by Hamas. Rishi Sunak condemned the incursion as an “appalling act of terror” as the death toll climbed to at least 700 onContinue Reading
I t will take Labour two terms in office to turn around the “existential” challenges faced by the NHS and social care, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said. He said the challenges facing the NHS in England were “enormous” and without significant reform “it isn’t sustainable for the long term”.Continue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer announced a £1.5billion plan to tackle NHS waiting lists but urged the party not to become “giddy” at the prospect of power, ahead of the general election. As activists gathered for what could be the final Labour conference before the election expected next year, Sir KeirContinue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer announced a £1.5 billion plan to tackle NHS waiting lists but urged the party not to become “giddy” at the prospect of power, ahead of the general election. As activists gathered for what could be the final Labour conference before the election expected next year, SirContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak has said Israel has “an absolute right to defend itself” and the country’s prime minister said it was “at war” after at least 100 people were killed during attacks by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip. The UK Prime Minister said the Government is in contact withContinue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer has said he would be a prime minister for the “whole of Scotland”, including those who voted Yes to independence, as he pitched to SNP supporters following his party’s by-election win. Labour’s huge majority in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West result has also led to anContinue Reading
L abour has unveiled pledges to double the number of diagnostic scanners in hospitals and get tough on property developers as the party sets out its stall on health and housing ahead of its conference in Liverpool. Deputy leader Angela Rayner promised the party would deliver the “biggest boost toContinue Reading
G reen energy industrialist Dale Vince has announced he will stop funding eco-group Just Stop Oil and will instead focus on an anti-Conservative campaign to get the vote out among the younger generation. The Ecotricity founder, who has donated to both climate activists and Labour, said continued disruption was “pointless”Continue Reading
