C onservative Tobias Ellwood has expressed regret and deleted a video in which he praised the Taliban for tackling opium and corruption after he faced criticism from fellow MPs. The Commons Defence Committee chairman was condemned by a fellow Conservative member of the cross-party group for the “utterly bizarre” clipContinue Reading
A lack of guidance for schools in relation to transgender pupils is “frustrating”, a headteachers’ union has said. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said schools are having to navigate the “complex and sensitive subject” of gender identity on their own. In March,Continue Reading
R ishi Sunak is set to face Prime Minister’s Questions and his backbenchers on Wednesday as polling suggests his approval rating is at an all-time low. Just a quarter of Britons surveyed by YouGov last week hold a favourable view of the Prime Minister, while two thirds have an unfavourableContinue Reading
N igel Farage has claimed he has obtained documents showing prestigious private bank Coutts decided to close his account because his views “do not align with our values”. The former leader of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) said he got hold of a report from the bank’s reputational risk committeeContinue Reading
The London mayor said that along with a number of other Labour MPs and mayors, he would be lobbying party leader Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the cap, which he argued is piling further pain on families struggling with the cost of living crisis. Mr Khan was careful to avoidContinue Reading
B ack-to-back strikes by junior doctors and consultants will leave the NHS “struggling to catch its breath”, health leaders have said. Junior doctors in England went out on strike from 7am on July 13 to 7am on July 18. The five-day walkout was the longest in NHS history and isContinue Reading
A row over Labour’s plan to keep the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap, which has been blamed for pushing families into poverty, spilled over into a meeting of the parliamentary party on Monday evening. It is understood that a number of Labour MPs raised the issue, after Sir Keir Starmer onContinue Reading
B y-elections this week will be difficult, Rishi Sunak admitted, as the Conservatives battle to save seats in three crunch local polls. All eyes in Westminster will be on the by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty as well as Somerton and Frome on Thursday, with Labour andContinue Reading
T he Tory candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip has admitted it will be “very difficult” for the party to hold on to Boris Johnson’s former seat in Thursday’s by-election. Steve Tuckwell, who is a Conservative councillor for South Ruislip, said he is working “incredibly hard” to secure a victory,Continue Reading
A new law aimed at preventing extremist groups from training artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to spread terrorism would be introduced under a Labour government, Yvette Cooper will say. In a major speech on Monday, the shadow home secretary will set out the party’s approach to national security, including action toContinue Reading
