The cost of the Scottish Government’s legal challenge against the blocking of gender recognition reforms will not be revealed until after the case has concluded, the First Minister has said. Humza Yousaf said he has received legal advice on the “worst case scenario” figure, but added the costs cannot beContinue Reading
Jeremy Hunt surprisingly claimed the UK economy’s outlook is “brighter than expected” – even though we just heard that it didn’t grow at all in February. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) just revealed that the UK had no month-on-month growth in its gross domestic product (GDP) in February. ItContinue Reading
R ape prosecution numbers have been “far too low” in recent years, the Policing Minister admitted on Thursday. Chris Philp said there was “no question” that the way serious sex crimes are investigated needed to be improved. He was questioned about three women who have announced plans to sue notoriousContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak has been dealt a major blow after NHS waiting lists hit another record high. The prime minister made bringing them down one of the five pledges he made to voters at the start of the year. “NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care theyContinue Reading
Tory MPs have torn into Michael Gove’s latest wheeze to solve the housing crisis. The levelling up secretary has announced that holiday lets could require planning permission in a bid to reduce housing pressure in tourist hotspots. Councils could be given new powers to ban future holiday lets if theirContinue Reading
J unior doctors must suspend all strikes for the Government to consider entering talks facilitated by conciliation service Acas in a bid to end the bitter pay dispute, a minister has suggested. Acas has said it is “well prepared and ready to help” and the British Medical Association (BMA) isContinue Reading
Dimitar Bechev is a lecturer at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and the author of “Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe.” A couple weeks ago, Bulgarians voted in yet another election — their fifth since April 2021. However, as the dustContinue Reading
When it comes to omega-3, most of us probably think of the fish oil capsules we have sitting in the back of the kitchen cupboard from 2013, but new research shows we should probably be taking said capsules, as nearly all of us aren’t getting anywhere near as much ofContinue Reading
Meghan Markle turned down her invitation to King Charles’ coronation next month, and Twitter is absolutely here for her. Since leaving their lives as working royals behind in 2020, the Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry have been very open about their previous unhappiness behind Palace walls. SheContinue Reading
A Home Office minster has admitted “there’s more we can do” to follow up on reported crimes and said the bureaucracy involved in recording certain incidents is “wasting” police time. Chris Philp insisted Government plans to cut “unnecessary red tape” will see the police focusing less on rude but non-threateningContinue Reading
