T he UK and EU deal to reduce red tape on post-Brexit trade has improved the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol but problems remain, peers have concluded. The House of Lords committee on the protocol has published a report on the economic, political, legal and constitutional impact of the Windsor FrameworkContinue Reading
T he Metropolitan Police was on Monday facing another race row storm after four officers arrested a black woman in front of her “distressed” young son because they wrongly believed she had dodged paying her bus fare. The force confirmed it has referred itself to the Office for Police ConductContinue Reading
C hancellor Jeremy Hunt has called for investment to catch more cancers early and “lift the curse from humanity” after revealing the extent to which the disease has hit his family. Mr Hunt, who has been treated for skin cancer, lost both his parents to cancer, Royal Navy admiral SirContinue Reading
M ichael Gove is planning to slash red tape to pave the way for more home extensions and conversions of shops into houses in efforts to address the housing crisis. As part of plans due to be unveiled on Monday, the Housing Secretary said new rules will be drawn upContinue Reading
R elatives of victims of the NHS infected blood scandal are to hand in a letter to Downing Street telling Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that “action is needed now” to set up a body to give full compensation. It comes amid complaints the Government is dragging its heels over compensationContinue Reading
T he Government has introduced a new medal to honour people who provide aid during major humanitarian crises, such as floods and earthquakes. The Humanitarian Medal, which has been approved by King Charles, will be awarded to staff in public service organisations and charities who respond in support of humanContinue Reading
The Labour leader on Saturday called for “reflection” on how the expansion of the charge on polluting vehicles would be carried out after the party was beaten by the Conservatives in Boris Johnson’s old seat. Labour overturned a huge 20,000 Conservative majority in the North Yorkshire seat of Selby andContinue Reading
L abour should “stick to their guns” on expanding a charge on the most polluting vehicles in London, according to TV presenter Chris Packham. The environmental campaigner said a Labour government could consider taxing the profits of oil and gas giants to help pay for motorists to switch to cleanerContinue Reading
A group of primary school children left feeling “ashamed of their country” after murals were painted over at an asylum centre in Kent have sent hand-drawn pictures to the young refugees housed there. Two classes of pupils, aged between eight and nine, at St Gerard’s Catholic Primary School in Birmingham,Continue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer has labelled a Government minister a “silly sod” who will “soon be history”, after Johnny Mercer compared the party’s new 25-year-old MP to a character from cult Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners. The minister for Veterans’ Affairs said Keir Mather had been “dropped into” the SelbyContinue Reading
