Unpaid council tax debt has rocketed to £6bn as households reel from the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, according to a new report. Arrears have nearly doubled since before the Covid crisis – when they totalled around £3.6bn. The figures are contained in a new report published daysContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has ordered a new “standing army” of specialist police officers to be set up to bring an end to the far-right riots which have broken out across the UK in the last week. The prime minister made the move after chairing an emergency COBR (Cabinet Office BriefingContinue Reading
Anyone whipping up violence online will face “the full force of the law”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as the Technology Secretary said social media firms providing “a platform for this hate” must go further in tackling it. Downing Street also condemned Elon Musk for claiming “civil war is inevitable”Continue Reading
Anyone whipping up violence online will face “the full force of the law”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as the Government warned action by social media firms to tackle inflammatory content “doesn’t go far enough”. Downing Street also condemned Elon Musk for claiming that “civil war is inevitable” in theContinue Reading
Hostile states may be amplifying social media posts on rioting in Britain, home secretary Yvette Cooper has warned. It comes just one day after as the government’s adviser on political violence and disruption, Lord Walney, warned that far-right actors are “almost certainly” being “aided and abetted by hostile states inContinue Reading
A senior member of Rishi Sunak’s shadow ministerial team has been branded “disgusting” after appearing to suggest that the far right riots sweeping the UK are the fault of Labour opposing the Rwanda deportation scheme. Shadow Welsh secretary Lord Byron Davies got caught up in an exchange on X/Twitter withContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer issued a stark warning to far-right thugs rioting in British towns and cities with a “guarantee” that they will face swift justice and “the full force of the law”. In a uncompromising statement to the nation, the prime minister minister told those behind the appalling scenes inContinue Reading
Hampshire Tory police and crime commissioner Donna Jones has stubbornly refused to back down over a controversial statement that appeared to justify the activities of the far right and riots up and down the UK. Ms Jones had said in the statement posted online on Saturday night that arresting thugsContinue Reading
A senior Tory has issued a statement on an official website, which appeared to justify some of the activities of the far right rioters in recent days. The statement by Donna Jones, the Tory police and crime commissioner for Hampshire, was a response to the rioting which has taken placeContinue Reading
Thousands of new parliamentary staff are at risk from crumbling buildings, fire, asbestos and vermin as the restoration of the Palace of Westminster remains in limbo. The massive turnover of MPs and their staff at the general election means many of those working on the estate are unaware of theContinue Reading
