‘Questions’ follow on MP’s past performance as trade minister after she gains ground over Liz Truss Latest UK politics news – live Rival Tory leadership candidates have turned their fire on Penny Mordaunt as she continues to gather momentum in an increasingly acrimonious race. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, is […]
Month: July 2022
Conservative MPs are engaged in a series of votes to select two final candidates to be put to the party membership to choose a new leader, and therefore a new prime minister. Find out who’s still in the running Britain’s new prime minister will be announced by 5 September, after […]
Truss had only one thing to throw into the ring once she found the door – and it was still The Convict I eventually found confirmation of my accreditation for Liz Truss in the spam folder. Perhaps my email was trying to tell me something. Meanwhile, it was again standing […]
Monarch enjoys extraordinary exemptions under law – which extend to her private estates and even a royal fishing business What does the Queen’s legal immunity mean? Personalised exemptions for the Queen in her private capacity have been written into more than 160 laws since 1967, granting her sweeping immunity from […]
Czech-born skier and model, and mother to Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric, praised by ex-president as ‘beautiful and amazing woman’ Donald Trump has announced the death at 73 of Ivana Trump, his first wife and the mother of his three oldest children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric. In a post […]
Foreign secretary forced to regroup after trailing behind Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt after first round ballot Tory leadership: live updates Liz Truss will seek to reinvigorate her campaign to be the next prime minister by promising an “aspiration nation” on Thursday, after she was unexpectedly beaten into third place […]
Company enters Chapter 11 process as fallout continues from collapse of global cryptocurrency networks The cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has announced it has filed for bankruptcy. Crypto lending has tumbled in the recent months following a crash in cryptocurrency prices and the collapse of major token TerraUSD in May. Continue […]
Former Radio 1 star faces new claims of sexual abuse and misconduct from multiple women; he has previously denied wrongdoing The DJ Tim Westwood is facing allegations from a woman who says he first had sex with her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s. The woman […]
Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude The Metropolitan police has launched an investigation into claims by Sir Mo Farah that he was trafficked into the UK and forced into domestic servitude. The four-time Olympic champion told a BBC documentary […]
Child received care in Indiana in case cited by Biden in condemning supreme court decision An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion, a case that Joe Biden highlighted in criticizing a US supreme court decision eliminating a […]