Rewritten rules remove need to resign – instead ministers can apologise or temporarily lose pay for breaches Boris Johnson has been accused of changing the ministerial code to help “save his skin” ahead of a new Partygate inquiry that could publish more photos and subject him to a public grilling […]
Year: 2022
Situation in Donbas ‘even worse than people say it is’, says Ukraine’s foreign minister, as Kremlin makes further gains Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The besieged Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appears to be almost completely surrounded by attacking Russian forces, as the Kremlin continued to make incremental gains in its offensive […]
A timeline suggests about 78 minutes passed from when the gunman entered the building to when officers breached the classroom The head of the Texas department of public safety admitted on Friday afternoon that “of course it was the wrong decision” for armed police to wait for an extended period […]
Nadine Dorries launches explanation of government’s online safety bill in form of a 41-second clip It was, perhaps, more straight out of The Thick of It than Compton, but Nadine Dorries seemed undeterred. In a move that has elicited a somewhat mixed reaction, the culture secretary launched an explanation of […]
Firm says Sunak’s levy creates uncertainty and asks for tax relief that covers investment in renewables Shell has said Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax is a threat to investment in North Sea oil and gas as Britain attempts to ramp up domestic energy supplies. The chancellor yesterday announced an “energy profits […]
Chancellor’s measures, including tax on oil and gas companies, criticised as too late and a ‘drop in the ocean’ Rishi Sunak bowed to months of pressure over the cost of living crisis with a £15bn package of support, part-funded by executing a remarkable U-turn to impose a windfall tax on […]
Boris Johnson’s allies rally to his defence as one former minister says he ‘will not defend the indefensible’ Four more Conservative MPs called for Boris Johnson to resign on Thursday over lockdown-breaking parties, as Downing Street sought to contain the political aftermath of the Sue Gray report. The prime minister’s […]
The girl told CNN that the shooter said he had bought bullets and appeared to spend his time alone The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday allegedly sent a series of text messages to a 15-year-old girl in Germany moments before he carried […]
In commencement address New Zealand PM warns against the ‘scourge of online disinformation’, and wins standing ovation for crackdown on weapons Jacinda Ardern has spoken out against the online “scourge of disinformation” in an address at Harvard University, in which she also won standing ovations for her government’s gun control […]
Genivaldo de Jesus Santos dies of asphyxiation as video shows officers forcing him into vehicle then releasing gas grenade Brazilians have responded with outrage to the death of a mentally ill Black man who was bundled into the back of a police car by officers who then released a gas […]