System to enforce ministerial code under review as ethics adviser resigns over Partygate and steel tariffs row Boris Johnson is considering scrapping the role of ethics adviser after the resignation of Lord Geidt, who accused him of making a mockery of his position overseeing standards in government. The prime minister’s […]
Year: 2022
£3m Whyte review blasts ‘unacceptable culture’ Children as young as seven were physically abused British Gymnastics and UK Sport ‘put medals above welfare’ Fat shaming, food hiding, physical abuse: gymnasts’ harrowing testimonies British Gymnastics enabled a culture where young gymnasts were starved, body shamed and abused in a system that […]
Bennie Thompson says US ‘fortunate for Mike Pence’s courage’ in refusing to accept Trump’s scheme to reject electoral count The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol presented evidence on Thursday that Donald Trump was told his last-gasp attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 […]
Colleagues call for journalist and Indigenous activist’s work to be inspiration to others Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing men The writer and the activist: how they bonded over the Amazon The family of Dom Phillips have spoken of their heartbreak over the murder of the British […]
Human rights committee including peers says public order bill lacks nuance and targets peaceful protests MPs and peers have accused ministers of creating a “hostile environment” for peaceful protests with its proposals for new policing powers. The draft public order bill includes a new offence of “locking on”, which relates […]
Police chief says one of the men arrested in connection with the pair’s disappearance had confessed to killing them The writer and the activist: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira bonded over the Amazon Police in the Brazilian Amazon have found the bodies of two men in the area close […]
Geidt said: ‘I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post’ after questions over whether PM broke ministerial code Boris Johnson’s attempt to relaunch his premiership suffered a fresh blow on Wednesday night when his ethics adviser, Lord Geidt, dramatically quit after conceding the prime minister […]
Ukraine war, China lockdowns and Brexit help push up inflation, with products that rely on wheat worst hit Food price rises in the UK could hit 15% this summer – the highest level in more than 20 years – with inflation lasting into the middle of next year, according to […]
After cancellation of Africa flight, home secretary tries to stem claims from refugees hoping to stay in UK What is the ECHR and how did it intervene in Rwanda flights? Priti Patel has been accused by Labour of participating in a “government by gimmick” in the aftermath of the 11th-hour […]
The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys argued on Wednesday that the disgraced British socialite should be sentenced to “well below” the 20 years imprisonment that probation authorities have recommended in her New York […]