Two deputy chairs of Conservative party resign after voting in favour of hardline amendment but No 10 believes PM can weather storm Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith have resigned as deputy chairs of the Conservative party after defying Rishi Sunak by backing rightwing challenges to harden up his Rwanda deportation […]
Month: January 2024
French president focused on education and law and order in press conference to challenge dominance of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally Emmanuel Macron wants to regulate French children’s screen time, test compulsory school uniform, and is not against all primary schoolchildren having to learn the national anthem, he has […]
Strike by Tehran follows Iranian attack on Iraq and Syria less than a day earlier; the US strikes come after a Houthi missile attack on a ship in the Red Sea Iran launches airstrikes on ‘Sunni militant bases’ in Pakistan US military says it seized Iranian weapons bound for Houthis […]
Former England striker fears for safety due to ‘hate speech’ ‘Sexism, racism, misogyny is not an opinion – it needs to stop’ Eni Aluko says the abuse she suffered as a result of Joey Barton’s social media posts left her fearing for her safety and frightened to leave home. The […]
Temperature could drop to coldest since 2010 as cold snap deepens The coldest temperatures in 14 years could hit the UK overnight, the Met Office has said, with parts of Scotland potentially reaching -15C. Freezing temperatures and snow will continue for much of Britain this week because of cold Arctic […]
Former US president beats Republican rivals in first state to choose their Republican candidate Iowa results tracker: how the candidates rank Florida senator Marco Rubio formally endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday, effectively snubbing his state’s own governor Ron DeSantis. In a social media post, Rubio cited his […]
Civilians killed in strikes on Erbil include a millionaire Kurdish businessman and his family, medical sources say Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they have attacked the “espionage headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media has reported, while the elite force said they had also struck Islamic State targets […]
Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith defy prime minister by supporting rightwing challenges to legislation Rishi Sunak is facing a Conservative meltdown over the Rwanda deportation bill after two deputy chairs said they would support rebel amendments aimed at blocking international human rights laws. Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith have defied […]
Move to offer the monarch’s photograph to UK bodies has been described as a ‘shameful waste of money’ by critics A new official portrait of the king has been unveiled, created to hang in public buildings across the UK under an £8m government-funded scheme that an anti-monarchy campaign group has […]
Spending watchdog says smarter government can find huge savings for better public services Britain is wasting tens of billions of pounds on badly run projects, cold war-era IT systems and crumbling, poorly maintained infrastructure, parliament’s spending watchdog will say on Tuesday. Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office (NAO), […]