Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP Downing Street has described remarks made about Diane Abbott by the Conservatives’ biggest donor as “racist and wrong” after senior politicians from across the political spectrum piled pressure on Rishi Sunak to intervene. No 10 […]
Month: March 2024
Photos published by late dissident’s team show Russian citizen covered in blood after assault outside his home in Lithuania Leonid Volkov, a longtime aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been attacked with a hammer outside his house in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. “Volkov has just been […]
Exclusive: Union says Home Office staff could be in breach of international law if they implement deportations Civil servants have threatened ministers with legal action over concerns that senior Home Office staff could be in breach of international law if they implement the government’s Rwanda deportation bill. The FDA union, […]
Move comes after court found that efforts to amend lese majeste laws by Move Forward party were unconstitutional Thailand’s election commission has said it will seek the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward party – which won last year’s general election – after a court ruled that the party’s proposal […]
Clerics say Michael Gove’s anti-extremism strategy risks targeting Muslims and may threaten freedom of speech and peaceful protest The archbishops of Canterbury and York have joined the growing list of critics of the government’s new extremism definition, which they have warned risks “disproportionately targeting Muslim communities” and “driving us apart”. […]
Exclusive: Remarks by Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the party in the past year, raise questions over his workplace behaviour No yawning or fingerprints on doors: the strict rules at Tory donor’s firm Frank Hester: computer programmer who made fortune from public sector contracts UK politics – latest […]
Houthi spokesperson said group will escalate military operations during Ramadan in solidarity with Palestinians over war in Gaza Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted what was described as the “US ship Pinocchio” in the Red Sea with missiles, according to a speech by the group’s military spokesperson, televised early on Tuesday. According […]
Catherine apologises for any confusion over Mother’s Day photograph, saying she occasionally experiments with editing The sleeve, the hand, the knee: the royal photo’s signs of editing Analysis: Attempt to dispel Princess of Wales rumours misfires The Princess of Wales has issued a public apology and said she was responsible […]
Research claims people have been hospitalised and children are ‘crying with hunger’ due to poor quality of food from contractors Food provided to asylum seekers by Home Office contractors is of such poor quality that some people are ending up malnourished in hospital, a report has found. The paper found […]
PM says he will not gamble on energy security, in move likely to be seen as backwards step in decarbonising network Rishi Sunak risks further criticism from green campaigners after throwing his weight behind the building of new gas-fired power stations, saying he will “not gamble with our energy security”. […]