Some Tory MPs said to want concession as Home Office staff warn migrants marked for deportation will go ‘underground’ Afghanistan interpreter told his British citizenship bars family from UK visa Rishi Sunak is under pressure to make last-minute concessions today to secure the passage of the Rwanda deportation bill by […]
Exclusive: Poll shows voters are put off by such messages and are prepared to show their displeasure at the ballot box Voters have been left frustrated with “desperate” culture war tactics deployed by politicians and are prepared to punish those who use them at the ballot box, a survey has […]
Ukrainian president urges Senate to ratify aid package so that country can strengthen frontline with Russia Ukraine’s president has said the vote by the US House of Representatives to pass a long-delayed $61bn (£49bn) military aid package demonstrated that his country would not be abandoned by the west in its […]
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds Global military expenditure has reached a record high of $2440bn (£1970bn) after the largest annual rise in government spending on arms in over a decade, according to a report. The 6.8% increase between 2022 […]
Resolution Foundation calls for fourfold increase in renewable power investment to reduce pressure on household bills A permanent shift to higher interest rates could add billions of pounds to the UK’s renewable energy transition, a leading thinktank has warned. Borrowing costs have soared since the easing of pandemic lockdowns and […]
Alarm grows over possible pension cuts as research suggests Jeremy Hunt tax cut announcement was ‘blunder’ Labour is to wage a new campaign to win over Tory-supporting pensioners in an attempt to neutralise one of the government’s last remaining electoral strengths, amid evidence the Conservatives are now performing as badly […]
Ukrainian president thanks America after Speaker Mike Johnson secures bipartisan support for funding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan After months of stalling, the US House of Representatives finally approved more than $61bn worth of military assistance to help Ukraine in its desperate defense against Russia, as well as billions for other […]
Grim milestone comes as G7 leaders urge Netanyahu not to press ahead with Rafah invasion The death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza climbed to more than 34,000 on Saturday, with the majority of victims women and children, including at least six killed by an overnight airstrike on a house […]
Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee, says Tories’ decision to dilute key green policies has had huge diplomatic impact Rishi Sunak has given up Britain’s reputation as a world leader in the fight against the climate crisis and has “set us back” by failing to prioritise the issue […]
BBC nature presenter delivers eulogy at protest aimed at ‘scaring people a bit’ about the loss of biodiversity in the UK The BBC nature presenter Chris Packham has joined hundreds of environmental activists in a mock funeral procession for nature to spotlight biodiversity loss in the UK. The procession aimed […]