Tag: UK Politics
about 3 years ago
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Labour calls for urgent inquiry into ‘rape culture’ in schools

The government should hold an urgent inquiry into claims of a “rape culture” in some schools, Labour has said.

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about 3 years ago
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Labour calls for urgent inquiry into ‘rape culture’ in schools

Keir Starmer says inquiry ‘has got to get going very fast’

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about 3 years ago
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Jean-Claude Juncker urges EU to step back from ‘stupid vaccine war’

Former European Commission president blasts approach of successor

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about 3 years ago
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David Cameron under investigation for possibly breaking lobbying rules

Former prime minister reportedly approached Rishi Sunak on behalf of bank

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about 3 years ago
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Labour plans state-backed factories and interest-free loans under ‘electric cars for all’ plan

Ed Miliband promises green revolution on Britain’s roads

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about 3 years ago
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Covid: Tougher EU vaccine export controls could hit UK as continent faces possible third wave

EU to get new powers to restrict vaccine exports to countries who need doses less than Europe

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about 3 years ago
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Government criticised for shelving report into IRA victim compensation

William Shawcross had been commissioned to look into whether siezed Gaddafi regime assets could be given to victims

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about 3 years ago
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Boris Johnson faces barrage of criticism for claiming ‘greed’ is behind Covid vaccine success

Tory leader made the comments in a private meeting with his own MPs

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about 3 years ago
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Boris Johnson admits ‘many things we wish we’d done differently’ during pandemic

There are "many things that we wish we'd done differently" in the UK response to coronavirus, Boris Johnson has said,...

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about 3 years ago
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Cladding campaigners say Boris Johnson broke promise by ordering his MPs to vote against aid package

Lords had suggested funding assistance with levy on cladding producers

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about 3 years ago
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Keir Starmer ‘turning Labour into the party of the establishment’, Unite chief Len McCluskey warns

Opposition leader at risk of being ‘ditched into the dustbit of history’, says McCluskey

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about 3 years ago
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Tory MPs pressure Boris Johnson not to extend coronavirus restrictions

But rebel backbenchers not expected to overturn government majority in vote this week

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about 3 years ago
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Labour hits out at EU and warns Brussels to ‘cool the rhetoric’ in vaccine export ban row

Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy backs government against EU

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about 3 years ago
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Booking overseas summer holiday now would be premature, government warns

Minister Ben Wallace warns of risk of taking new variants back to UK

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about 3 years ago
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Greensill: David Cameron texted Rishi Sunak while lobbying for collapsed bank

Labour raises questions about Chancellor’s role

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about 3 years ago
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Government’s decision to cut international aid budget ‘was unlawful’

Formal legal opinion from ex-DPP was commissioned by Tory MPs trying to overturn the cut

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about 3 years ago
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Care worker unions back NHS-style free personal care for all

Report calls for living wage for workers and care funded by progressive taxation

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about 3 years ago
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Lib Dems call for creation of ‘green sovereign wealth fund’ from renewables windfall

Idea part of raft of eye-catching policies to be unveiled by Ed Davey

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about 3 years ago
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Questions raised over Rishi Sunak’s involvement in ‘revolving door’ bank lobbying

Labour calls on chancellor to ‘set the record straight’ over David Cameron lobbying

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about 3 years ago
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Sadiq Khan to emphasise opposition to Trump and Brexit in bid to target Lib Dem voters

But mayor dragged into row with Lib Dem candidate Luisa Porritt after claim about tactical voting

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about 3 years ago
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Cash from Right To Buy sales will no longer be reserved for new council housing, government annou...

Money to be diverted to schemes for home buyers

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about 3 years ago
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MPs and peers call on Priti Patel to lift lockdown ban on protests

Cross party group says current situation may be unlawful

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about 3 years ago
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Labour Hartlepool by-election candidate said Saudi Arabia was ‘modern and progressive’ after goin...

Paul Williams also said murder of Jamal Khashoggi ‘doesn’t change the fact that I met progressive people’ on state-ar...

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about 3 years ago
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UK to test Covid-19 certificates to reopen football matches to fans

Culture Secretary says ‘significant numbers’ could be allowed back to games under plan

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about 3 years ago
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Dominic Cummings blasts Matt Hancock’s department as a ‘smoking ruin’ at height of Covid crisis

Former adviser says vaccine programme has only been succesful because department of health wasn’t put in charge

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about 3 years ago
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Tories ‘cut funding lines’ to London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey

Party says funding is a matter for campaign

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about 3 years ago
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UK risking new diseases and unsafe food by delaying checks to avoid Brexit border chaos, experts ...

MPs told that criminal gangs are circling UK and hoping to make major profits from laissez-faire approach

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about 3 years ago
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Boris Johnson ‘violating international law’ with plan to build more nuclear weapons

Defence review appears to breach of Article 6 of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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about 3 years ago
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UK government wants more nukes, Dominic Raab confirms

Foreign Secretary says the bombs are the ‘ultimate guarantee’

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about 3 years ago
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UK government wants more nukes, Dominic Raab confirms

Foreign Secretary says the bombs are the ‘ultimate guarantee’

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about 3 years ago
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Brexit: EU launches legal action against UK over ‘serious’ Northern Ireland protocol breach

UK redrawing grace periods in agreement to better suit British businesses

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about 3 years ago
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Brexit: EU expected to launch legal action today over UK breaking Northern Ireland protocol

Brussels is expected to launch legal action against the UK today over moves the EU says breach last year’s deal on No...

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about 3 years ago
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Government considering compulsory nature studies lessons for all pupils after David Attenborough ...

Introduction of lessons would make us ‘all in part be naturalists’

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about 3 years ago
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Government ‘levelling-up’ fund sends cash to Tory areas because it ignores deprivation

Formula prioritises long commutes and low productivity over poverty, benefiting Conservative-voting areas

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about 3 years ago
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Sarah Everard: Government considering stepping up anti-harassment education for men

Education minister Michelle Donelan says education should be about ‘developing people’s character and their interacti...

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about 3 years ago
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Michael Gove announces post-Brexit border checks delay

Michael Gove today announced Britain will delay the introduction of post-Brexit border controls on some imports from ...

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about 3 years ago
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Andy Burnham and Rebecca Long-Bailey call on Labour to support nurse strikes

‘I think that if you feel strongly you’ve got to follow it through’, Greater Manchester mayor says

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about 3 years ago
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Stop point scoring over Brexit, EU tells Boris Johnson

Brussels readies legal action as both sides step up lobbying in Washington DC to get ear of Joe Biden

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about 3 years ago
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Government accused of ‘fuelling culture wars and harming trans people’, as two more LGBT advisers...

Government foot-dragging on banning conversation therapy sparks advisers walk-out

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