Category: Politics
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MPs have taken a step closer to repairing honesty in politics – but more needs to be done to fix our broken system
Until yesterday, only ministers were able to correct the official record of what was said in parliament. Beneath this apparent technicality is a simple story:… Read More
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PMQs verdict: LOTO confusion in the chamber as Starmer boasted by-election victories
There was some confusion over who the Leader of the Opposition (LOTO) was at prime minister’s questions today. At one point, when Keir Starmer was… Read More
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One year in, the Conservative Party has a problem: Sunak isn’t working
Today marks one year since Rishi Sunak replaced Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Anniversaries, generally, are junctures for those marking an occasion to collectively reminisce… Read More
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Minister says housing asylum seekers in hotels was ‘never the right policy’ as closures announced
After announcing yesterday that the government will close 50 so-called migrant hotels over the next three months, Robert Jenrick said this morning that housing asylum… Read More
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Starmer to face MPs over Gaza stance as he stands accused of ‘gravely misrepresenting’ Islamic centre visit
Keir Starmer will today face a group of Muslim MPs and peers from the Labour Party, according to reports. The meeting, to be held straight… Read More
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The ‘Anti-Boycott Bill’ flies in the face of the government’s own advice on human rights abuses
If passed the UK government’s “Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill” (otherwise known as the Anti-Boycott Bill) will be a hammer blow for… Read More
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Nadine Dorries accuses Big Tech of manipulating algorithms to ‘nudge opinion ever leftwards’
Nadine Dorries has accused “Big Tech” of manipulating algorithms to “nudge opinion ever leftwards” and ensuring the “content people read online is Left-leaning”. The former… Read More
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MPs say ‘radical’ plans to close train ticket offices go ‘too far, too fast’
A cross party group of MPs have condemned plans to close train ticket offices, dismissing them as radical and saying they go “too far, too… Read More
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‘Hard man of Brexit’ Steve Baker regrets EU referendum did not require Leave ‘supermajority’ of 60 per cent
Steve Baker, a “Brexit spartan” who voted against Theresa May’s deal with the EU on all three occasions, has said the vote to leave the… Read More
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So (very) ‘long’, prime minister: a January 2025 election has never looked more likely
Rishi Sunak has been faced with a series of tricky dilemmas as prime minister: policy questions over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the UK tax burden… Read More