Category: Politics
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Gavin Williamson: ‘The time to recognise Somaliland is now — before it’s too late’
The worldwide recognition of Somaliland cannot be ignored for even a second longer. Somalia is a failed state. The president is already proving a liability… Read More
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Tom Gordon: ‘Adoption breakdown in the UK is a silent crisis demanding urgent reform’
Adoption is often viewed as the happy ending in a child’s journey through trauma and instability, but for many families across the UK, it marks… Read More
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Efforts to provide safety nets for less privileged gaining traction – Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong tells IPU
By Kelvin Obambon The Senator representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong has told the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) that despite global… Read More
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Senior Labour MP calls for fiscal rules to be revised ahead of Starmer grilling
It’s the last day of term here in Westminster, with MPs set to head off for Easter recess this afternoon. The House will return on… Read More
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Caroline Voaden: ‘Labour must go further to fix our broken relationship with Europe’
Five years ago, in my final speech in the European parliament as leader of the Liberal Democrat group of MEPs, I described Brexit as a… Read More
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Trump tariffs could disrupt UK medicines supply, Wes Streeting warns
The production and supply of medicines could be impacted by the tariffs placed on the UK, the health secretary has warned. Wes Streeting said Britain… Read More
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Ruth Jones: ‘We must not turn our backs on the plight of persecuted Christians’
Where freedoms so fundamental as belief are under attack, we often find other basic human rights compromised. Across the world, many people are suffering obscene… Read More
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‘Nobody wins from a trade war’, Keir Starmer declares in warning to Trump — full speech
Keir Starmer has declared that “nobody wins from a trade war” in an apparent warning to US president Donald Trump. The prime minister’s comments came… Read More
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Anatomy of a Kemi Badenoch row
From the totemic to the trivial, no news cycle is immune to that most inevitable of developments: an intervention from Kemi Badenoch. Since securing the… Read More
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Andrew Ranger: ‘Change takes time — but Labour will deliver’
The failure of privatisation is laid bare as we move into the new financial year with the reality of paying more, but for the same… Read More