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Scottish Tories: Government must reveal when it intervened over prison transfers

The call came in the wake of double rapist Isla Bryson being housed in segregation at a female-only jail.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days — Raab, Zahawi and the ‘anti-tax loons’

Personnel dramas, infighting and growing fissures caused by the ‘anti-tax loons’ are threatening to de-rail Sunak. Amidst intimidating new statistics from the IMF, can the PM prove his naysayers wrong, asks Anne McElvoy

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Labour MP forced to apologise for branding Israeli government 'fascist' in Parliament

Kim Johnson's remark was branded "completely unacceptable" by Keir Starmer's official spokesman, and she is expected to be spoken to by the party's chief whip

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

PMQs: Rishi Sunak put under pressure over sleaze and bullying allegations engulfing government

Starmer said Sunak ‘raised more questions than answers’ when he announced Zahawi had been sacked as Tory party chairman

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Irish PM says no deal yet on Brexit protocol

British and European Union negotiators have been holding constructive talks but no deal has been reached on post-Brexit trade rules relating to Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2023

No 10 won’t say if Rishi Sunak was aware of informal complaints against Raab

Rishi Sunak’s press secretary has failed to deny that Rishi Sunak was aware of informal complaints about his deputy prime minister’s behaviour when he placed him in the cabinet.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Anti-protest bill will ‘entrench racial injustice’, Suella Braverman warned

Exclusive: “Protest is a cornerstone of democracy. It has always been a vital way of making our voices heard, from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter,” Clive Lewis MP said

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Sunak leading a party ‘addicted to sleaze and scandal’, claims Starmer

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accused Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer of siding with ‘extremist protesters and union bosses’.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Dominic Raab in peril as No 10 refuses to say if Sunak knew of complaints

Downing Street won’t answer whether PM was aware of possible complaints about Raab’s alleged bullying before appointing him

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Peter Dutton to meet with Uluru Statement from the Heart architects over Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum

Architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart will use a meeting with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to make the case for why the Liberal Party should support this year's referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023