The Latest Breaking News from Baroness Jones

Fujitsu ‘kicking can down the road’ on compensation, says Post Office campaigner

The Government is being urged to stop awarding contracts to the Japanese tech giant.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Embassies should see cars clamped for congestion charge debts – peers

Diplomacy is ‘an art’, Baroness Chapman of Darlington said as she took questions about embassies’ London congestion charge debts.

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Gap in law could see young people ‘committing terrorist acts by weekend’ – peer

Lord Walney made the warning as he backed the Government’s plan to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action.

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025

Government accused of ‘running scared’ over bid to block sentencing guidelines

The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reporters) Bill has received its second reading in the House of Lords.

Evening Standard · May 7, 2025

Online Safety Act ‘not up for negotiation’ in US trade talks, says minister

Baroness Jones said the UK will not consider watering down online safety rules to appease US tech giants and secure a trade deal with the US.

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

Badenoch accused of being ‘in the pay of climate deniers’ over net zero remarks

The Conservative Party leader said last month that achieving net zero by 2050 is “impossible”.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Post Office campaigner peer calls for branches to be expanded with more services

Lord Arbuthnot, who campaigned for wrongly convicted subpostmasters, says the Post Office’s future is about ‘holding communities together’.

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024

Minister stresses online safety moves after ‘appalling’ catfish predator jailed

Alexander McCartney, 26, admitted 185 charges involving 70 children.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024

Seven in 10 children exposed to harmful content online – research

Figures also show that a fifth of children in the nine to 13 age group have been contacted by a stranger.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

Prisoners trapped on indeterminate jail terms not included in Labour government’s sentencing review

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has announced IPP prisoners will not have their cases addressed in the government’s planned sentencing review

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024