Jo Johnson resigns from Binance advisory role The former Tory MP and universities minister stepped back as scrutiny over the cryptocurrency exchange grows The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022
Sunak’s review of aid for Ukraine suggests cracks appearing in UK policy The PM seems unwilling to deliver the big uplift in military help Kyiv needs to get ready for a possible Russian offensive The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022
Evgeny Lebedev’s 1% attendance makes him among least active in House of Lords Evening Standard owner among a series of peers who appear to play a minimal role without a formal leave of absence from Lords The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022
Vote for The National to win best front page at top media awards THE National has made the final shortlist in a competition looking to name the best front pages of 2022. The National (Scotland) · Dec 19, 2022
Female MP claims she was ‘touched inappropriately by male MP on trip overseas’ Politicians drank ‘every night till 2am or 3am’ on foreign visit, says MP The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022
U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations. WEKU · Dec 19, 2022
Government’s Rwanda policy to deport asylum seekers is lawful, High Court rules Judges quash decisions to remove eight asylum seekers who launched legal challenges but say policy overall is legal The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022
Former Boris Johnson aide could have peerage blocked following bullying allegations BORIS Johnson’s former chief of staff is facing an attempt to block his peerage following claims that he bullied junior members of the team in… The National (Scotland) · Dec 19, 2022
Susanna Reid predicts ex-PM Boris Johnson will appear on I'm a Celebrity next year The Good Morning Britain presenter made her "prediction for 2023" and she suspects another controversial politician will make their way into the junlge Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022
Ann Widdecombe says nurses' demands for 19% pay rise are 'cloud cuckooland' She has also hit out at Mick Lynch and some current MPs including Rishi Sunak, Matt Hancock and Theresa May saying she 'is not the most inspiring person on Earth. When she talks people go to sleep' Wales Online · Dec 18, 2022
More than 100 Met cops investigated over racism, drugs and homophobia allegations Met chief Mark Rowley claimed this week he was trying to clean up the force admitting there were 'hundreds' of bigots in the force who 'shouldn't be here' Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022
Netflix set to be policed by Ofcom with £250k fines - amid Harry and Meghan row Rishi Sunak is continuing a crackdown on streaming services that was first announced under Boris Johnson. But it's understood it may not be introduced by next Autumn - suggesting it could still be on the shelf by the election Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022
Tory Suella Braverman's 'vindictive' attacks on migrants blasted by quitting adviser Nimco Ali, who has quit as an independent advisor to the Home Office, said Home Secretary Suella Braverman is 'legitimising' racism and using 'crazy rhetoric' Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022
Cressida Dick accused of trying to downplay Sarah Everard murder Dame Cressida Dick has denied she complained to the then-PM about the Government response to the murder being ‘blown out of proportion’ and said she always sought to tackle violence women and girls Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022 After a year when the only certainty was Tory chaos, could 2023 be even worse? Britain has become trapped in a doom loop of perpetual crisis under the Conservatives
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022 Labour needs more than voters’ anger with Tories failures to win Conservative supporters disillusioned with the lack of a Brexit dividend are unclear what Labour stands for, and the radical right is rising
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022 ‘We didn’t vote for this’: anger over Brexit failures is haunting the Tories All along the red wall, those who gave the Conservatives their election victory in 2019 feel betrayed, with some turning to the Reform UK party to deliver on policies such as immigration
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022 Ex-Metropolitan Police boss accused of trying to downplay Sarah Everard murder Dame Cressida Dick has denied she complained to the then-PM about the Government response to the murder being ‘blown out of proportion’.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022 Suella Braverman feeding Farage politics, says outgoing government adviser Nimco Ali says Rishi Sunak should sack the home secretary, or risk losing the next election
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022 Tories ‘at risk from rightwing insurgency’ warns donor Lord Cruddas Peer says Conservatives no longer party of centre right and are threatened by Reform UK, Brexit party successor, if Nigel Farage takes leadership
Daily Mirror · Dec 17, 2022 Boris Johnson comeback campaign branded 'trojan horse for takeover of Tories' The donors behind the petition have set up a new ‘party within a party’ - and insiders fear they'll be able to use the ready-made mailing list of tens of thousands of Johnson supporters to push a hard right agenda
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022 ‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all along Their sit-down protests caused chaos on roads and made them a target for tabloid ire and drivers’ fury. Then an energy crisis hit – and now the government is playing catchup as we shiver in our draughty homes
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022 David Frost handed £26,000 after quitting as UK’s Brexit negotiator Frost, who quit last December received taxpayer-funded payout for ‘loss of office’ after nine months as minister
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022 Airport security liquids rule – what is changing? Three years ago Boris Johnson promised all major UK airports would have advanced CT scanners at security checkpoints by 1 December 2022
The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2022 What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Ukraine says Putin readying to launch major new offensive; inside the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’; Zelenskiy’s greatest bargaining chip; Putin cancels year-end press conference