Nigel Farage can host GB News show during election, says Ofcom Media regulator says no clear consensus among British public to ban politicians presenting on news channels The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
Grant Shapps claims tax cuts still possible despite huge splurge on defence spending Defence Secretary says the £75bn hike can be paid for partly through 72,000 cuts to Civil Service jobs Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2024
Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on Rwanda – but the electorate will punish him for it As David Cameron learned to his cost over Brexit, voters don’t judge politicians on policy, they judge on results, says Henry Hill of ConservativeHome The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
Britons don’t like culture wars, but that doesn’t mean the ‘woke mob’ messaging will stop New polling confirms people care more about jobs and public services than an orchestrated backlash against minorities – Labour, take note, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
Starmer must drain the poison from the immigration debate – it’s what the public wants After years of failed gimmicks and polarisation under the Tories, Britain is ready for a more grown-up approach, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
UK Parliament Passes Contentious Bill Allowing Asylum Seekers To Rwanda UK parliament passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, facing opposition and concerns over human rights violations. Top News · Apr 24, 2024
Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024
The Guardian view on sending refugees to Rwanda: the UN is right – this law sets a bad example Editorial: There is no evidence for the government’s claim that deportations will ‘stop the boats’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024
Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars Ukraine needs western munitions badly but it remains unclear how much more artillery the UK is prepared to produce The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024
Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes Michael Tomlinson’s efforts to defend Rwanda bill show how well suited he is to be part of the new moronocracy The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024
Channel boat tragedy hours after Rwanda go-ahead: The Standard podcast Rishi Sunak’s flagship deportation scheme in stark focus Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2024
Five people die in attempt to cross English Channel to the UK Child among the dead hours after the British government approves a bill to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2024
UK's Sunak Announces Raised Defence Spending, New Ukraine Aid UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday announced additional funding for Ukraine and pledged to increase Britain's own defence budget, during a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw. International Business Times · Apr 23, 2024
UK passes bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda: What’s next? Government has already chartered planes for deportations to start as early as July, but legal headaches far from over. Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024 UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says PM pledges to put arms industry on ‘war footing’ with plan to raise defence budget to £87bn a year by 2030
Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2024 Sunak to announce UK’s ‘largest ever’ military support package for Ukraine The package includes missiles, armoured vehicles and funds to build swarms of new drones.
International Business Times · Apr 23, 2024 How UK's Biggest Water Supplier Sank Into Crisis Thames Water, the UK's largest water supplier, has been ravaged since privatisation by soaring debts and chronic underinvestment, sinking into a deep financial crisis which has sparked bailout speculation.
WEKU · Apr 23, 2024 Gaza solidarity protests sweep U.S. colleges; SCOTUS tackles Starbucks union case Tensions are high as campus protests over the war in Gaza stretch across the U.S. The Supreme Court will hear a case about pro-union Starbucks employees.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024 Sunak ‘confident’ civil service will enact Rwanda bill despite legal concerns Union threatens ministers with legal action amid fears staff could be obliged to breach civil service code and international law
Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2024 OPINION - Keir Starmer should steal Tory clothes and wear the flag of St George proudly Like a spectral invigilator, George Orwell is never far from our political discourse. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer dramatised respectively the sharp distinction he drew in a famous 1945 essay between nationalism and patriotism. The Prime Minister, for his part, finally ensured that his Rwanda bill will become…
International Business Times · Apr 23, 2024 UK's Sunak To Announce Ukraine Aid During Visit To Poland UK leader Rishi Sunak travels to Warsaw on Tuesday for talks with Polish premier Donald Tusk and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024 Sunak’s weakening of climate targets ‘retrograde’, says former Tory minister Claire O’Neill, a former climate minister, says PM’s move was to ‘try and create political division and dividing lines’
International Business Times · Apr 23, 2024 Council Of Europe Calls On UK To Scrap Rwanda Migrant Plan Britain's parliament on Monday passed a bill under which asylum seekers would be deported to Rwanda to await a decision on their applications, in a bid by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stop people making the dangerous sea crossing to the UK across the Channel.
Top News · Apr 23, 2024 Tragedy Strikes As Migrants Die Crossing English Channel Tragedy strikes as 5 die crossing English Channel, 100 migrants rescued. UK deportation bill criticized for harshness.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024 Defence spending in UK to be put ‘on war footing’, Rishi Sunak says – as it happened Prime minister announces increase to UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 in speech about security