Jess Phillips calls for Epstein files to be catalyst for long-term legislative change Safeguarding minister says she wants to use momentum to invest in prevention and get more than quick-fix policies The Guardian - UK · Feb 15
Reform and Greens undermining UK commitment to Nato, Cooper says Foreign secretary says Reform not taking Russian threat seriously while Green leader leaves open possibility of leaving alliance The Guardian - UK · Feb 15
Palestine Action ban defended by Foreign Secretary despite ‘unlawful’ ruling Yvette Cooper says she followed clear advice and recommendations over the proscription of Palestine Action The Independent UK · Feb 15
Yvette Cooper expresses anger at Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador ‘We have had, obviously, debates in Westminster, but actually the real focus should be on Epstein’s victims,’ says foreign secretary The Independent UK · Feb 15
Yvette Cooper defends Palestine Action ban after court rules it was unlawful Ms Cooper, now the Foreign Secretary, proscribed the group in July last year while she was home secretary. The Independent UK · Feb 15
Truth is the most ‘dangerous weapon’ against Russia, UK says as it hits back at denial over Navalny’s death Labour foreign secretary Yvette Cooper suggested Moscow could face new sanctions, while his widow has called for Vladimir Putin to be held accountable The Independent UK · Feb 15
Foreign Secretary ‘angry’ about Mandelson’s US ambassador appointment Yvette Cooper also shrugged off suggestions it was weak for the PM to attack his domestic political opponents during a major international speech. Evening Standard · Feb 15
Russia could face new sanctions after Navalny revelations, says Cooper IN FULL The Independent UK · Feb 15
New sanctions against Moscow could follow Navalny poisoning revelations – Cooper The UK and four European allies have pinned the blame for the Russian opposition leader’s death on the Russian state. Evening Standard · Feb 15
UK politics: Cooper defends Palestine Action ban despite court ruling it was unlawful – as it happened High court said the then home secretary had not followed her own policies when bringing in the ban last summer The Guardian - UK · Feb 15
Foreign Secretary to face questions after UK blames Kremlin for Navalny death The UK and its allies pinned the blame for Mr Navalny’s death on the Russian state, adding that he was likely poisoned using a dart frog toxin. Evening Standard · Feb 15
Alexei Navalny 'killed with poison from Ecuadorian dart frogs' in Russian prison UK and allies claim opposition leader was murdered with deadly neurotoxin 200 times stronger than morphine Evening Standard · Feb 14
Britain blames Russia for poisoning Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin Two years on from the death of Mr Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, the UK and its allies have pinned the blame on the Russian state. The Independent UK · Feb 14
The Independent UK · Feb 13 Voices: The government has left itself almost powerless against Palestine Action THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: While it was always absurd for the home secretary to categorise the direct action group as a terrorist organisation – placing it in the same bracket as Isis and the Provisional IRA – there are better ways for its activists to win the argument than by…
The Guardian - UK · Feb 13 Ruling against Palestine Action ban is embarrassing defeat for the government Proscription of British direct action group has been fiercely controversial from moment it was proposed last June
Evening Standard · Feb 13 Palestine Action ban ‘disproportionate’, High Court rules, in blow to Government The High Court ruled the proscription of the group as a terror organisation should be overturned but the ban remains in place pending an appeal.
Evening Standard · Feb 13 Starmer to meet European allies at security conference overshadowed by Trump The Munich Security Conference takes place at a time when the US is challenging the international order.
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Home Office spent £700,000 fighting Palestine Action legal battle over terror proscription, data reveals Human rights group criticise government’s ‘grave abuse of state power’ ahead of High Court decision on Palestine Action terror ban
The Independent UK · Feb 9 UK pushing for release of Hong Kong campaigner Jimmy Lai on humanitarian grounds British national Mr Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday under a security law imposed by China.
The Times of India · Feb 9 China-critic & media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong sedition case; Beijing under fire for 'death sentence', draws global condemnation Hong Kong–based pro-democracy media figure Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, more than five years after his arrest in August 2020, sparking global outcry.
The Independent UK · Feb 9 Sentence for Hong Kong's ex-publisher Jimmy Lai raises concerns as China defends it The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai is raising concerns from foreign governments and rights groups
Evening Standard · Feb 9 Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years: Yvette Cooper calls for ‘appalling ordeal’ to end The 78-year-old British national has been sentenced under a security law imposed by China.
The Independent UK · Feb 8 ‘It’s a travesty’: Calls to free frail Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai from jail before it’s too late Exclusive: Pro-democracy media tycoon’s son warns ‘this is not justice, it is political persecution... for speaking truth to power’ as his father waits to learn his fate
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5 UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods