Henry Zeffman Chief Political Correspondent Reuters “What an absolute bloody shambles!” When we tell you that this is the unvarnished view of a Labour MP now willing to back Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s benefits plans, you get a sense of how much anger this row has provoked and is still provoking. And there are still…
The location of hotels housing asylum seekers will be shared with food delivery companies as part of a crackdown on illegal working, the Home Office has said. The agreement with Deliveroo, Just East and Uber Eats enables the firms to identify behaviour which indicates illegal working, such as an account spending a lot of time…
The government will restrict civil service internships to students from poorer families as part of a drive from ministers to make Whitehall more working class. The main internship scheme designed to attract university students to the civil service will now only be available for students from “lower socio-economic backgrounds”, judged by what jobs their parents…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former California Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel will not be seeking another term in Congress. The Republican, who lost by just over 600 votes in November to Rep. Derek Tran after serving two terms in the House, said she’s pursuing other political goals. “I have other goals that,…
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said the Tories must not become a “repository of disenchantment”, but instead be about “offering hope”. The Tories must position themselves as the party that can “fix problems”, even as Reform UK, currently leading the Conservatives in many polls, was “stealing everyone’s oxygen”, Badenoch said in an interview with…
The Home Office has launched an investigation into claims some asylum seekers may be using payment cards meant for buying essentials such as food for gambling. A Freedom of Information request made by PoliticsHome revealed more than 6,500 payments in gambling settings were attempted by asylum seekers in the past year. The payments were made…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Secret Service must move to “course correct” after reports a Secret Service agent attempted to smuggle his wife onto a Secret Service cargo plane accompanying President Donald Trump on his trip to Scotland, according to a former agent. Tim Miller, who served as a Secret Service…
Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News Getty Images Alex Salmond’s latter years were dominated by claims and counter claims about his conduct Police Scotland has said it will take no further action after investigating a historical sexual assault allegation against Alex Salmond. The complaint was made last year following the former first minister’s death, aged 69….
Private providers of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schooling should have their profits capped to stop “shameless profiteering,” the Liberal Democrats have said. Research commissioned by the party has found some firms make tens of millions of pounds annually, with profit margins exceeding 20%. The party’s education spokesperson Munira Wilson said profits should be…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is once again raising eyebrows, this time over a resurfaced clip in which he says, “Israel is not a place, it is not a country.” Mamdani, who as the Democratic nominee is considered the frontrunner for mayor of the…
