David Wallace Lockhart BBC Scotland political correspondent PA Media Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the windfall tax on oil and gas companies needs to be axed while addressing a Scottish Conservatives party conference in Edinburgh Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for an end to the windfall tax on oil and gas companies and…
Fifteen people, including former Tory MP Craig Williams, have appeared in court charged with betting offences linked to the timing of last year’s general election. It follows an investigation by the Gambling Commission into alleged betting on the date of the election. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday, Williams was among three defendants who…
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Jeremy Corbyn (far right in the picture) and John McDonnell (far left) attended the rally in January MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell will face no further action after being interviewed by police following a pro-Palestinian rally. McDonnell said the pair had been questioned by officers after taking part…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged de-escalation following Israeli strikes targeting nuclear and military sites in Iran. He spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday afternoon and shared the UK’s “grave concerns” about Iran’s nuclear programme, No 10 said, as a fresh wave of Israeli strikes targeting Tehran began. Fears of a…
A row has erupted after a senior minister said the majority of people crossing the English Channel in small boats he had seen were “children, babies and women”. Treasury minister Darren Jones and Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf clashed on the BBC’s Question Time over the age and sex of people making the journey. Conservative leader…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., said China might be the voice of “moral authority” following Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and military leaders. During a “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” event hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP), Walz…
Kate Whannel Political reporter House of Commons MPs have voted to prevent health professionals such as doctors from initiating conversations with under-18s about assisted dying, as they continued scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill. The bill would only allow those over the age of 18, and with less than six months to live, to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A second federal judge on Friday blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at overhauling elections in the U.S. Trump’s March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed…
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is making changes to her package of welfare reforms in an attempt to reassure Labour MPs who are considering rebelling against the plans. Kendall has tried to soften the impact of planned benefits cuts worth £5bn a year by 2030 before MPs vote on…
A council leader has said an MP’s claims the local authority takes a “disproportionate number” of asylum seekers were “misleading and inflammatory”. Conservative MP for Stockton West Matt Vickers said in Parliament last week that Stockton Borough Council had “volunteered” to take in more asylum seekers and it left “huge numbers of lone men hanging…
