Oliver Dowden will clash with Angela Rayner this lunchtime as Rishi faces criticism for missing multiple sessions. Mr Sunak has missed around 21 percent of his PMQs clashes since becoming PM, the lowest attendance record since 1979. Mr Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are both attending an NHS birthday service down the road at Westminster […]
Nigel Farage hits back at bank over account closure Nigel Farage’s bank has been left red-faced, as customers have cast doubt on the excuse they used for closing the former MEP’s bank account. Mr Farage had his account with Coutts closed earlier this year. Sources close to Coutts told the BBC that the former MEP […]
President Biden memorably jumped the gun on Barack Obama in endorsing same-sex marriage more than a decade ago, but at a June fund-raiser near San Francisco, he couldn’t recall the letters L.G.B.T.Q. And even as the Democratic Party makes the fight for abortion rights central to its political message, Mr. Biden last week declared himself […]
Health chiefs in Wales have claimed Brexit hampered their response to Covid. It came as bereaved families said their loved ones “didn’t stand a chance” – and that the truth about the lack of preparedness for a pandemic was “beyond our worst fears”. Sir Frank Atherton, the chief medical officer for Wales, told the UK […]
Prime Minister Rishi Suank has been urged by senior Tories to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and allow the UK’s Rwanda migration policy to be passed. Conservative MP Danny Kruger has said that if the Government fails to renegotiate its relationship with Strasbourg, Britain should “unilaterally withdraw” from the international convention. He […]
Nigel Farage: ‘Establishment are trying to force me out’ Nigel Farage is fearful of being forced out of the UK, saying: “We have to stop this madness.” This came after the former MEP had his bank account closed, claiming he was rejected by seven other banks. Writing on Twitter, he called for other people affected […]
Householders may be told to collect rainwater and recycle their dirty water, as suppliers continue to lose millions of litres to leaks every day. The Department for the Environment is looking at ways to promote using “greywater” from sinks, showers, baths or washing machines, which can be used to flush toilets. Options include updating building […]
More than 22 years after Al Qaeda bombed the U.S.S. Cole and nearly 12 years after a prisoner was first charged with plotting the attack, a judge heard final arguments Friday on a fundamental question in the pretrial phase of the case: Can the accused bomber’s confession, after years in C.I.A. custody, be used against […]
UK-Rwanda deportations ruled unlawful Rishi Sunak has been told that he should stop funding the United Nations and withdraw from the European Convention of Human Rights if he wants to end the small boats migrant crisis and complete Brexit. But Reform UK leader Richard Tice has warned that the Prime Minister is “too gutless” to […]
Jeremy Vine: Caller is ‘angry’ that MPs are allowed second jobs MPs are allowed to have second jobs alongside their Parliamentary duties and serving their constituents, as long as they are not a Government minister or have conflicting interests. But a new Express.co.uk poll has found that a staggering 91 percent of readers think that […]