Aine Fox

Crime

Antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes surge in London

Barnet accounted for nearly a third of antisemitic hate recorded by the Met in May

By Aine Fox

5 Jun 2026

UK’s chief rabbi welcomes police ‘globalise the intifada’ chant arrest decision

The heads of Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police said their officers will ‘act decisively and make arrests’.

By Aine Fox

17 Dec 2025

UK chief rabbi warns hate speech can lead to hate action in wake of Bondi attack

As chief rabbi to the Commonwealth, Sir Ephraim will travel to Australia on Tuesday to meet the Jewish community in Sydney.

By Aine Fox

15 Dec 2025

Politics

Campaigners send legal letter calling for puberty blocker trial to be stopped

Researchers expect to see the first patients available for recruitment in the new year, with results expected in around four years.

By Aine Fox

11 Dec 2025

Politics

Child poverty strategy ‘will give every child a good start in life’

The plan comes amid a record high of 4.45 million children living in poverty in the UK.

By Aine Fox

5 Dec 2025

Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban

The NFWI news comes a day after Girlguiding announced it has banned trans girls from joining.

By Aine Fox

4 Dec 2025

Politics

Labour’s neutrality on assisted dying questioned amid leaked report

Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, a strong opponent of the Bill, branded the emergence of a leaked policy document from 2023 ‘hugely disappointing’.

By Aine Fox

3 Dec 2025

Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members

The organisation made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

By Aine Fox

2 Dec 2025

Politics

Asylum claims at new record high but backlog down by more than a third

A total of 110,051 people applied for asylum in the year to September 2025.

By Aine Fox

27 Nov 2025

Politics

Asylum seeker hotel numbers up by 13% in three months, new data shows

Labour has pledged to no longer be using asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament – which would be 2029, if not earlier.

By Aine Fox

27 Nov 2025

Money

Campaigners and Labour MPs hail Rachel Reeves’ decision to scrap two-child limit

Ditching the policy will result in an estimated reduction of child poverty by 450,000.

By Aine Fox

26 Nov 2025

Politics

Two-child limit scrapped at cost of £3bn to cut child poverty by 450,000

The confirmation the cap will be scrapped was immediately welcomed by organisations which have long campaigned for it to go.

By Aine Fox

26 Nov 2025

Politics

Kemi Badenoch calls on Wes Streeting to stop puberty blocker trial

The Health Secretary has said the trial will ‘provide better evidence for how the NHS can support and treat young people with gender incongruence’.

By Aine Fox

25 Nov 2025

Centuries-old ceremony marks official election of new Archbishop of Canterbury

The ceremony is a formality dating back to the Reformation and saw the College of Canons of Canterbury Cathedral meeting to elect Dame Sarah Mullally.

By Aine Fox

25 Nov 2025

Politics

Thousands of carers to have overpayments reviewed after decade-long ‘scandal’

Historic overpayments led to many carers unwittingly racking up unmanageable levels of debt.

By Aine Fox

25 Nov 2025

Politics

Ofcom boss: I limit my use of social media amid fears of online abuse

The internet regulator has published guidance urging providers to take more responsibility for protecting users online.

By Aine Fox

25 Nov 2025

Ofcom urges tech firms to step up to protect women and girls online

The watchdog has published new guidance but some organisations have said it must be made mandatory.

By Aine Fox

25 Nov 2025

London

Architect chosen to design Grenfell memorial

Freehaus will be ‘working closely with the bereaved, survivors, and the rest of the Grenfell community, to design a fitting memorial for the many lives so tragically lost’

By Aine Fox

24 Nov 2025