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Conservatives cannot be trusted on citizenship – Reform UK
A Reform UK spokesman said the Tories cannot be trusted amid the ongoing row over Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s citizenship.
By
Will Durrant
29 Dec 2025
Politics
Putin ‘very wrong’ to think he can silence MPs, warns sanctioned politician
‘If Vladimir Putin thinks that sanctioning me will silence me, he is very, very wrong,’ Labour MP Johanna Baxter told the Commons.
By
Will Durrant
24 Apr 2025
Politics
Peer ‘stocking up’ on disposable vapes before summer ban
Baroness Fox of Buckley said banana and strawberry vapes ‘worked a treat’ when she stopped ‘chain smoking’.
By
Will Durrant
23 Apr 2025
Politics
‘Sword of Damocles’ driving vape changes, says Cancer Research chairman
Lord Stevens of Birmingham warned that there is ‘no health benefit’ if vape users become hooked on nicotine, when they have not previously smoked.
By
Will Durrant
23 Apr 2025
Business News
Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – Reeves
‘Government are going to play a big role’ in the future of steelmaking in Scunthorpe, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.
By
Will Durrant
17 Apr 2025
Politics
Kemi Badenoch dismisses suggestions Robert Jenrick threatens her Tory leadership
The Tory leader insisted she has a ‘great team’ when asked about reports Mr Jenrick added some 600 people to a WhatsApp group.
By
Will Durrant
17 Apr 2025
Politics
Government ‘in talks on migrant removals agreement with France’
A Home Office spokesman said ministers are ‘intensifying’ collaboration with France and other European countries.
By
Will Durrant
16 Apr 2025
Politics
Sudan conflict ‘brutal’, says Lammy ahead of £120m aid package
Foreign Secretary Mr Lammy commented on the war in Sudan ahead of a London meeting on Tuesday to mark the conflict’s two-year anniversary.
By
Will Durrant
15 Apr 2025
Politics
Minister urges explanation for ‘concerning’ decision to bar UK MP from Hong Kong
Douglas Alexander demanded that interlocutors explain why Wera Hobhouse was blocked from entering the Chinese region last week.
By
Will Durrant
14 Apr 2025
Business News
Comparing Port Talbot with Scunthorpe ‘not entirely fair’, says union official
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has new powers to control steelworks in England.
By
Will Durrant
14 Apr 2025
Politics
PM to unveil plan for ‘putting thousands of bobbies back on the beat’
Town centres and crime ‘hotspot’ areas are expected to receive guaranteed patrols during forces’ busiest periods.
By
Will Durrant
10 Apr 2025
Politics
Tories must appeal to ‘all ages’, Badenoch warns ahead of ‘challenging’ poll
‘I want to create just a better environment for children,’ Kemi Badenoch told reporters.
By
Will Durrant
9 Apr 2025
Politics
Review to look at Post Office ‘coercion’ allegations during 2010s modernisation
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By
Will Durrant
8 Apr 2025
Business News
Rayner faces call to say whether Army could help clean up Birmingham bins
Ayoub Khan MP asked the Deputy PM whether Army personnel could ‘assist the local charities and organisations’ that are helping to clear the waste.
By
Will Durrant
7 Apr 2025
Politics
Government will meet target of 1.5m homes, says Rayner after watchdog forecast
A Conservative former minister asked Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to ‘confirm’ the 1.5 million new homes target ‘has gone’.
By
Will Durrant
7 Apr 2025
Politics
Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea
Labour MP Perran Moon called for a ban on trail hunting, which he warned was being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunting.
By
Will Durrant
2 Apr 2025
Politics
Calls for new duty to co-operate amid fears roads dug up ‘over and over again’
Dr Ben Spencer MP called for a new ‘duty to co-operate’ in law to ease repeated disruption when utilities companies dig up roads.
By
Will Durrant
1 Apr 2025
Politics
Government suffers Mental Health Bill defeats amid efforts to modernise laws
Lord Kamall proposed a change to the Mental Health Bill so that nurses or doctors could carry out detentions without police present.
By
Will Durrant
31 Mar 2025
Politics
Anti-harassment law could hasten ‘erasure’ of pubs, says Conservative peer
Ministers have proposed a ban in the Employment Rights Bill on harassment by third parties.
By
Will Durrant
27 Mar 2025
Politics
Minister pledges to uncover causes of Heathrow and North Sea incidents
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said ‘no stone should be left unturned identifying the causes of the incidents’.
By
Will Durrant
27 Mar 2025
Business News
Strike action over railway safety ‘necessary’, says Transport Secretary
Heidi Alexander also vowed the Government will take railways into public ownership ‘without any cost to the taxpayer’.
By
Will Durrant
27 Mar 2025
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