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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
Gap in law could see young people ‘committing terrorist acts by weekend’ – peer
Lord Walney made the warning as he backed the Government’s plan to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action.
By
Will Durrant
3 Jul 2025
Politics
Nandy demands ‘accountability at highest levels’ after Bob Vylan broadcast
The Culture Secretary said she was ‘not satisfied with the response’ from the BBC so far.
By
Will Durrant
3 Jul 2025
Politics
Government wins Commons vote over plans for armed forces whistleblowing route
Armed forces minister Luke Pollard said the amendment ‘will establish genuine protection for people wishing to raise a concern anonymously’.
By
Will Durrant
2 Jul 2025
Politics
Labour urged to ‘have courage’ to trigger vote on Chagos deal
Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.
By
Will Durrant
2 Jul 2025
Politics
Parental leave probe could tackle gender pay gap, says minister
Employment rights minister Justin Madders criticised a ‘piecemeal approach’ to designing the parental leave system over the past 134 years.
By
Will Durrant
1 Jul 2025
Politics
MPs back Government bid to strip citizenship from ‘extremists’ during appeals
Security minister Dan Jarvis described ‘keeping our country safe’ as an ‘awesome task’.
By
Will Durrant
30 Jun 2025
Politics
Minister vows to ‘legislate’ amid fears taxis are ‘dangerous’ for children
Baroness Casey identified ‘many cases of group-based child sexual exploitation’ as having links with taxis.
By
Will Durrant
26 Jun 2025
Politics
Free driving tests could help learners ditch L plates sooner, MP suggests
One free go at a driving test might encourage learners ‘to only go for it when they really thought that they were going to pass it’, MPs heard.
By
Will Durrant
25 Jun 2025
Business News
Conservatives fear welfare reforms will not head off ‘tax rises’ this autumn
Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride warned that ‘tax rises are coming’ in this autumn’s budget, opposite Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.
By
Will Durrant
25 Jun 2025
Politics
Tice calls for justice watchdog to act when petitioners say sentences too harsh
‘Even noble, experienced, wise judges can get things wrong,’ Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice told the Commons.
By
Will Durrant
25 Jun 2025
Politics
Labour MP warns proscribing Palestine Action would be ‘kneejerk reaction’
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has unveiled plans to proscribe Palestine Action after a break-in at RAF Brize Norton.
By
Will Durrant
23 Jun 2025
Politics
MPs share their own stories as assisted dying debate continues
If MPs back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading, it will face further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.
By
Will Durrant
20 Jun 2025
Politics
MPs grant pubs extra time to open if England or Wales reach Women’s Euros semis
Bars will be allowed to sell alcohol until 1am, if either England or Wales – or both – take part in the Women’s Euros semi-finals or final.
By
Will Durrant
19 Jun 2025
Politics
Tougher sentences for criminals who abuse LGBT people ‘vital step forward’ – MP
‘I know what it means to think twice how you walk down the street,’ Labour MP Jacob Collier told the Commons.
By
Will Durrant
18 Jun 2025
Politics
Speaker accuses Government of ‘appalling’ breaches of ministerial code
Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would like to take the Government to task over the issue but that he had ‘not got the power’.
By
Will Durrant
17 Jun 2025
Politics
MP proposes new law so unmarried mothers can name deceased father on certificate
‘The law in this area has not kept pace with societal change,’ Labour MP Jen Craft told the Commons.
By
Will Durrant
17 Jun 2025
Politics
Corbyn says police ‘picked on him to silence democratic rights’ as case dropped
The former Labour leader and John McDonnell were called for interview after a pro-Palestine protest in London earlier this year.
By
Will Durrant
13 Jun 2025
Business News
Labour MPs push front bench for ‘crackdown’ on ‘dodgy’ vape and barber shops
Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick recently criticised ‘weird Turkish barber shops’.
By
Will Durrant
12 Jun 2025
Business News
Reeves ‘failed’ to back English councils in spending review, MPs warn
Woking MP Will Forster called on the Chancellor to ‘justify’ a ‘lack of investment’ into local government.
By
Will Durrant
11 Jun 2025
Politics
Reeves will need ‘Corbynist catalogue’ of tax rises to back up spending – Tories
The Chancellor said the Treasury had ‘already drawn a line under the Tory mismanagement with tax rises last year’.
By
Will Durrant
11 Jun 2025
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