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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
Tories repeat calls to strip activist of UK citizenship amid ‘insincere’ apology
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that if he were in government, he would be ‘making sure’ Alaa Abd El-Fattah was deported.
By
Will Durrant
29 Dec 2025
Politics
‘We feel discarded’, say injured ex-police officers in call for recognition
Jane Notley said her employer thought of her as a ‘financial hazard’ after a serious injured in the line of duty left her unable to do the job again.
By
Will Durrant
20 Nov 2025
Business News
Westminster ‘sleepwalking into’ Scottish deindustrialisation – Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynn criticised the Government’s decision not to step in, as the Fife Ethylene Plant winds down.
By
Will Durrant
19 Nov 2025
Politics
Yvette Cooper: Israeli efforts to tackle West Bank violence ‘insufficient’
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the Commons that ‘stability in the West Bank is essential to any sustainable peace’ in the Middle East.
By
Will Durrant
18 Nov 2025
Politics
Westminster must ‘avoid treading on Cardiff Bay’s toes over assisted dying’
Peers began their line-by-line scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday.
By
Will Durrant
14 Nov 2025
Politics
Benefit fraud crackdown should not see claimants ‘de-banked’ – minister
Several MPs urged the Government to consider widening the role of an independent person, whose job will be to keep ministers’ new powers in check.
By
Will Durrant
5 Nov 2025
Business News
Treasury ministers stand by farm tax plan
Exchequer Secretary Dan Tomlinson said the Government made ‘the right decision’ at last year’s budget to end a tax relief for farmers.
By
Will Durrant
5 Nov 2025
Business News
Hiding money away in overseas territories starves Treasury, warns MP
Phil Brickell will call for Whitehall clarity over ministers’ efforts to tackle financial secrecy in the British Overseas Territories.
By
Will Durrant
4 Nov 2025
Politics
‘Pause’ operation of trains without carriage crew, urges Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn urged the Home Secretary to make the move in the Commons.
By
Will Durrant
3 Nov 2025
Politics
MP in bid to stop ferry firms leaving islanders high and dry
Tory MP Joe Robertson said the Isle of Wight’s 140,400 residents have little say over how Solent ferries are run.
By
Will Durrant
1 Nov 2025
Politics
‘No plans’ to ban VPNs but ‘nothing off the table’ to bolster online safety
Baroness Liz Lloyd warned there was ‘limited evidence on children’s use of VPNs’.
By
Will Durrant
30 Oct 2025
Politics
Attack on maternity hospital must be ‘turning point’ in Sudan conflict – Dodds
The UK has called an emergency UN Security Council session on Sudan for later on Thursday.
By
Will Durrant
30 Oct 2025
Money
Treasury urged to set out plan to ‘un-gum’ housing amid call to axe stamp duty
Sir Mel Stride likened Chancellor Rachel Reeves to Captain Mainwaring from Dad’s Army.
By
Will Durrant
28 Oct 2025
Money
No Pip eligibility changes at next month’s Budget, says minister
Sir Stephen Timms took a question about the Motability scheme, which personal independence payment claimants can use to lease a new vehicle.
By
Will Durrant
27 Oct 2025
Politics
Football fans have ingenious ways of breaking in without tickets – Lord Mann
Lord John Mann cited an ‘ingenious’ example from an Oxford United game.
By
Will Durrant
24 Oct 2025
Politics
Countdown on to launch online postal vote forms in Scotland and Wales
Scottish and Welsh voters have to fill in a paper form if they would like a postal or proxy vote in Scottish Parliament or Senedd elections.
By
Will Durrant
24 Oct 2025
Politics
Giving less than 8% of fishing fund to Scotland deemed ‘ocean-going madness’
Scotland is set to receive £28 million from the £360 million UK-wide Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund.
By
Will Durrant
23 Oct 2025
Politics
Minister vows to consider improving Heathrow rail links in third runway review
The Transport Secretary faced a call for a ‘cast-iron guarantee’ that towns near the airport will get a rail link, if work begins to expand Heathrow.
By
Will Durrant
22 Oct 2025
Politics
Farage appears in Commons gallery as ‘mere spectator’ at PMQs
The Reform UK leader complained he had ‘no right of reply’ at Prime Minister’s Questions.
By
Will Durrant
22 Oct 2025
Politics
Chagossians should get referendum on islands return, MPs hear
Nigel Farage, Sir Edward Leigh and Liberal Democrat Europe spokesman Al Pinkerton are among the backers of a referendum for Chagossians.
By
Will Durrant
20 Oct 2025
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