Dominic Raab reveals ‘£100 million boost’ for fishing industry The foreign secretary Dominic Raab has hit back in a spat with the BBC’s Andrew Marr over the Brexit trade deal. The BBC host accused Mr Raab and the UK Government of “betraying” the British fisheries industry. However, Mr Raab rebuked this by outlining the plan to inject £100million into the […]

The relationship between President Trump’s words and their consequences has always been fairly straightforward: He says what he wants, and nothing particularly durable tends to happen to him. But in the final frames of his presidency, and in the aftermath of his second impeachment, Mr. Trump is confronting an unfamiliar fate. He is being held to account as never before […]

Sequence 10 Ms Sturgeon has not set an exact deadline on when she wants to pursue a second Scottish independence vote but Cllr Chris McEleney together with Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil are pushing for a back up “Plan B” to be put in motion this year. The pair have now published a paper demanding the SNP’s National Executive Committee and […]

Lockdown easing would be a ‘disaster’ says SAGE expert The lockdown is set to remain in place at least until February 15, when the Government will undertake a review of the infection rate to decide whether a return to Tier 4 and Tier 3 restrictions is appropriate. While the latest data has shown a decrease in new coronavirus cases from […]

As President Trump prepares to leave office with his party in disarray, Republican leaders including Senator Mitch McConnell are maneuvering to thwart his grip on the G.O.P. in future elections, while forces aligned with Mr. Trump are looking to punish Republican lawmakers and governors who have broken with him. The bitter infighting underscores the deep divisions Mr. Trump has created […]

Secret Service agents assigned to protect Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were denied access to bathrooms in the couple’s house and had to rent a nearby basement for $3,000 a month simply to use the toilet, a surreal report by The Washington Post revealed on Thursday. Trump and Kushner’s six-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home is located in Washington, D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood — […]

Brexit: Fishing manager blames HMRC for paperwork delays Under a huge Brexit overhaul, the Prime Minister is looking to adjust labour market rules now the UK is finally free from the EU. Top among the raft of new measures is a push from the Government to remove the arbitrary requirement for businesses to log daily reporting of working hours. By […]

LANDOVER, Md. — As tens of thousands of his National Guard colleagues descended on the nation’s capital to ensure the peaceful transfer of presidential power, 10 miles up the road, Emmanuel Alfaro was doing what he viewed as the pinnacle of his career in the Guard: administering Covid-19 vaccines to his fellow citizens. “It’s a highlight, being able to come […]