Lindsay Hoyle rebukes Michael Gove for breaking ministerial code Michael Gove’s involvement with a secretive pro-EU group is being kept off his register of ministerial interests, with one of his MP colleagues demanding the Commons’ anti-sleaze chief investigate. In January Michael Gove was reported to have attended an event with the Ditchley Foundation, alongside arch-Remainers Peter Mandelson and David Lammy. […]

Chris Bryant MP on Wales’ 20mph speed limit A Labour MP admitted some areas of the new 20mph speed limit in Wales are “frankly bonkers” during an appearance on BBC Question Time. The Labour-run Welsh Government earlier this year dropped the default speed limit from 30mph to 20mph for residential roads in a move that sparked a widespread backlash. During […]

Imagine the outrage if the Home Secretary accused police officers of showing “contempt for the public” they are supposed to serve, going on to lay out in blistering terms the worst behaviour they had indulged in. We don’t have to imagine it, as Theresa May gave that speech almost a decade ago with little fuss beyond senior officials harrumphing about […]

Suella Braverman has sparked outrage after an op-ed published in The Times accused police of bias towards protest groups and called pro-Palestinian protesters “hate marchers”. She wrote: “Rightwing and nationalist protesters who engage in aggression are rightly met with a stern response yet pro-Palestinian mobs displaying almost identical behaviour are largely ignored, even when clearly breaking the law? “I have […]

The RMT union announced it had reached an agreement with train companies to pause industrial action ­following a bitter dispute that has dragged on for 18 months. Passengers may now be spared Christmas and New Year travel chaos. The deal, called a memorandum of understanding, comes with a pay rise of 5%, which includes backdated wages of about £1,750. There […]

Donald Trump has taken the stand to testify $250 million civil fraud trial that could decide the fate of the New York real estate empire. The former president is taking the witness stand at the New York Supreme Court in the lawsuit brought against him by New York State Attorney General Letitia James who accuses him of greatly exaggerating his […]

The BBC has issued a humilaiting apology after it admitted that captions it put up during a debate on excess deaths in Britain were “biased”. The adjournment debate called by Reclaim and former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen were linked to concerns he has been raising about the impact of covid vaccines. Throughout his speech, which Mr Bridgen has claimed was […]

Jeremy Hunt has been urged to quit and let someone else take the reins as Chancellor with small businesses “imploding” amid fears of recession. This week saw more bad economic news as it emerged Britain’s services sector saw a lacklustre October with activity falling for the third month in a row and UK factory production suffering the longest period of […]

Question Time: Audience member on Covid Inquiry farce A Question Time audience member fears the UK will not be ready for the next pandemic because of the time taken to complete the Covid-19 inquiry. He raised the issue on the programme because the probe into the UK’s handling of the health crisis will not be complete until 2026. The man […]