A group of Labour Party MPs have urged the British government to ensure changes to permanent residency requirements do not undermine support for Hongkongers on the bespoke visa pathway or others admitted on humanitarian grounds. They have asked the Home Office to consider exempting the BN(O) routes from the government’s proposed overhaul of the wider…
Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily held in prison in India for the last eight years and has recently been moved to the notorious Tihar facility near Delhi. Jagtar Singh Johal on his wedding day to Gurpreet Kaur in 2017(Image: Repreive) A group of MPs have called on the UK Government to take more decisive…
A lower turn-out was seen just seven months after the May local elections Owen Ferron (centre, blue jacket) is the new Reform UK councillor for the Long Eaton North division(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Reform UK have narrowly retained a seat on Derbyshire County Council following a snap by-election caused by the sudden resignation of…
Wealthier regions of England are to lose funding as part of radical changes to local councils. Areas with the highest levels of deprivation, and those unable to collect high levels of council tax, will receive more money from central government. Many are likely to be in the North and Midlands, with losers most likely to…
Tuesday 18 November 2025 1:01 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Dubai has been a popular destination for brain drain quitters of UK Fears that the UK is in the grips of a ‘brain drain’ escalated on Tuesday after…
LONDON (AP) — The British government plans to tighten its asylum system in a series of sweeping changes modeled after Denmark that aims to reduce immigration and quell the political storm over migrants making dangerous English Channel crossings to enter the country without authorization. The policy changes to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…
LABOUR’S ban on new oil and gas drilling has been criticised by America’s top man in London, who claims UK energy bills are “four times higher” than in the US. America’s Ambassador Warren Stephens urged the PM to “allow for more drilling” and stop relying on imports. Sign up for the Politics newsletter Thank you!…
At the Birmingham summit, Chancellor Rachel Reeves also announced over £10 billion in new private investment in projects across the UK, creating jobs and prosperity for working people. Gregor Poynton MP(Image: Roger Harris) Livingston MP Gregor Poynton has welcomed the UK Labour Government’s announcement of a major drive to cut business red tape, saving firms…
Rachel Reeves raised taxes by £40bn in last October’s Budget, and now she is hinting at even further increases – Jordan Pettitt/AFP Sir Keir Starmer, to his party faithful in Liverpool for last week’s annual conference, said: “A Labour party that cannot control spending is a Labour Government that cannot govern. “This is why the…
Lee Anderson is currently the only Reform UK MP in Nottinghamshire Reform UK’s Lee Anderson pictured after retaining his Ashfield seat for Reform UK(Image: Joseph Raynor/Nottingham Post) A major poll has predicted that Reform UK would dominate in terms of Nottinghamshire MPs if a general election were held tomorrow. YouGov’s seat-by-seat analysis, based on a…