The Online Safety Act is the latest wedge issue in British politics. The act was passed through parliament in 2023, but only came into effect in recent days. Its objective is to protect children from exposure to harmful content on the internet. One of the main provisions of the act is that age verification requirements…
Reform UK’s new justice adviser has called for the UK to introduce US-style “supermax” prisons. Vanessa Frake, a former prison governor, said it would be “relatively easy” to convert some of the nation’s existing high-security facilities. She made the comments as she announced she had formally joined Reform to play a leading role in the…
The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK in time for the next general election, govt has confirmed, bringing UK-wide elections in line with Scotland and Wales.Around 1.5 million 16- and 17-year-olds will be eligible to vote in all UK elections once the elections bill becomes law. Currently the voting age for…
The latest Electoral Calculus MRP poll, published on 30 June — almost a year on from the general election — suggests that both MPs representing constituencies in the Eastleigh local government area could lose their seats to anti-immigration party Reform UK if a general election were held tomorrow. In Eastleigh, Reform is now predicted to…
File photo: UK PM Keir Starmer (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: Sikh Federation UK has warned PM Keir Starmer it will campaign to no-platform Labour MPs from Aug 1 unless a judge-led public inquiry into Britain’s role in 1984’s Operation Blue Star is announced in Parliament by the end of July.No-platforming is a political strategy where…
Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce was forced to bring the BBC show to a halt as one audience member repeatedly begged: “Do something!” The programme was off to an explosive start last night (May 29) when one woman in the audience grilled Labour’s transport secretary Heidi Alexander about Israel as the Israel-Palestine conflict rages on….
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín focused his keynote speech at the party’s ardfheis predominantly on Government waste. He went on the offensive against the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael leaders, telling delegates “Government incompetence is incinerating your money and slowing key projects to a halt”. Listing scandal after spending scandal, including the Leinster House €336,000 “Gucci”…
After strong results in the local elections earlier this month, Reform UK are on the verge of becoming part of the UK’s political mainstream, new data from YouGov suggests. The number of respondents who believe Reform is a mainstream party has more than doubled in less than a year, growing from 19% in July 2024…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host European Union chiefs in London on Monday (Image: AP) Prime Minister Keir Starmer is treading a fine line on UK-EU relations as hard-right populists make gains at a time when Brexit and immigration remain toxic issues in Britain.The Labour leader will host European Union chiefs in London on Monday…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, May 12, revealed a wide-ranging overhaul of the United Kingdom’s immigration system. The Immigration White Paper, titled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, introduced sweeping changes to work, student, family, and asylum visa routes.The reforms have been announced as Starmer’s Labour government, which won last July in a…