The initial UK-wide political response to the Covid-19 pandemic was “too little, too late” and cost up to 23,000 lives in England alone during the first wave in spring 2020, the UK’s pandemic inquiry has found. It also found it “inexcusable” that the same mistakes were repeated in later waves, while also finding that some…
The Coalition is considering longer wait times for citizenship for those with refugee status and tighter rules on family reunification for migrants. As the UK published firmer immigration policies on Monday, the Coalition signalled it will adjust its own approach in response if necessary. Senior Government figures believe a harder line from Britain risks driving…
British police said on Friday that they had arrested a convicted sex offender who had been mistakenly released from prison. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif (24), from Algeria, was accidentally freed on October 29th from Wandsworth prison in south London. He was arrested in Finsbury Park on Friday, London Metropolitan Police said. A search for Kaddour-Cherif, who also…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump spent the bulk of the week in the U.K. where he inked a new tech deal, and closed out the week gearing up to attend the memorial service of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Arizona. During the trip abroad, Trump and U.K. Prime Minister…
Billionaire Elon Musk has ignited a political firestorm in Britain after virtually addressing a far-right anti-immigration protest in London, organized by Tommy Robinson. Speaking just days before U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, Musk declared that the country needs “revolutionary government change” and warned that “violence is coming.” His remarks, which included…
Nigel Farage doesn’t waste any time when limelight is at stake. At 11.44am on Friday, just seven minutes after news began to filter through that British deputy prime minister Angela Rayner had quit, the Reform UK leader made an unscheduled entrance to his party’s annual conference. He wasn’t about to let Rayner soak up the…
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner resigned from the UK government on Friday after she admitted underpaying property tax on a new home. Her resignation is a new blow for prime minister Keir Starmer. Ms Rayner is the eighth, and the most senior, ministerial departure from Mr Starmer’s team, and the most damaging yet after the…
The UK’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation has been met with alarm well beyond its borders, with Irish artists, writers and musicians prominent among those denouncing the move. For many, the issue is not just about support for the group’s tactics and objectives but also whether the UK is abandoning its…
British deputy prime minister Angela Rayner was fighting for her political future on Wednesday after acknowledging she had underpaid property tax owed when she bought an apartment in a southern English seaside resort. Ms Rayner, who is also Britain’s housing minister, has been under scrutiny for days over her purchase of a flat in Hove,…
The UK government has announced it will temporarily suspend applications from registered refugees to bring family members into the country in order to give the government time to toughen the rules. Home secretary Yvette Cooper said their asylum system needed “substantial reforms” as she laid out the plans to reduce record numbers of migrants arriving…