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…
The British government on Friday won a court ruling that means asylum seekers will not have to be evicted from a hotel where a resident was charged with sexual assault, a decision that could ignite more protests and criticism from opponents. Immigration has now become the dominant political issue in Britain, eclipsing concerns over a…
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has continued its summertime dominance of Britain’s political agenda by unveiling its first member of the current Scottish parliament (MSP). Graham Simpson has defected to the upstart anti-immigration party from the Scottish Conservatives, whose position looks increasingly precarious in advance of next May’s crucial Holyrood elections. Mr Farage, a day after…
Nigel Farage has promised the mass deportation of irregular migrants in Britain, as he vowed to take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Reform UK leader said his party would also disapply the 1951 UN Refugee Convention for a five-year period, along with “any other barriers” that would prevent…
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…
UK PM Keir Starmer (File photo) When you think of Keir Starmer, the first things that probably come to mind are his calm demeanor, sharp suits, and serious tone in Parliament. But behind the political persona is a man who’s quietly built a pretty impressive financial portfolio.From humble beginnings in a working-class family to a…
British holidaymakers will soon enjoy faster travel to Europe after the Prime Minister secured a new agreement with the European Union. The deal will allow UK travellers to use more eGates across Europe, “ending the dreaded queues at border control,” the UK Government pledged. Bringing furry friends abroad will also be easier, as “pet passports”…
Reform UK has been handed a record-breaking polling lead just days after taking hundreds of council seats across England in May 1’s local elections. Nigel Farage’s party now sits 12 points clear of the Conservatives and seven clear of Labour. Reform is now also the only one out of the top three parties to have…