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Firm at centre of Sunak conflict of interest row attended Downing Street event
Exclusive: Bosses of childcare firm part owned by PM’s wife were at No 11 reception hours after he was quizzed by MPs about links Bosses of the childcare firm at the centre of a Rishi Sunak c...
The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s energy plan: playing with fire | Editorial
The government has chosen oil and gas over renewables, increasing the climate threat To say that Rishi Sunak’s government has chosen the “path of climate vandalism” , as Labour’s Ed Mil...
The Guardian view on Northern Ireland: violence in a political vacuum | Editorial
This week’s heightened threat level is umbilically connected to the continued absence of democratic government A year ago, in March 2022, the terror threat level in Northern Ireland was lower...
Margaret Ferrier should be suspended for 30 days for Covid breach, says MPs’ watchdog
Possibility of byelection in Rutherglen and Hamilton West after sanctions recommended for MP who took train in 2020 despite positive test Politics live – latest updates An MP who broke Covid...
Parliamentary standards head denies SNP MP has been cleared of bullying
Commissioner says investigation into John Nicolson has not ended despite claims he has been cleared The parliamentary standards commissioner has denied reports that a Scottish National party MP...
Hasty changes to Sunak’s climate strategy reveal a warring Tory party
Major omissions and a last-minute refocus on energy security rather than net zero suggest a prime minister buffeted by internal factions Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, headed to Oxfordshir...
UK to clamp down on sanctions loopholes used by Wagner group head
Loophole meant mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin could sue journalist UK ministers have tightened up sanctions rules to avoid a repeat of a recent controversy in which lawyers acting fo...
Third sector in Scotland calls on Humza Yousaf to swap rhetoric for action
Exclusive: End headline-grabbing policymaking on social justice, equality and poverty eradication, say charities Senior figures across civic Scotland have called on Humza Yousaf to bridge the d...
UK’s economic crime plan ‘smoke and mirrors’ without new funding
MPs and experts question government’s commitment to tackling ‘dirty money’ The government’s three-year economic crime plan will amount to “smoke and mirrors” if it does not receive ...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/30/economic-crime-plan-home-office
Reports of rotten pork being sold in UK may lead to tighter control of FSA
Therésè Coffey may bring Food Standards Agency, now overseen by health department, under remit of Defra The UK government is considering tightening control over the Food Standards Agency (FSA...
Postponing state pension age decision ‘not exactly a sign of strength’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Tories – as it happened
This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story here STARMER says Labour would freeze council tax for next year if it were in power, he says. (See 9.13am.) This is similar to...
Home Office accused of building delays into plan to speed asylum claims
Questionnaire system at heart of effort to reduce backlog is ‘fundamentally flawed’, say immigration lawyers Politics live - latest updates Immigration lawyers have accused the Home Office...
Labour would freeze council tax for one year, says Keir Starmer
Party leader says Labour would use windfall tax profits to stop rises in England, as local election campaign begins Politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has pledged to use an extended...
Humza Yousaf reprises Nicola Sturgeon’s old hits in underwhelming first FMQs | John Crace
Scotland’s new first minister looked knackered from efforts to unite his party after bruising leadership race Politics live - latest updates It was all a bit underwhelming. On the plus side,...
£3.5m of Tory donations linked to pollution and climate denial, says report
Millions given to party and MPs last year came from entities linked to fossil fuels, high-polluting industries and climate denial Politics live - latest updates The Conservative party received...
How could the UK’s net zero plan involve new oil and gas? It’s mind-bogglingly stupid
The Conservatives are cynically using carbon capture and storage as a get-out-of-jail card for the fossil fuel sector Crossing fingers and hoping for the best is hardly a sensible way to tackle...
If we can’t speak honestly about Britain’s links to slavery, we turn our backs on change | Nesrine Malik
Today’s generation is not responsible for what happened two centuries ago – but it can be guilty of refusing to learn from it British politics has an unusual obsession with Britain’s past...
https://www.theguardian.com/news/commentisfree/2023/mar/30/britain-slavery-change-guardian
Tories split over sites for refugee housing and deadline for stopping small boats
Rebels say crossings should be stopped by end of 2023 while ministers are unhappy about camps in their constituencies The government has pledged to move asylum seekers into disused military bas...
Steve Bell on Dominic Raab and bullying claims – cartoon
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‘Psycho’ Raab struggles to contain his rage during prime minister’s questions | John Crace
Deputy PM’s throbbing vein was only sign of life as Rayner taunted him with bullying jibes in what is likely to be his last PMQs No more Mr Nice Guy. Rishi Sunak has always been keen to proje...
The Guardian view on hotels and asylum: a cycle of failure | Editorial
A policy built on the deliberate aim of making Britain inhospitable to refugees will only make the system less effective Hotel accommodation is expensive and inefficient as a system for managin...
Rishi Sunak’s childcare policy risks conflict of interest with wife’s firm
Prime minister’s failure to raise wife’s childcare agency when questioned by MPs raises concern POLITICS LIVE - LATEST UPDATES Rishi Sunak is facing questions over a potential conflict of ...
Plans for rail pass for UK staycationers axed over cost concerns
Exclusive: extensive consultations since idea was proposed 18 months ago have found it would not be commercially viable Plans to boost domestic tourism by introducing a rail pass for British st...
Dominic Raab is wrong: refugees do not come to the UK for the hotels | Diane Taylor
I have interviewed hundreds of asylum seekers and the reasons they arrive in Britain can be summed up in two words: seeking safety Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab is not the first senior pol...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/29/dominic-raab-refugees-hotels-safety
I lost my son to a gambling addiction. Firms must change, not pay fines that are dwarfed by profits | Liz Ritchie
The greed of gambling companies can be linked to hundreds of suicides in the UK every year My wonderful son Jack took his life in 2017 after he had been drawn into a gambling addiction . Soon a...
The UK’s ‘green day’ has turned into a fossil fuel bonanza – dirty money powers the Sunak government | George Monbiot
In prioritising oil and gas over renewables, ministers are doing the bidding of the polluters. And we’ll all pay the price Money for the criminals, prison for the heroes: this, in brief, is t...
This is how Labour can win back Scotland – and achieve a majority UK government | Katherine Sangster
With the SNP vulnerable and the union debate stalled, Labour could succeed in Scotland, but it must offer the change people crave For the first time in a rather long time, the mood within Scott...
Martin Rowson on the Conservatives’ illegal migration bill – cartoon
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David Lammy on regrets, Rwanda flights and racism: ‘I’ve had so many death threats’
The working-class son of Guyanese immigrants could soon be the foreign secretary. He discusses antisemitism, Suella Braverman – and his experience of being stopped and searched at 12 Last Sep...
Humza Yousaf must work to prevent his coalition of support from splintering
New leader needs to convince Scotland that he can take the SNP in a fresh direction The first act of Humza Yousaf’s leadership of the SNP was to fire off a letter to Rishi Sunak demanding a s...
Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ bill is an election gamble fraught with risk
Tory critics of PM’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda say failure could do lasting damage to party Rishi Sunak’s proposed bill – which hopes to fulfil his promise to “stop the boat...
Steve Bell on Starmer preventing Corbyn standing at next election – cartoon
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Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s ‘immediate justice’ scheme – cartoon
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Keir Starmer promises to halve violence against women as part of crime ‘mission’
Labour’s plan would include dedicated rape courts and domestic violence experts taking 999 calls, says party leader Keir Starmer has vowed to halve violence against women and girls within a d...