The UK expelled Russia’s defence attache earlier this month on the grounds he was an ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’
Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford pressed for remedies to be put in place before the Commons rises for the summer recess on July 23.
More than 5,080 people have signed a petition calling on Parliament to allocate some proceeds of crime to groups which support police officer welfare.
The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six ‘first steps’ his party would take if it were to win power.
Should an election not be called by December 17, 2024, Parliament would automatically dissolve
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The draft revised guidance on relationships, sex and health education has been compiled following concerns that children were being exposed too soon.
Pledge cards have been a feature of almost every Labour general election campaign since Tony Blair introduced them in 1997.
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Dorothy Bain KC also sought to defend the Crown Office from suggestions it should have been more suspicious of Horizon evidence.
Brenda Campbell KC, representing the NI Covid Bereaved Families for Justice, said the inquiry had heard devasting evidence exposing dysfunction.
During a debate on the PHSO report, it was said the Waspi women suffered a ‘gross injustice’ over state pensions.
Theresa May acknowledged she had made mistakes with her own social care proposals, and said difficult conversations needed to be had with voters.
The number is the highest for any quarter since the beginning of 2018.
The Home Office said it had “streamlined” its returns agreement with Bangladesh
Ministers endorse change sought by MPs to update an 1861 law covering horse-drawn carriages
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The former prime minister told journalists Reform UK’s Nigel Farage and Richard Tice should not be welcomed into the Conservative Party.
The Prime Minister said serving in his North Yorkshire constituency is ‘wonderful’ and ‘of course’ he will remain in Parliament.
The former civil servant was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry in Belfast on Thursday.
The University and College Union said 297 posts were being ‘put at risk’ at South Bank University
The Tory MP for Finchley and Golders Green said he had made changes to his own security following the attack
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority found Paul Maynard had used a state-of-the-art printer for campaigning purposes.
The First Minister was clear that the Scottish Government will not back the construction of such a facility north of the border.
GMB Scotland and Unite’s care worker members employed by Scottish councils will vote from next week until June 19.
The Prime Minister said ‘we should let kids be kids’ during an appearance on Loose Women
MPs this week voted 170 to 169 in favour of reverting to the threshold being an arrest.
Gillian Keegan admitted she did not know how widespread the teaching of ‘inappropriate’ material about gender identity is in schools.
Opposition analysis of the latest quarterly figures available from the Office of Rail and Road was raised in the House of Commons.
The Commons Leader urged the party to prepare for a unionist government in Scotland.
Vaughan Gething said he had ‘no alternative’ but to ask Hannah Blythyn to leave his government.
Ministers have launched a consultation on the idea despite earlier warnings that 18-year-olds ‘may not be emotionally or cognitively mature enough’ to drive trains
Protesters have vowed to continue until a set of demands are met.
A spokesperson said the policies were a ‘bridge to longer-term plans’
Downing Street said Beijing should encourage Moscow to ‘cease its illegal war’ as the two leaders put on a strong show of unity at a summit.
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The new technology would destroy the drones by targeting their electronic components
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Northerner considered on the left side of party and battled Starmer for party leadership
Ms Mordaunt said voters would ‘not fall for today’s pledge card’.
Labour leader says some school children in his north London constituency ‘can’t even imagine their future’ working in some of the capital’s big firms
The Labour leader headed to Essex to unveil ‘Six First Step’ pledges for the general election
Transport Secretary Mark Harper claimed Labour ‘has not committed a single penny of money to local roads’.
Road safety campaigners also accuse the Government of scapegoating cyclists with new crackdown
Richard Lochhead initially fell unwell last week.
The Department for Education will publish draft revised guidance on relationships, sex and health education on Thursday
MPs voted in favour of an amendment to create new offences, including ‘causing death by dangerous cycling’
Labour leader will set out party’s offer to voters in launch event at potential electoral battleground in Essex
Concerns about Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU remain unresolved.
With an estimated cost of 10p per radio wave shot, the technology is also being billed as a cost-effective alternative to traditional missiles.
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Thousands attended the match at Dalymount Park which had been sold out for several days in advance.
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Three men aged 18, 28 and 29, and a 21-year-old woman were arrested and charged during the demonstration.
The Scottish Government has been against nuclear power north of the border.
The Defence Secretary said an ‘attention deficit’ had seen Western nations distracted from the war in Ukraine.
Dehenna Davison has called for tougher sentencing for one-punch homicide perpetrators after her father was killed by a single blow when she was 13.
Asylum seekers in detention who are due to sent to Rwanda have told how they feel there is ‘no hope’.
Greens on the London Assembly say it was ‘cowardly’ of the mayor to scrap plans for a more sophisticated road user charging system
The Canterbury MP said she had spoken to the Labour leader for 17 minutes after telling a whip she had not been talked to in two-and-a-half years.
Water sector leaders and rivers minister Robbie Moore were questioned by the Environmental Audit Committee during a tense session on water quality.
A shipment of 8,400 temporary shelters has left Cyprus bound for a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza.
It has been warned at Westminster the ruling will create ‘a people border’ in the Irish Sea.
MSPs unanimously agreed to treat the Scottish proposals as an emergency law.