The Home Office is paying ‘around £8 million’ per day for asylum seekers to be put up in hotels, new figures show. The department’s annual accounts, published today, reveal the cost is £2mn higher than that cited by Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Commons on Monday. The 2022-23 report claimed that the arrival of small … Read more
An HR manager at The British Council whose job in Dubai was ‘eliminated’ while she was on maternity leave has won the right for a British employment tribunal to hear her case for discrimination. Ana-Maria Beldica was working as an equality team manager for the taxpayer-funded organisation in the United Arab Emirates but was told her … Read more
Bill of Rights is shelved for THIRD time: Dominic Raab’s flagship act is put on hold again so ministers can focus on law over Channel migrants crisis Dominic Raab’s Bill of Rights will be shelved so ministers can focus on the border Rishi Sunak and Mr Raab are debating which parts of the Bill are top priorities … Read more
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is adamant that scrapping strike laws will not lead to more walkouts Labour denied its plans to rip up strike laws would lead to more industrial action Party pledged to repeal Trade Union Act which set higher strike ballot thresholds Rachel Reeves insisted the plan would not open the door to more … Read more
Large chunk of aid handed out overseas is ‘wasteful and paternalistic’, says Rory Stewart Rory Stewart has said some overseas aid given out is ‘wasteful and paternalistic’ The former international development secretary now heads GiveDirectly He said his ministerial role focused on the wrong way of helping poorer nations By Kumail Jaffer, Political Reporter For The Daily … Read more
Boris Johnson REFUSES to take action to ease cost-of-living pain before quitting No10 in A MONTH: PM returns from honeymoon but will leave it to successor to act – as Gordon Brown blasts him and Chancellor for holidaying during economic crisis Ex-PM suggested recalling Parliament from its long summer holiday over crisis Bank of England … Read more
Environmental campaigners have accused the UK government of ‘cowardice’, over its decision to publish less than a third of the metrics it uses to track the health of nature in England this year. Keeping a close eye on indicators of biodiversity is an essential part of monitoring and managing threats, like climate change. The Department for … Read more
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and the Saudi Media Group are among the Chelsea bidders dismissed by Roman Abramovich’s advisors… with Todd Boehly’s consortium and another American group leading the way in the £3bn battle for Stamford Bridge Bidders for Chelsea discovered on Friday if they have made the final shortlist Saudi Media Group … Read more
Roman Abramovich‘s £50m private plane has been flown from Russia to Israel after the oligarch was hit by crippling sanctions from the UK government over his ties to Vladimir Putin. The Gulfstream G650ER jet – registration LX-Ray – arrived from Moscow into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday night, according to flight tracking websites. … Read more
‘It took all that time to produce EIGHT pages’: Anger and mockery as long-awaited Sue Gray report on No10 partygate is published (and is just as lacking in detail as many predicted) By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:41 GMT, 31 January 2022 | Updated: 16:10 GMT, 31 January 2022 Britons today mocked the long-awaited … Read more
Ministers turn down cross-Channel power cable plan linked to party donor who gave Conservatives more than £1million Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng decided to dismiss the plans from Aquind They were to bring in an electricity link between Portsmouth and Normandy Alexander Temerko donated over £1m to Tories and is listed as Aquind director By James Gant … Read more
‘I didn’t know the party I was at was a party… honest!’ Social media is flooded with memes mocking Boris as he admits he WAS at No 10 BYOB bash – but believed it was a ‘work event’ Ryanair posted a popular meme with Boris Johnson’s face pasted on it Social media erupted with memes … Read more
Boris Johnson becomes first Tory leader to trail on ‘best PM’ rating since 2008 while another poll shows Labour seven points ahead – as Keir Starmer prepares to address the nation on BBC TONIGHT at 7pm Keir Starmer is 13 points ahead of Boris Johnson on ‘most capable PM’ question It is the first time … Read more