Foreign Office minister resigns over cuts to foreign aid – branding it “fundamentally wrong”
Tory minister with a modicum of principle resigns.
Resignations and responses flood in following cut to international aid budget
What’s happened is a straight £4bn a year switch from international development to military equipment - from aid to guns, essentially.
Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for London, Thursday 26 November 2020
This is the weather forecast for London today.
After Elphicke jailed it’s revealed politicians and spiritual leader among character referees
At September’s sentencing hearing, defence counsel Ian Winter QC said there were 34 character references including from ““serving Members of Parliament”, but did not name them.
Diego Maradona dies, aged 60
The Argentine legend suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60.
Minister resigns as Rishi Sunak faces foreign aid budget slash backlash
Liz Sugg, the sustainable development minister, resigned from her role in the revamped Foreign Office and Development Office, calling Sunak's cuts "fundamentally wrong".
Sunak pay attention! Lottery winners team up to deliver Christmas hampers to carers
“Carers are the ones that are with our loved ones when we can’t be, especially this year, so it’s just to show our thank you. You’re not unrecognised, you are doing an amazing job.”
Benefits for millions to rise by just 37p next year, government says
"Away from the headlines, the Government has slipped out an announcement on benefit rates that will come as a major blow."
Spending Review: ‘Real terms cut for the very people who have carried us through this pandemic’
“There won’t be a ‘pause’ in how much rent, mortgages, food and transport costs.