Home Secretary Priti Patel: no stranger to controversy
Her return to Government as Home Secretary in 2019 raised eyebrows due to the manner of her departure from Cabinet in 2017.
Patel’s top civil servant quits with stinging attack on Home Secretary
Sir Philip Rutnam said he had been the target of a ‘vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign’ which he accused Priti Patel of orchestrating
Pope cancels audiences for third day with apparent cold
The 83-year-old has never cancelled so many official audiences or events in his seven-year papacy.
Trump condemns criticism of US coronavirus response as ‘a hoax’
The president said Democrats were ‘politicising’ the global outbreak.
Health officials tracing 20th case of coronavirus in the UK
The new diagnosis brought the total number of UK cases to 20 on Friday.
Council ratepayers to be given historic referendum on climate change tax hike
Warwick District Council is holding a ballot on May 7 over a £3m annual climate action plan.
The ‘not quite right’ Boris Johnson article Thatcher read before her downfall
The then PM highlighted parts of the report before making a key statement which triggered a Tory rebellion.
Last day before train operator Northern hits buffers
Saturday is the firm’s last day before its routes are taken under public control.
Plans for legal aid fees for criminal lawyers ‘woefully inadequate’
Ministers have proposed spending an extra £32 million to £50 million on fees for solicitors and barristers handling court cases.