Politics
Richard Ratcliffe hopeful of Nazanin ‘breakthrough’ after Iran meeting
Ratcliffe, 46, is on day 19 of a hunger strike – his second in two years.
Ex-Tory adviser, married to Tory MP, to choose new Ofcom chief
The government has rerun the Ofcom recruitment process in an effort to get ex-Mail editor Paul Dacre appointed.
Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party makes it illegal for bosses to text workers out of hours
Portuguese politicians are leading the way in striking a balance between work and personal life for their country.
Tory MP accused of faking constituency visits – after using same photo three times
“How come Xmas trees are up when they're not putting them up till after 12th?”, one eagle-eyed constituent said.
Corbyn ‘stopped Starmer from taking a second job’ – reports
Starmer's office had argued there was nothing to worry about in him taking the job, because the Mishcon training academy, which he would be advising, was "really cool."
Conservative peer calls for special immigration rules for au pairs
Brexiteer Lord Lilley said peers would be "left open to ridicule if the only exception we are prepared to make is to help us deal with the servant problem".
Tory MPs trousered £1.7 million in consultancy fees this year
Labour said the figures proved there was "something rotten" at the heart of the Conservative Party.
Reaction as Johnson uses Cop26 to tell the world – We’re not a corrupt country
"Our Prime Minister just interrupted possibly the planet’s last chance to save itself from climate devastation to tell everyone Britain is "not remotely a corrupt country”".
AOC finally finds herself an Irn-Bru after COP call for help
The Democrat congresswoman she had "finally got a hold of some Irn-Bru" after a long search at COP26.