Politics
BBC budget coverage compared to Soviet state propaganda as ‘super Sunak’ gets messiah treatment
The broadcaster portrayed the chancellor as Superman last year in footage that had to be eventually deleted.
Sturgeon rejects plot claim: ‘I never wanted to ‘get’ Alex Salmond’
“There is nothing here that the government has to hide," Sturgeon told MSPs on Wednesday morning.
‘Brand Rishi’ prepares to deliver his most important Budget yet
Sunak has previously been mocked for posting graphics and soft-focus pictures overlaid with his signature and artistic text on social media.
Shaun Bailey says universal basic income would just get blown on “lots of drugs”
The comments are the latest in a long line of 'Bailey blunders'.
Rejoin EU party to field candidates in London Assembly election
“Brexit just isn’t working. I am putting myself forward in this election because I feel, morally, no father can just stand by and watch the rights of their children being stripped away without taking action."
Chancellor to extend furlough scheme until September as he unveils Budget
Labour said the support measures could have been done “months ago”, accusing the Chancellor of wanting to get his “moment in the sun” rather than protecting jobs.
Bishop of Leeds asks govt to explain why pooled sovereignty is a ‘positive’ with US and a ‘deficit’ with EU
It comes on the back of research which found the Leave campaign made Brexit into a new religion to win votes.
Trust ‘completely destroyed’ in complaints process after Patel bullying row
“And the impact of all of this, of not having a proper process in place to deal with ministers, is … we’ve seen trust and confidence completely destroyed.”
UK ‘complicit’ in Yemen suffering if aid halved, former minister warns
Conservative former international development minister, Andrew Mitchell, has joined a growing outcry over reports that the UK intends to cut its annual aid to the stricken country from £187 million to £90 million.