Politics
Tory MP demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’
Fylde MP Mark Menzies allegedly used cash raised by donors to pay private medical bills and sought money from an aide after being detained by ‘bad people’.
Netanyahu says ‘we will make our decisions ourselves’ as UK pushes for restraint
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have urged Benjamin Netanyahu not to escalate the crisis in the Middle East.
European countries need to recognise Palestinian statehood – Irish premier
Simon Harris was attending a European Council meeting in Brussels.
Liz Truss’s pitiful book advance leaked
Ten Years to Save the West is published by Biteback in the UK, which is owned by major Tory donor Lord Ashcroft.
Hugh Grant settles claim against publisher due to £10 million legal costs risk
The actor took legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering.
UN appeals for £2.39 billion to help three million Palestinians in need of aid
The UN stressed that tackling looming famine in war-torn Gaza requires not only food but sanitation, water and health facilities.
Up to parents to discipline children, says minister on smacking ban call
Paediatricians have described the current law as ‘unjust and dangerously vague’.
Farage announces ‘big decision’ about his next move ‘within weeks’
You know what they say, eighth time's a charm...
Israel ‘making decision to act’ after Iranian attack, says Cameron
The Foreign Secretary has previously urged Israel to be ‘smart as well as tough’ while Western leaders have called for restraint.