Politics
Reform UK drops two more candidates over racist comments
The party has now sacked seven parliamentary candidates over comments they made on social media.
Sunak hints UK could leave ECHR if Rwanda plan blocked
The Prime Minister said controlling immigration was more important than ‘membership of a foreign court’.
Labour forecast to win landslide of over 400 seats with top Tories wiped out
Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg are all on course to lose their seats.
Tory MP calls on Sunak to appoint a ‘minister for flags’
Henry Smith has floated the possibility of a Government minister who is solely responsible for national symbols.
Stephen Flynn calls for an immediate recall of Parliament over deaths of UK citizens in Gaza
“This situation demands that the Prime Minister comes to Parliament without further delay to outline the UK Government’s response to the killing of UK citizens by Israel"
Workers protest against NHS contract with firm linked to Israeli military
Hundreds of NHS staff protested outside the NHS England HQ in central London on Wednesday.
Andy Burnham launches campaign at Salford venue made famous by The Smiths
Burnham is running to become mayor of Greater Manchester for a third time.
Sunak defends ‘careful’ UK arms export regime amid calls to halt sales to Israel
The comments come after three Britons were among seven aid workers killed by an Israeli air strike.
One in 20 told GP surgery ‘cannot help today’
And more than one in 10 were told they would need to wait more than two weeks for care, according to a recent survey of patients in England.