Politics
Emergency law introduced to exonerate Horizon subpostmasters in Scotland
The legislation will not be passed until a similar Bill from the UK Government completes its passage through Westminster.
Ex-comms chief asked himself if Post Office were ‘baddies’ in Horizon scandal
Mark Davies admitted some emails he had written which blamed journalists ‘look ludicrous’ with the benefit of hindsight.
‘More than half a million people’ have fled fighting in Rafah and northern Gaza
Around 450,000 Palestinians were driven out of Rafah in Gaza’s south over the past week, the United Nations says.
‘No watering down’ of Labour’s workers’ rights package, Starmer says
The Labour leader said he was ‘absolutely committed’ to his party’s fair pay policy.
Dangerous criminals being freed from jail early to cut overcrowding, says watchdog
The Government had said the measure would be temporary and would only allow low-level offenders out of prison up to 18 days early.
Gordon Brown calling for Government drive to tackle child poverty
The former prime minister has published a paper setting out possible emergency measures to tackle the issue.
‘I lost my leg while in service and was given infected blood’ – former soldier
Brendan West lost his leg in 1979.
Unemployment rate rises to highest for nearly a year, figures show
The ONS said said the rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.3% in the three months to March, up from 4.2% in the previous three months.
Amendment to exclude MPs accused of serious sexual assault passes by ONE vote
"Just today... I've spoken to two women who were raped by members of this Parliament", Jess Phillips said ahead of the vote.