Politics
Rwanda asylum scheme cost could soar to £500m, watchdog says
The Home Office is also set to pay hundreds of thousands more for each migrant sent to the African nation under the stalled plan, a report revealed.
Preventing Gaza famine ‘impossible’ under current restrictions, say MPs
MPs said they had heard ‘compelling evidence’ that breaches of humanitarian law were being committed by both sides of the Gaza conflict.
‘Keir Starmer – This is for Gaza’ – George Galloway by-election victory speech
The political firebrand was declared the new MP for Rochdale after a divisive campaign.
Putin’s nuclear threat over Ukraine ‘deplorable’, says UK foreign minister
The Russian leader made his remarks in a state-of-the-nation address.
Surge in number of people sleeping rough in England ‘a national shame’
There were 3,898 rough sleepers on a single night in autumn 2023.
MPs told to ‘act, not mourn’, as names of women killed by men last year read out
Jess Phillips told the Commons the ‘epidemic of violence against women and girls has not abated’.
‘Crimes against humanity!’ Penny Mordaunt forced to slap down Bridgen in spectacular fashion
Penny Mordaunt hammered Andrew Bridgen for endangering the safety of MPs
Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to sue Nigel Farage over outrageous claim
Farage claimed that Jeremy Corbyn thinks the world is controlled by a 'secret Jewish shadow government.'
More than a quarter of charities predict funding fall as councils struggle
The report said local government is a significant funder of charities, currently providing 13p in every £1 of charity income.