Politics
UK financial derivatives will be cut off from the EU, a bloc official confirmed
Mairead McGuinness confirmed non-EU, UK-based companies will no longer be able to carry out their activities from the bloc from June 2025, in a further blow to British financial services.
Scottish Tories urged to cut loose ‘politically gangrenous’ Johnson
Douglass Ross, the Scottish Tory leader, snubbed Johnson on his visit to Scotland yesterday.
Nigel Farage has called for another referendum
Net zero has been branded the "new Brexit culture war" by commentators, and Nigel Farage wants out.
No 10 ‘leant on me’ to drop money laundering action, ex-minister claims
Britain looks "like a laughing stock" because it has not responded to "the threat of economic crime", Lord Faulks said.
Matt Hancock broke law over Dido Harding appointment, high court rules
Hancock did not comply with a public sector equality duty when appointing Harding to a top job in 2020.
Would nuclear war with Russia be an ‘unwelcome outcome?’, peer asks
"The saying that there are no dumb questions doesn't hold here”, one person commented in response.
Boris Johnson’s new aide reminded of time she sent a letter accusing PM of ‘undermining Britain’s standing on the world stage’
When contacted she initially suggested the letter - which includes her signature - was a fake. She now accepts it was genuine.
Train drivers’ union could split from Labour at upcoming conference
They would become the second union in under a year to disaffiliate themselves with the party.
Oliver Dowden makes bizarre ‘Trumpian’ speech to controversial US think tank
The Tory MP claimed "woke" ideology is now "everywhere" and "threatens to sap our societies of their own self-confidence".