Politics
Patel insists she has “a lot of compassion” and “cares deeply about people”
The Home Secretary gave Windrush as an example of her compassion, and rejected the idea that the Home Office is hostile - just as it banned hundreds of millions of EU citizens from travelling to the UK with their national IDs.
Military drivers mobilised to deliver fuel to petrol stations
In an announcement on Friday evening, the government said 300 fuel drivers would be able to come to the UK from overseas “immediately” under a bespoke temporary visa which will last until March.
Starmer calls for emergency measures to end lorry driver crisis
“The prime minister should be taking emergency action today but yet again he’s failed to grasp the seriousness of the crisis," Starmer said.
Government asks Germans in the UK to drive lorries – but they never have
“It is nice to know there are specialist jobs available here for us after Brexit. We would never have been headhunted to drive a lorry if we’d gone back to Germany," one German citizen has said.
Brexit labour crisis forces UK farmer to kill hundreds of piglets
One Yorkshire farmer culled hundreds of piglets because of a processing backlog at local slaughterhouses.
Activists and experts welcome Labour’s big-spending climate pledges
Labour committed an annual £28 billion to fighting the climate emergency at its Brighton conference.
Millions of EU citizens banned from travelling to UK with national ID cards
Priti Patel said European ID cards are "insecure", and wouldn't be valid for travel to the UK.
More jobs for the boys: Boris hands yet another peerage to Tory donor
Banker Malcolm Offord has been handed a peerage and a ministerial role after giving £147,500 to the Tories.
Britain sends for foreign butchers amid fears for pigs in blankets
Priti Patel is resisting the move, fearing it's part of an attempted return to freedom of movement.