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Watch – ‘Do the rules still work?’ Blistering Maitlis takes on Arcuri and Greensill Tory scandals
In her introduction on Tuesday, the Newsnight host asked why politicians are no longer held to account.
Beer bracelet? Sobriety ankle tags introduced for criminals who commit alcohol-fuelled crimes
“Tagging them simply stigmatises them drinking alcohol and doesn’t address the root cause of the problem."
‘Poverty shame’ resulting in £18 billion of benefits going unclaimed every year
One person told TLE: “I felt like I wasn’t even treated like a human being" when they claimed.
Laurence Fox has a campaign bus – and it is as bad as you think
The Reclaim Party leader drove past the London mayor as he kicked off his campaign, yelling: "Sadiq, I’m taking your house, mate."
Global treaty needed to prevent next pandemic, world leaders warn
Twenty-four world leaders, including Boris Johnson and his French and German counterparts Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, have put their names to a call for such a treaty.
Cameron ‘camped under the stars’ with Saudi crown prince and Greensill
The trip is believed to have taken place at the beginning of 2020; roughly 16 months after Saudi Arabia ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khasoggi.
Met Police officers ‘acted appropriately’ at Clapham Common vigil
A review by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Winsor has been released.
‘Failing rape victims’ as school safeguarding procedures ‘not fit for purpose’
“The Government have been failing young people in schools, they are failing rape victims in our country and they have got to do something about this now.”
Britain says AZ jab wouldn’t exist without UK taxpayers. It’s complicated.
British officials will argue that the EU has benefitted from £84 million in funding for the manufacturing of the AstraZeneca jab.