Home Office ‘ignored laws’ in Windrush storm: Equality rules were shunned when officials drew up Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy, report says Watchdog found failures to observe policy contributed to Windrush scandal Coalition government’s ‘hostile environment’ policy brought in by Theresa May It caused problems for entirely legal migrants from the Windrush generation An Equality … Read more
Ministers will overhaul controversial planning system changes after Tory revolt over use of algorithm to decide where to build thousands of new homes Theresa May said the algorithm ‘flies in the face’ of Conservative levelling-up She said more homes need to be built but called for a new planning system System is now being ‘rebalanced’ … Read more
Anti-shutdown protester Piers Corbyn was targeted by Scotland Yard’s undercover police for nearly two decades, a public inquiry heard yesterday. The older brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was the main organiser for squatting groups in London between 1972 and 1982. Mr Corbyn, 73, helped to organise the All London Squatters Federation, the Squatters … Read more
Of all the low points in Theresa May’s three tortured years in Downing Street, few were more humiliating than the moment Boris Johnson walked out of her Cabinet. She had summoned senior ministers to the Prime Minister’s official country residence, Chequers, in July 2018 to get them to support her Brexit deal with the EU. … Read more
French fishermen threaten to stop British goods at the border if Macron fails to strike a deal President Emmanuel Macron and government have been on a charm offensive They publicly adopted Theresa May’s ‘No Deal is better than a bad one’ mantra But he was forced into an embarrassing climbdown after an earlier EU summit … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s humiliating treatment of the Tory grandee who led his campaign to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister is laid bare in shocking claims in a new book. The Prime Minister apparently had such contempt for former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith that he would do anything to avoid him – including … Read more
Another gaffe for Boris Johnson as he means to tweet Australian PM Scott Morrison – but messages man from America with just 56 followers instead The British Prime Minister recounted a ‘great call’ with Scott Morrison today Yet the account he mentioned was not the Australian Liberal Party leader The post remained up for 12 … Read more
As it becomes ever more likely that the winner of the U.S. presidential election on November 3 will be Joseph Robinette Biden, it is natural that the British Government should be increasingly obsessed with what this would mean for the Anglo-American relationship — particularly at the highest level. The relationship between Biden and Boris Johnson … Read more
Boris Johnson scraps target to lower net migration to tens of thousands – as £35,800 salary cap for skilled UK migrants is slashed to £25,600 Prime Minister has ditched the target put forward by Theresa May’s government Under plan, cap needed for skilled migrants to settle in UK lowered to £25,600 Report earlier found net … Read more
Downing Street has been slammed after snubbing Britain’s first black archbishop when he wasn’t awarded an automatic life peerage. Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, 71, was expected to receive a life peerage so he would be able to continue sitting in the House of Lords after he retired on June 7. While there is no … Read more