Etiqueta: UK Politics
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independent.co.uk

Government accused of standing by while lifeboat volunteers face abuse for saving refugees

Charities say government’s response has been slow and inadequate

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independent.co.uk

Just 1 in 15 state school pupils to get summer catch-up help under government plan

Labour blasts government for ‘staggering lack of ambition’

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independent.co.uk

Fully vaccinated travellers from US and EU will be exempt from quarantine rules, UK ministers decide

Restrictions on travel to Britain from other countries are set to be loosened

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dailymail.co.uk

Boris slaps down Michael Gove for branding vaccine refusers 'selfish'

Boris Johnson insisted he would not use the jibe and getting jabs should instead be seen as a 'positive thing to do'.

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Row over Boris' 'Beijing-style' Covid passports in universities

Tory MP Tom Tugendhat railed against the scheme today saying it would turn Britain into a 'Beijing-style democracy'. ...

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independent.co.uk

Government has not tried to assess impact of universal credit cut on poverty or inequality, minis...

DWP says it is too hard to work out impact of its policy

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independent.co.uk

Sadiq Khan’s party tells him to halt ‘polluting’ Silvertown Tunnel in overwhelming vote

London Labour’s regional conference passes motion calling on Mayor to cancel PFI project

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independent.co.uk

Former Tory councillor got £120m ‘VIP lane’ government contract for face shields now lying unused

The shields could not be used at all last year during the peak of the first and second waves of the pandemic

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independent.co.uk

Sajid Javid deletes tweet and apologises for saying people had been ‘cowering’ from Covid

Health Secretary admits to ‘poor choice of words’

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independent.co.uk

Sajid Javid told to apologise for saying people have been ‘cowering’ from Covid-19

Health Secretary told he owes shielding clinically vulnerable people an apology

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independent.co.uk

Labour recruiting staff on insecure contracts while making mass redundancies

Exclusive: Party denies using ‘fire and rehire’ tactics previously criticised by Keir Starmer

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independent.co.uk

Government wasting millions on PPE that is ‘still not fit for purpose’ 18 months into pandemic

Public Accounts Committee warns taxpayer will bear ‘significant financial risks for decades to come’

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independent.co.uk

Six million could have summer holidays ruined by Spain and Greece rule change

Applying same rules as France would have significant impact, Labour says

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson’s poll lead cut sharply following Covid ping fiasco

Gap between parties narrows in two new polls conducted after self-isolation backlash

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independent.co.uk

Sadiq Khan urges Boris Johnson to relax self-isolation rules earlier

Mayor teams up with business leaders to urge relaxation

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independent.co.uk

UK government orders councils to display EU flag as condition of receiving Covid high street cash

Government accused of ‘absurd hypocrisy’ for taking Brussels cash with strings

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson faces major Tory rebellion over Covid vaccine passport plans

Over 40 MPs have signed pledges to oppose measures

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independent.co.uk

UK will threaten to tear up Boris Johnson’s promises in Brexit deal as businesses list problems

Ministers to explain UK stance in parliament on Wednesday

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independent.co.uk

Brexit row over Gibraltar escalates as UK accuses EU of undermining British sovereignty

Rocky start to talks amid concerns Spain wants to extend sovereignty over territory

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson’s lockdown sceptic comments echo widely discredited Great Barrington Declaration sc...

Exclusive: Article published just days before made same claims and errors virtually word-for-word

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independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak should have told David Cameron to stop texting him about Greensill, parliamentary com...

Treasury Committee says former prime minister should have been encouraged to lobby through ‘more formal’ channels

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson refused autumn lockdown because Covid victims ‘essentially all over 80’, leaked mes...

Former aide Dominic Cummings releases messages with prime minister

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independent.co.uk

More key workers to escape Covid isolation rules, Boris Johnson says

More types of key workers will be granted exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate if they are suspected of ha...

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independent.co.uk

Brexit deal is contradictory its contents are a ‘matter for debate’, says UK chief negotiator Dav...

Lord Frost personally led the team that negotiated the Northern Ireland protocol but now wants it changed

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independent.co.uk

Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson ‘played the system’ while others followed Covid rules

Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of trying to “play the system” and avoid following Covid-19 rules requiring hi...

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independent.co.uk

GP appointment shortage hitting most deprived areas hardest as Labour blasts NHS underinvestment

NHS budget restraint has hit deprived areas hardest

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independent.co.uk

Northern Ireland Assembly to hold emergency sitting next week over Boris Johnson Troubles amnesty...

Petition triggers recall of Stormont as party leaders unite to condemn Boris Johnson amensty proposals

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independent.co.uk

Ex-speaker Betty Boothroyd blasts Boris Johnson for debasing prime minister’s question time

Baroness says prime minister not even attempt to answer questions anymore

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más de 3 años ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Cathedral says police left protesters with ''no way of leaving'

"Witnesses spoke of seeing individuals punched, kicked and forced to the ground using riot shields. It was clear that...

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independent.co.uk

Tory MPs who hyped Brexit fishing benefits have abandoned us, fishermen say

National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations says European Research Group have gone ‘very quiet’ on issue

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independent.co.uk

British arms sales to Saudi Arabian regime three times higher than previously thought, investigat...

Probe of secretive open licence system finds total sales since Yemen bombardment began is close £20 billion

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independent.co.uk

Government tells businesses to check Covid ventilation with CO2 monitoring equipment

Ventilation now ‘top priority’ as masks and social distancing take backseat

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bristolpost.co.uk

Protest in Bristol to support Rashford, Saka and Sancho

"Government ministers, including the Prime Minister himself, have created a toxic atmosphere"

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independent.co.uk

Northern Ireland: Starmer says government’s planned blanket amnesty is ‘plain wrong’

The government’s proposals for a “blanket” amnesty for crimes commited during the Troubles in Northern Ireland is “pl...

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independent.co.uk

Tory MPs who hyped Brexit fishing benefits have abandoned us, fishermen say

National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations says European Research Group have gone ‘very quiet’ on issue

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más de 3 años ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Jamaica to ask Britain for £7.6 billion slavery reparations

It comes after the city of Bristol passed a motion asking for the UK Government for an inquiry and a reparations plan

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independent.co.uk

Michael Gove obstructs investigation into Greensill scandal by blocking witness from appearing at...

Boris Johnson’s de facto deputy orders civil servant not to appear before MPs trying to get to bottom of affair

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson accused of ‘doing nothing’ to stop racist abuse of England team with weak and delay...

Labour says planned law needs to be toughened

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson condemns ‘appalling’ racist abuse of England players as police investigate social m...

Abuse has flooded in against Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, and Jadon Sancho

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