Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption The UK is set to stay in the Common Fisheries Policy until the Brexit transition period ends in December 2020 Hundreds of small fishing boats will be lost before...
Former Foreign Secretary William Hague has said a war powers act would not be compatible with the safety of the armed forces and “maximum security of the country”. He told the Today programme: “There...
Image copyright EPAImage caption President Macron triumphed in France on a strongly pro-EU platform French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that “there seems to be a European civil war” between liberal democracy and rising...
The Labour MP David Lammy has strongly attacked the government over the treatment of Windrush generation immigrants. Mr Lammy said it was a “day of national shame” and called on Home Secretary Amber Rudd...
Image copyright AFPImage caption President Macron has a safe majority in the French parliament to enact reforms French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europeans to resist rising authoritarianism and renew their commitment to democracy....
Image copyright Getty Images The year-long squeeze on wages is nearing an end, official figures for the three months to February suggest. Using the consumer prices index (CPI). average wages went up by 2.8%,...
Image copyright PA The UK government has launched a legal challenge to the Scottish and Welsh governments’ Brexit bills. The two devolved parliaments passed legislation last month that is intended to act as an...
Image copyright Getty Images Wages in the three months to February remained unchanged from the three months to January, despite a a record number of people being in work. Average earnings increased by 2.8%,...
Image copyright PacemakerImage caption A master plan for the port has been published Warrenpoint Port has unveiled expansion plans and pledged to be “resilient” during Brexit. It said better access to the main Belfast-to-Dublin...
Image copyright PacemakerImage caption Ian Paisley succeeded his late father as MP for North Antrim in 2010 The Electoral Commission is looking into a DUP dinner hosted by North Antrim MP Ian Paisley. The...
Trevor Phillips, the former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has been speaking to Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis about the treatment of the Windrush generation. It’s after Home Secretary Amber Rudd apologised for...
Image copyright House of Lords Two peers who came from to the UK from Commonwealth countries have condemned the current treatment of the Windrush generation as “distressing”. Lib Dem and former children’s TV presenter...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe social security committee was disrupted as UK minister Esther McVey gave evidence to MSPs Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has been criticised for describing...
At least 35 have been fatally stabbed in London in 2018, while knife crime across England and Wales has risen by 21 per cent in the last year, according to Office of National Statistics....
Parliament should have the powers “to support or stop” a government decision to take part in military action, said Jeremy Corbyn, as he claimed this weekend’s military action in Syria was “legally questionable”. The...
Britain took part in military air strikes in Syria because it could not wait to “alleviate further humanitarian suffering” caused by chemical weapons, Theresa May has told MPs. In the first Parliamentary session since...
Image copyright AFP French President Emmanuel Macron is the star guest this week as the European Parliament holds its first post-Easter plenary session. He will be the fourth European leader to offer his two...
Saturday’s air strikes on Syria were not intended to “turn the tide of the conflict”, Boris Johnson has said. Sites near Damascus and Homs were hit by the UK, the US and France in...
At least 35 have been fatally stabbed in London in 2018, while knife crime across England and Wales has risen by 21 per cent in the last year, according to Office of National Statistics....