Claudia Savage
Politics
Healey pledges to ‘stop the rot’ in military housing with new consumer charter
A defence housing strategy, to be published later this year, will set out further plans aimed at improving the standard of service family housing.
18 Apr 2025
Politics
Prime Minister pays tribute to persecuted Christians in Easter message
Sir Keir Starmer called for the ‘flourishing and renewal’ of the country.
17 Apr 2025
Politics
Invisible radio wave weapon downs ‘drone swarms’ in trial success
It is a type of Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon.
17 Apr 2025
Politics11 Apr 2025
UK announces £450m military ‘surge’ to Ukraine ahead of defence summit
MoD says ‘major’ new military support package will boost Ukraine’s armed forces as they continue to defend against Russian attack
Politics
Keir Starmer pledges 3,000 new neighbourhood police officers by start of 2026
The promise is part of a wider guarantee of 13,000 new neighbourhood officers by 2029.
10 Apr 2025
Business News
Benn: NI gains from Windsor Framework will face consequences of US tariffs
Conservative former Northern Ireland secretary Sir Julian Smith said the Windsor Framework arrangements provide ‘a unique competitive advantage’.
8 Apr 2025
Politics
Government AI plans depend on ‘more remuneration’ for creatives, says minister
Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant told MPs the UK is a ‘content superpower’ as he defended Government plans on AI and copyright law.
3 Apr 2025
Politics
Parents crying out for online regulation, MP Eastwood says
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood said Sir Keir Starmer’s move to show Netflix drama Adolescence in schools shows the Government is ‘out of touch’.
3 Apr 2025
Business News
Starmer: Gov ‘looking carefully’ at EU tariffs on US as concerns raised for NI
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn warned ‘there is an issue in respect to Northern Ireland’ if the EU brings in countermeasures.
2 Apr 2025
Politics
Hilary Benn warns of ‘issue’ for NI if EU imposes tariffs in US trade dispute
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said ‘there is an issue in respect to Northern Ireland’ if the EU imposes retaliatory tariffs on the US.
2 Apr 2025
Politics
UK aid cuts to vaccines could lead to half a million child deaths, MPs warned
Conservative former minister Sir David Davis asked Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty how he “lives with himself”.
1 Apr 2025
Politics
‘Labour’s pledge to scrap the gangs lies in tatters,’ Tories allege
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said crossings are up by 31% and SNP MP Pete Wishart told Tory MPs to ‘shut up’ in a heated exchange on migration.
31 Mar 2025
World30 Mar 2025
US tariffs could harm entire world’s economy, Yvette Cooper warns
The Home Secretary reiterated the Prime Minister’s message that ‘no option is off the table’ when it comes to responding to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Politics
Jim Allister: Varadkar ‘partitioned’ UK by pushing border in Brexit talks
The TUV leader was speaking during a debate in the Commons.
27 Mar 2025
Politics
Government urged to formally apologise over 1919 massacre in India
Tory MP Bob Blackman said the Amritsar massacre is ‘a stain on British colonial rule in India’.
27 Mar 2025
Politics
Nigel Farage says ‘spirit of Cromwell alive and well’ as he slams smoking ban
The MP for Clacton said: ‘There are some of us that like a smoke. We do. We even go for a few pints at a pub.’
26 Mar 2025
Tech
Government urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ on social media’s impact on young men
Jake Richards, Labour MP for Rother Valley, described the increase in male suicides as ‘part of a wider storm we face with worsening mental health’.
24 Mar 2025
Politics
‘Draconian’ school policies unfairly impact ethnic minority children, MPs told
Labour MP Kim Johnson called for a public inquiry into a ‘miscarriage of justice’.
13 Mar 2025
Politics
NDAs ‘exploited’ to silence victims of sexual misconduct in workplace, MPs told
Labour former minister Louise Haigh said NDAs are being frequently misused in order to bully people into silence when they have already suffered.
11 Mar 2025
UK
No evidence of foul play in North Sea ship collision, says minister
Mike Kane also told MPs there is currently ‘no sign of pollution’ from either of the vessels involved.
11 Mar 2025