Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that the UK Government’s blocking of controversial gender reforms was lawful. The Scottish Government mounted the legal challenge earlier in the year after Westminster
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Rishi Sunak is facing fresh pressure over his beleaguered Rwanda policy after it emerged the cost of the scheme has already reached £240 million, despite it never being used. The
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The UK Government’s immigration plans are a “real dark day” for the country, Scotland’s First Minister said as he accused the Prime Minister of dismantling asylum processes. Humza Yousaf, whose
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A defiant Rishi Sunak has vowed to “finish the job” of getting the Rwanda scheme off the ground despite opposition from hardline Tories and the prospect of a bitter parliamentary
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Taxpayers are paying about £3.2 million a year to cover the cost of storing millions of “sterile gowns” which were bought by the Government during the Covid-19 pandemic and are
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Boris Johnson complained of “absolutely absurd” characterisations of the partygate debacle, as defended his handling of the latter stages of the pandemic. The former prime minister insisted on Thursday that
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Family members of people who died during the pandemic have criticised Boris Johnson after he admitted his government “underestimated” the threat of coronavirus. Appearing at the Covid-19 Inquiry in London
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Michael Gove admitted he is concerned about acute financial pressures on local government, but blamed “poor leadership” for an increase in the number of councils which have declared effective bankruptcy.
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Rishi Sunak was under fresh pressure over his Rwanda policy after his immigration minister resigned with a warning that new legislation to revive the strategy to stop small boats falls
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Boris Johnson has admitted he should have “twigged much sooner” about the threat posed by Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic, as he apologised for “the pain and
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