Gary Gibbon
Theresa May had hoped that the offer of €10bn a year for every year of a transition, plus the hint, delivered in her Florence speech, of a readiness to consider more cash, might help towards the price of the admission ticket to Trade talks. Turns out the Trade talks ticket price is higher. Some UK…
Our Senior Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel has given unique and detailed scrutiny to the issue of deaths in custody. He’s spoken extensively to the families of men who have killed themselves or died in prisons, or police cells – and looked into how these events are investigated in the aftermath. These are his key…
Gary Gibbon
This afternoon’s reported spat on the Tory MPs’ WhatsApp group tells you so much about the abysmal state of relations in the Party. There appears to be an attempt to start what looks to some like a bit of a witch-hunt for names on the Grant Shapps list. One MP is accusing Remainers of being behind the Shapps plot. Another MP…
The material, shot by Syrian film-maker Waad Al-Kateab, featured both unprecedented documentation of the turmoil in the city’s final hospital, as well as the human stories of those who stayed during the siege.
Analysis that shows ethnic minority criminals are 240% more likely to be jailed for drug offences cannot exclude the possibility that the BAME offenders were simply convicted of more serious crimes.
Gary Gibbon
The President of the European Parliament has suggested that Brexit should probably be dropped from the October European Council agenda. Some Whitehall officials seem resigned to the October deadline being missed, despite warnings to Cabinet colleagues from the Chancellor that Brexit negotiations needed to give business clarity on the transition arrangements soon to avoid damaging…
A major Home Office review into deaths in custody has been delayed.
Across the country, half a million people are preparing to start their undergraduate degrees. On average, one in 10 UK undergraduates will drop out of university before their second year of study. But in some institutions, that figure is as high as one in four. FactCheck looks at which universities – and which subjects –…
Helia Ebrahimi
The BNP Paribas announcement turned out to be the starting gun to the global financial crisis.
Gary Gibbon
Theresa May was being a bit sneaky pretty much blaming the Pay Review Bodies for the one per cent pay recommendations that have come through since the government announced a one per cent pay cap.
Gary Gibbon
Lots has gone wrong in a negotiation which started with the promising omens of two party leaders very well-disposed to the whole idea.
We’ve updated this article since it was originally published on 16 June 2017. We’re grateful for input from Giles Peaker, who is a solicitor specialising in housing law. Housing safety standards have come into sharp focus since last week’s devastating fire in west London that left at least 79 people dead or presumed dead, and…
Tim Farron has resigned as leader of the Lib Dems suggesting that it’s not possible to be a committed Christian following the word of the Bible and be a successful political leader of a liberal party at the same time. Mr Farron was repeatedly asked at the beginning of the campaign if he thought gay sex…
Most of the evidence does not support the Labour leader’s claim.
I spoke to one senior Tory who’s been inside the CCHQ operation and struggled to think of more than a tiny handful of Tory MPs who he thinks are seriously worried about the prospect of losing their seats. Compare that with the bold list of target seats the Tories are still hoping to take off…
