There is no longer any contradiction in being Irish and BritishConor McGinn, MP for St Helens North

Priti Patel will reportedly take on the additional responsibilities of the vacant security minister post on a permanent footing following the resignation of James Brokenshire from the role last month. The absence of a security minister was highlighted by Labour earlier this week, as a man working at the British embassy in Berlin was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and allegedly passing on documents he received at work. The party criticised Boris Johnson for failing to fill the role fo

Five ministers in Boris Johnson’s government are being investigated by parliament’s sleaze watchdog over free tickets to the Brit Awards. International trade secretary Liz Truss, work and pensions secretaryThérèse Coffey and Foreign Office minister James Cleverly are among the senior Conservative MPs under scrutiny for allegedly failing to reveal they were given tickets worth up to ￡900 each. Culture minister Caroline Dineage and science minister Amanda Solloway are also being probed by the Parl

Questions arose this week over the delay in appointing a successor to the role, widely considered the most senior ministerial position outside Cabinet. However, government sources revealed on Thursday that the role had folded into Ms Patel’s portfolio.... A decision was made that she would do it for the time being, ” said one source. The move made sense because she already led on multiple aspects of the security brief, the insider argued.... The non-smoker told Mr Johnson that he “ hoped to be

Former prime minister Theresa May has announced she will not stand at the next general election in the most high-profile departure from parliament since Boris Johnson quit after being found guilty of misleading MPs over the Partygate scandal.In a statement to her local newspaper the Maidenhead Advertiser, Ms May said it had been a “ challenging decision ” to step away from Westminster after more than 27 years as an MP.“ It has been an honour and a privilege to serve everyone in the Maidenhead co

During lockdown, little Arthur suffered an “ unsurvivable ” brain injury, leading to his death.... Emma Tustin, the six-year-old boy’s stepmother, and Thomas Hughes, his father, have both been jailed. Arthur's death was caused by a fatal head injury inflicted by Tustin on June 16 last year. Tustin was given a minimum of 29 years for the murder of young Arthur, with Hughes being given 21 years for manslaughter. But in Solihull, West Midlands, a crowd gathered to pay tribute to the young lad. Ker

Senior officials at the Department of Health and Social Care will-investigate how the footage that-triggered the Health Secretary’s-resignation was filmed and made public, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said yesterday.... Then, subsequently, someone repurposed the camera and turned it round to face into his office.” He also warned that if someone could “ place a covert camera in a government minister’s office so easily, it’s a huge security problem, and next time it might be a bomb ”.

The Taliban continue to strengthen their hold on Afghanistan this week as the Islamist group claims to have seized the last remaining province holding out against their rule.... Panjshir Valley, located in north-central Afghanistan, appears to have fallen after the Taliban boasted of now controlling the whole country.... How many endless rows of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery?...

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？ Close Labour accuse Conservatives of' sitting on their hands' over failure to implement Ivory Act The UK’s budget for this year directs just 0.01 per cent of GDP towards fighting the climate crisis – far behind the government’s own Climate Change Committee’s recommendation of 1 per cent, the World Wildlife Fund( WWF) has warned. According to the leading conservation group, Rishi Sunak’s March spending plan “ doesn’t add up ” when it comes to delivering on headline-grabbing climate change promi