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Rwanda migrant removal policy faces court challenges

Rwanda migrant removal policy faces court challenges

Rwanda migrant removal policy faces court challenges

12 June 2022

Refugee charity Asylum Aid is seeking an urgent interim injunction at the High Court and there will also be a Court of Appeal showdown.


Government to introduce controversial legislation to amend NI Protocol

Government to introduce controversial legislation to amend NI Protocol

Government to introduce controversial legislation to amend NI Protocol

12 June 2022

Labour has accused the Government of ‘law-breaking’ with its proposals to scrap parts of the post-Brexit treaty.


Imam brands Government criticisms ‘inaccurate’ after dismissal as adviser

Imam brands Government criticisms ‘inaccurate’ after dismissal as adviser

Imam brands Government criticisms ‘inaccurate’ after dismissal as adviser

12 June 2022

Qari Asim said he had ‘no opportunity to clarify any misunderstandings’ over his support for people’s ‘democratic right to protest’.


Former British soldier killed in Ukraine ‘a true hero’

Former British soldier killed in Ukraine ‘a true hero’

Former British soldier killed in Ukraine ‘a true hero’

12 June 2022

Jordan Gatley left the British Army in March and travelled to Ukraine to help forces there ‘after careful consideration’, his father said.


Lib Dems call for fuel duty reduction in rural areas

Lib Dems call for fuel duty reduction in rural areas

Lib Dems call for fuel duty reduction in rural areas

12 June 2022

Analysis suggests households in rural areas paid £114 in transport costs a week in the year to March 2020, almost £40 more than those in urban areas.


Ministers urged to publish legal advice behind new NI Protocol legislation

Ministers urged to publish legal advice behind new NI Protocol legislation

Ministers urged to publish legal advice behind new NI Protocol legislation

12 June 2022

The Bill will give ministers powers to override parts of the post-Brexit deal – a move the EU has warned could prompt retaliatory action.


New data strategy aims to ‘close digital divide’ between NHS and social care

New data strategy aims to ‘close digital divide’ between NHS and social care

New data strategy aims to ‘close digital divide’ between NHS and social care

12 June 2022

Health Secretary Sajid Javid will pledge to ‘improve trust in data’ as he launches the plan at London Tech Week’s HealthTech Summit.


Grenfell area ahead of Government on protecting disabled tenants – council

Grenfell area ahead of Government on protecting disabled tenants – council

Grenfell area ahead of Government on protecting disabled tenants – council

12 June 2022

Elizabeth Campbell, leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea authority, spoke to the PA news agency five years on from the fire.


Scottish police consider action after rejecting ‘derisory’ £565 pay bump

Scottish police consider action after rejecting ‘derisory’ £565 pay bump

Scottish police consider action after rejecting ‘derisory’ £565 pay bump

12 June 2022

Scottish Police Federation general secretary Calum Steele said there is ‘palpable anger’ across the workforce.


‘No Rwanda’ protest staged at immigration removal centre

‘No Rwanda’ protest staged at immigration removal centre

‘No Rwanda’ protest staged at immigration removal centre

12 June 2022

Scores of activists marched to the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, close to Gatwick Airport, near Crawley, West Sussex.


Johnson pledges to ‘back farmers’ in food strategy blasted by critics

Johnson pledges to ‘back farmers’ in food strategy blasted by critics

Johnson pledges to ‘back farmers’ in food strategy blasted by critics

12 June 2022

Ministers are aiming to increase domestic production to help guard against future economic shocks and crises.


Ghostbusters superfan, 8, with heart condition, enjoys dream day out in Leeds

Ghostbusters superfan, 8, with heart condition, enjoys dream day out in Leeds

Ghostbusters superfan, 8, with heart condition, enjoys dream day out in Leeds

12 June 2022

George Hinkins has Ebstein’s anomaly, a rare form of congenital heart disease.


Free Speech Bill amendments to crack down on ‘foreign’ influence on universities

Free Speech Bill amendments to crack down on ‘foreign’ influence on universities

Free Speech Bill amendments to crack down on ‘foreign’ influence on universities

12 June 2022

The Government also says security costs for visiting speakers must not be passed on to student societies.


Falklands’ veterans mark 40th anniversary with remembrance service

Falklands’ veterans mark 40th anniversary with remembrance service

Falklands’ veterans mark 40th anniversary with remembrance service

12 June 2022

Members of the Tumbledown Veterans & Families Association gather annually in Blackpool.


William and Kate ‘set for move to Windsor’

William and Kate ‘set for move to Windsor’

William and Kate ‘set for move to Windsor’

12 June 2022

The Cambridges will reportedly keep Kensington Palace as their family’s London home, and continue to visit their Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.


Rowers set off on race around Britain to gather coastal data

Rowers set off on race around Britain to gather coastal data

Rowers set off on race around Britain to gather coastal data

12 June 2022

Triple Olympic champion Andrew Triggs Hodge was competing for one of the three teams involved in the challenge.


Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey dies aged 65

Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey dies aged 65

Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey dies aged 65

12 June 2022

Hilary Devey died in Morocco on Saturday, it has been confirmed.


Temperatures could climb as high as mid-thirties this week, Met Office says

Temperatures could climb as high as mid-thirties this week, Met Office says

Temperatures could climb as high as mid-thirties this week, Met Office says

12 June 2022

If the prediction is accurate, Britain will be hotter than Portugal, Jamaica, Costa Rica, the Canary Islands and Cyprus.


Family ‘so proud’ of ex-British soldier killed after going to Ukraine ‘to help’

Family ‘so proud’ of ex-British soldier killed after going to Ukraine ‘to help’

Family ‘so proud’ of ex-British soldier killed after going to Ukraine ‘to help’

12 June 2022

Jordan Gatley left the British Army in March, his father said.


‘Mental health patients still treated far from home in inhumane practice’

‘Mental health patients still treated far from home in inhumane practice’

‘Mental health patients still treated far from home in inhumane practice’

12 June 2022

The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the health service spent £102 million on inappropriate out-of-area placements last year.


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