Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended the cost of the Government’s stalled Rwanda deportation scheme while admitting it had been “very challenging” to implement. He insisted the “overall picture” has improved despite figures showing a hike in migrant crossings in the English Channel.
Ex-pensions ministers told the government it is time to pay up after a watchdog found thousands of women are owed compensation over retirement age changes. A blistering report found women born in the 1950s were not properly told the age they could
The First Minister of Wales has claimed that UK Government ministers were “afraid of Nicola Sturgeon” during the pandemic. Mark Drakeford made the comments at the UK Covid inquiry, explaining how her “underlying ambition” for Scottish independence meant that other politicians treated
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of Ukrainian justice ministers in Washington this week urged U.S. lawmakers to put aside domestic political disputes and find a way to continue supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia. Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska and Deputy
Robert Jenrick has slammed the “ludicrous” plot to pay migrants to move to Rwanda and accused ministers of “astonishing naivety”. Failed asylum seekers could be given up to £3,000 to board a flight to Kigali after an agreement was struck between the
Two ministers have urged the government to increase defence spending in the face of growing threats. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a foreign office minister and former defence minister, and Tom Tugendhat, the security minister and an experienced soldier, have broken ranks. The pair published
Brussels bureaucrats are still imposing rules on the UK’s food and drink manufacturers with shoppers paying the cost at the checkout. The red tape, eight years after the nation voted for Brexit, is part of an agreement between the UK and EU
Farmers on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, including Ukraine. Agricultural ministers from
Dame Esther Rantzen has expressed her heartfelt thanks to more than 125,000 petition backers after the Government promised it “would not stand in the way” if MPs want to legalise assisted dying. The Childline founder, who sparked a passionate national debate by
Care workers will be barred from bringing family members to the UK within weeks amid “significant concerns” over visa abuses. Legal Migration Minister Tom Pursglove said immigration “is not the long-term answer to our social care needs” as the Home Office laid