Tory MP Geoffrey Cox accused of breaking parliament rules while working for Caribbean tax haven November 10, 2021 Senior Tory MP Geoffrey Cox has been put under more pressure this morning, after being referred to Westminster’s rules watchdog for appearing to use his parliamentary office for his work as a legal adviser to a foreign government. Cox has said this morning he will cooperate with any probe into him, while home secretary Sajid [...]
Michael Gove: Current levels of migration placing pressure on housing crisis November 27, 2023 Michael Gove has said current levels of migration were putting pressure on housing, after last week’s figures showed a huge spike in people coming to this country. The veteran Tory politician and secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities who previously ran for leadership positions admitted the government hadn’t built enough homes ‘for [...]
Sajid Javid appointed Health Secretary following Matt Hancock’s resignation June 26, 2021 Former Chancellor and Home Secretary Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as Health Secretary, Downing Street has announced. Matt Hancock resigned this evening, the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Images and video showed Hancock in an embrace with aide Gina [...]
BREAKING: Port of Dover blocked by climate protestors – CityAM : CityAM September 24, 2021 Around 40 people are currently blocking the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest ferry port. Two groups have blocked the A20: at the Eastern Docks roundabout and near the junction with Union Street for the Western Docks. The offshoot of Extinction Rebellion caused chaos on the M25 motorway five times in the past fortnight, but were [...]
Watch as Israeli ambassador in UK is forced to flee London School of Economics, Liz Truss calls incident ‘unacceptable’ November 10, 2021 Protests outside a London university event where Israel’s ambassador to the UK spoke have been condemned by ministers as “deeply disturbing” and “appalling”. Tzipi Hotovely was invited to the London School of Economics (LSE) campus for an event hosted by the student debating society. Footage emerged on social media after the debate on Tuesday evening [...]
Prime minister calls harassment of BBC journalist Nick Watt ‘disgraceful’ June 15, 2021 Footage posted on social media showed anti-lockdown protesters verbally abusing and chasing Nick Watt, the political editor of BBC Newsnight, near Downing Street on Monday. On Twitter, the prime minister said: “Disgraceful to see the hounding of Nick Watt doing his job.” “The media must be able to report the facts without fear or favour – [...]
HP wins civil case against UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch as extradition order looms January 28, 2022 Hewlett-Packard has won the majority of its civil case against British tech tycoon Mike Lynch over its acquisition of Autonomy in 2011, a London judge said this morning, though damages will be considerably less than the £3.7bn claimed. The American technology giant sued Lynch, Autonomy’s founder, and its former chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain, following [...]
What a day for Mike Lynch: Priti Patel to make extradition decision and £3.7bn High Court fraud ruling at 11.30am January 28, 2022 All eyes will be on the High Court today at 11.30, as a judge is due to announce his decision on a multibillion-dollar fraud case brought by Hewlett Packard over its acquisition of British software company Autonomy a decade ago. The American technology giant sued British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, Autonomy’s founder, and its former chief [...]
UK home secretary Sajid Javid warns tech giants over footage March 16, 2019 Home secretary Sajid Javid has warned social media companies to "clean up their platforms" after the attack by a gunman in New Zealand, killing 49 people at two mosques, was live streamed on Facebook. Javid told these firms they would face the "force of the law" if they did not more, with the video lasting 17 [...]
Best of the year: Political opinion and Westminster analysis to make sense of 2021 December 25, 2021 Artificial intelligence has been at the very centre of the news agenda this year, with the government announcing a national AI strategy as part of its “levelling up agenda”. But how can ministers make use of this technology and regulate it if they don’t understand how it works? Brian Mullins was making this point back [...]