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Tony Blair told US President George W Bush eight months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq “I will be with you, whatever”, and relied on flawed intelligence and legal advice to go to war, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday. Blair responded that he had taken the decision to go to war “in good faith”, that he still believed it ...

Former Prime Minister again defends decision and insists it was taken ‘out of good motives’ Tony Blair has admitted he should have challenged the intelligence reports that informed his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq. Responding to the damning findings of the Chilcot Inquiry, the former Prime Minister again defended the decision to go to war and insisted that it was ...

EID-ul-Fitr comes once again with its message of remembrance of the Almighty and caring for those who are less privileged than us. With the end of the holy month of Ramadan, it becomes our particular responsibility to go for self-assessment on what we have endeavoured to do during the period and what we could yet have done to bind our ...

As the presents are wrapped, the food is prepared and the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end. I want to sen my very best wishes to Muslims at home and around the world celebrating Eid. I look at the things people are doing in Britain for the occasion – putting on special brunches for the lonely, giving presents ...

Highly polluting vehicles, broadly registered before 2005, will be hit with the extra £10 charge Motorists driving vehicles belching out filthy fumes are set to be hit with a £10 “T-charge” to enter central London from next year. The new toxicity levy was part of a radical package of measures billed by mayor Sadiq Khan as the toughest crackdown on the most polluting ...

New poll puts the Home Secretary at the top of the pack of five candidates Theresa May has opened up a commanding lead in theConservative leadership race, as MPs begin voting in the first round of the contest. A new poll of Tory members puts the Home Secretary at the top of the pack of five candidates, and in a final ...

4 July 2016 A law firm is taking action to ensure the formal process for the UK leaving the EU is not started without an act of Parliament. Mishcon de Reya, lawyers acting for a group of business people and academics, said it would be unlawful for a prime minister to trigger Article 50 without a full debate and vote in Parliament. ...

Nigel Farage today dramatically quit as Ukip leader saying he wanted his “life back” following the historic Brexit vote. In a surprise announcement that will spark another leadership contest in British politics he said he could not hope to achieve more than the Brexit vote. Within seconds his move was greeted joyfully by one of his internal rivals Douglas Carswell ...

Twenty hostages were killed in the siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka that police ended by force on Saturday. They were construction consultants from Japan, Italian businesspeople in textiles and three students from American universities. Two of the students were studying at Emory University in Georgia: Faraaz Hossain from Dhaka and Abinta Kabir from Miami, Florida, who was visiting family ...

Theresa May is racing towards victory with six in 10 Conservatives backing her to replace David Cameron, latest polling data has revealed. With levels of support stronger than the combined total of her four rivals, the Home Secretary appears to be on course to take the keys to No 10. Mrs May was backed by 60 per cent of Tory voters, ...