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Hundreds of people have joined an anti-immigration protest outside Nuneaton Town Hall. The demonstration, which included a march through the town centre with people waving flags and chanting, was one of several in a wave of action across England on Saturday. Earlier this week, Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch said two men who had been charged with raping a ...

At least 365 people have been arrested at a demonstration in London in support of proscribed group Palestine Action, police say. Scores of people simultaneously unveiled handwritten signs with the same message “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” at the protest, organised by Defend Our Juries at Westminster’s Parliament Square. The government proscribed the group in July under the ...

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, has resigned as Labour’s homelessness minister. The news comes hours after it was reported that Ali allegedly gave her tenants four months’ notice in November 2023. This notice reportedly stated that their £3,300-a-month lease would not be renewed. The property was later found to be listed at £4,000 per month. The former ...

Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said warnings that the recognition of a Palestinian state could breach international law are “missing the point”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK would move towards recognition unless Israel met certain conditions, including agreeing a ceasefire and reviving the prospect of a two-state solution, earlier this week. However, some of Britain’s most ...

An incoming Reform UK government would have to force “nasty cough medicine down the country’s throat”, says the man hoping to shape the party’s policies. James Orr, who is behind a new pro-Reform think tank, told the BBC Nigel Farage’s party “has not got a magic wand” and would have to do some “very unpopular” things in its first 100 ...

Britain will recognize the state of Palestine in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza and meets other conditions, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told cabinet on Tuesday according to a government statement, reports Reuters. “He said that the UK will recognize the state of Palestine in September, before UNGA (United Nations ...

A group of British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded Friday that the UK government formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The call, in a letter signed by lawmakers from nine UK political parties, came less than 24 hours after French President Emmanuel Macron said that his country would formally ...

A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years after he was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, stabbing her a number of times as she pushed their baby in a pram. Habibur Masum, 26, of Burnley, Lancashire, was found guilty of the murder in June after a trial at Bradford crown court. He was ...

Nearly 100 people have been arrested at protests across the UK against the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror group. Demonstrations in support of the pro-Palestine activist group took place in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol and Truro on Saturday. The Met Police said 55 people were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences for displaying placards in support of ...

One of four rebel MPs suspended by Labour for defying party orders has said it will not silence her – but she will continue to support the government as an independent. Rachel Maskell told the BBC she had been expelled from the party in Parliament for her role in a rebellion against disability benefit cuts, which forced Sir Keir Starmer ...