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Rishi Sunak has announced the Government will introduce new laws to clear Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted in the Horizon IT scandal. He told Prime Minister’s Questions that the legislation will mean those convicted “are swiftly exonerated and compensated”. Mr Sunak was pushed to set out how the Government will acquit the hundreds of people accused of swindling money ...

Lord David Cameron has said he is “worried” Israel may have broken international law in Gaza. The foreign secretary said he regularly consulted government lawyers over incidents in the war, but refused to say whether the legal advice suggested Israel had acted illegally. Lord Cameron stressed the government had not changed its support for Israel. Since the outbreak of war ...

Labour will try to force the government to publish a string of documents relating to its Rwanda policy. The party will table a vote on Tuesday demanding ministers disclose how much it would cost to send each asylum seeker to Rwanda. The vote also demands ministers reveal cash given and set to be given to the East African country. In ...

The partner of ex-Conservative MP Peter Bone, Helen Harrison, has been selected to replace him as the Tory candidate in the Wellingborough by-election. The by-election was triggered following Mr Bone’s suspension from the House of Commons over bullying and sexual misconduct claims. Mr Bone, who was also suspended from the Conservative Party, has denied the allegations. He was elected MP ...

Rishi Sunak had significant doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor, papers seen by the BBC suggest. They suggest he wanted to scale back No 10’s original plans. They also indicate Mr Sunak was not sure they would stop Channel crossings. They also suggest he was reluctant to fund reception centres to accommodate migrants instead of using ...

Hundreds of homes have been flooded in England following a powerful storm and a week of heavy rainfall. There are more than 300 flood warnings in force, the majority in the Midlands, East Anglia and southern England, with some residents forced to evacuate their properties. Flooded roads and railway tracks are bringing more delays for travellers. A major incident has ...

Parts of the UK are set for another day of disruptive weather, with hundreds of flood alerts and warnings in place as more rain is expected. A Met Office yellow warning for rain is in place for the south of England from midday, with the potential for power cuts and travel disruption. The warning is set to last until 03:00 ...

The UK’s statistics watchdog is looking into the government’s claims to have cleared the asylum backlog. On Tuesday, the Home Office said it had fulfilled a pledge to clear a “legacy” backlog of 92,000 applications lodged before July 2022. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also tweeted that the government had cleared “the backlog of asylum decisions”. But official figures show a ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla waved at a crowd of onlookers as they arrived at church on New Year’s Eve. They attended a service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, on Sunday morning. The King and Queen were greeted by the Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham Usher, and Reverend Canon Dr Paul Rhys Williams. Members of ...

LONDON, Dec 29 : British house prices fell by 1.8% in the 12 months to December, recording the biggest decline over the course of a year since 2008 during the global financial crisis, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Friday. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a drop of 1.4%. In month-on-month terms, prices in December were flat compared ...