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The government faces further parliamentary hurdles as its Illegal Migration Bill returns to the Commons on Tuesday. New amendments have been announced to quell safeguarding concerns for detained children and pregnant women. But MPs will vote on changes backed by the House of Lords after the draft legislation suffered 20 defeats in the upper chamber. It comes as MPs heard ...

The BBC presenter facing allegations that he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos sent threatening messages to a young person in their early 20s, the broadcaster has reported. The fresh allegations add further pressure for the BBC as it deals with the fallout from separate claims made against the unnamed male presenter and first reported by The Sun newspaper ...

Finance minister Jeremy Hunt is on Monday due to announce new measures to support Britain’s powerful financial sector, seeking to make the UK the “most innovative and competitive” financial centre in the world. Hunt will set out “how Britain’s financial services will support the drive for long-term sustainable growth across the country”, the UK Treasury said ahead of his speech ...

The UK this year has seen its hottest June on record, both in terms of mean temperature and the average maximum temperature, the British Meteorological Office said Monday. “The average mean temperature of 15.8 degrees Celsius (60.44 degrees Fahrenheit) for June 2023 in the UK is the highest in a series since 1884,” the Met Office said in a statement. ...

Transport operators are facing large fines over the Croydon tram disaster in which seven passengers died and 21 more were seriously hurt. Tram 2551 was going three times the speed limit when it derailed on a sharp corner on the approach to Sandilands stop with 69 people on board on the morning of November 9 2016. On Monday, the driver ...

People living near airports may be slightly more susceptible to heart attacks and related issues, a new study has indicated. Research led by Imperial College London analysed hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases among residents whose homes are under Heathrow Airport’s flight paths. The analysis found “evidence of a small increase in risk” of being admitted to hospital for that reason ...

MPs will decide later whether to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A year-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offences with his Partygate denials. It recommends he should have been suspended from the Commons for 90 days if he had remained an ...

The British government will allocate 25 million pounds (about $32 million) in the next two years for reinforcement of cybersecurity in Ukraine, the British Prime Minister’s Office said in its statement Saturday. According to the statement, the funding will make it possible to protect the critical Ukrainian infrastructure and essential services by reinforcing Ukrainian cybersecurity capabilities, which will make it ...

Boris Johnson has been unveiled as a new columnist for the Daily Mail, a day after a report found he repeatedly lied to MPs over the Downing Street partygate scandal. The disgraced former prime minister will pen a weekly item for the tabloid newspaper, with media sources suggesting the contract could be worth £1m. In an announcement video posted on ...

Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced his resignation as an MP, accusing a parliamentary probe into the “Partygate” scandal of driving him out. Johnson, 58, said he was stepping down with immediate effect “triggering an immediate by-election” in his marginal seat, which heaps political pressure on his successor Rishi Sunak, Reuters reports. Johnson had been fighting for ...