UK government to outlaw new North Sea drilling

Leading figures in Caribbean reparatory justice movement speak out after UK PM announced infrastructure package Offers of debt relief and development assistance from the UK cannot be a replacement for reparations for centuries of slavery, leading figures in the Caribbean reparatory justice movement have said. Their comments follow British prime minister Andy Burnham’s announcement on Friday that he wanted to begin a structured dialogue on slavery and reparations and was open to Britain apologisi

The big question for the British government is does defeat at home make it more likely that President Trump gets angrier abroad?

Minister hints at restriction on selling technology ‘to certain users’ amid worries over surreptitious filming of women Restrictions on smart glasses are being considered by the government, a minister has said, amid concerns that the technology is being used to surreptitiously film women. Speaking in the House of Commons, the safeguarding minister Satvir Kaur hinted at a ban on selling the technology “to certain users”. Continue reading...

After his embarrassment of epic proportions, Farage turned up at PMQs – the last place anyone would expect to find him In what counts as breaking news on this slowest of slow Wednesdays in Westminster – most eyes were on the US midterm elections – it was nice to be able to report that Nigel Farage was in the Commons for prime minister’s questions. Not something you can often say. Despite Reform tanking in the polls, Nige still regards himself as the official opposition and considers it a major i