Posted by The Guardian | Apr 17, 2022 | Boris Johnson, Conservatives, Local elections, Local government, Local politics, Politics, Refugees, Rishi Sunak, The Guardian, UK news |
With the prospect of more Partygate fines and a spiralling cost-of-living crisis, many on his own side are playing a waiting gameIt wasn’t as if things had been going brilliantly for Boris Johnson as he attempted to spend...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 17, 2022 | Dudley, Local elections, Local government, Local politics, Politics, Society, The Guardian, UK news |
The Tories made huge gains in last year’s local elections but could be punished for scandals and the cost of living crisisOver the past two months, the Labour candidate, Adrian Hughes, has knocked on more than 1,000 doors...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 17, 2022 | Home Office, Immigration and asylum, Migration, Politics, Priti Patel, The Guardian, UK news |
Questions raised over home secretary’s claim that new law would allow ‘safe and legal route’Priti Patel is under pressure to apologise after being accused of misleading parliament over a central claim relating...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 17, 2022 | Climate crisis, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, Politics, Protest, The Guardian, UK news |
Plea by shadow justice secretary Steve Reed for nationwide bans on activists’ tactics angers many on left of partyLabour faces an escalating internal row over the treatment of climate crisis protesters after a shadow...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 17, 2022 | Europe, Migration, Russia, Society, The Guardian, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin |
Financial challenges and family links are forcing difficult decisions on many of those who left the countryRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesWhen the war began, Olga Gladysheva, a former journalist who now works in video...
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