Author: The Guardian

Meat producers say Johnson talking ‘nonsense’ about reasons for labour shortage in sector – UK politics live

Latest updates: chief executive of British Meat Processors Association dismisses PM’s claims and says pig farmers facing a ‘nightmare scenario’Boris Johnson admits justice system and police serve rape victims...

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Patel pledges six months in prison or big fines for motorway protesters

Government will introduce tougher powers to deal with climate change activists who block major roadsProtesters disrupting motorways will face up to six months in prison or unlimited fines under plans to stop climate campaigners...

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Boris Johnson: petrol crisis and pig cull part of necessary post-Brexit transition

Prime minister says UK cannot go back to ‘failed old model’ of immigration and low wagesQueues for petrol and mass culls of pigs at farms because of a lack of abattoir workers are part of a necessary transition for...

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Boris Johnson admits justice system and police serve rape victims badly

PM says he will ‘stop at nothing to make sure we get more rapists behind bars’ after Sarah Everard caseRape victims in Britain are badly served, Boris Johnson has admitted, as he promised to “stop at nothing to...

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