Category: Ann Widdecombe

Burnham urges retailers to stop selling disposable barbecues after emergency Cobra meeting – UK politics live

PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the...

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MPs vote on Hillsborough amendment as Starmer and Burnham address Commons

Outgoing prime minister opens third reading debate on the Hillsborough law billIn response to a question from Alec Shelbrooke (Con), Campbell said he was “totally unaware” not just of the wording of the Tory opposition day...

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Ann Widdecombe was killed in ‘targeted attack’, police say – UK politics live

Counter-terrorism police say that they are still working to establish the motive for the killing of the former government ministerIn response to a question from Alec Shelbrooke (Con), Campbell said he was “totally unaware” not...

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Burnham says Hillsborough law could shift power and dismantle Westminster’s unaccountability culture – UK politics live

It’s expected that the MP for Makerfield will give his first speech since the by-election campaign during Tuesday’s debateLast night Andy Burnham voted for the government’s immigration and asylum bill. Sundus Abdi and Jessica...

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Counter-terrorist police chief says ‘new evidence’ led to his team taking over investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death – UK politics live

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood says police are ‘pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack’Ann Widdecombe death: counter-terrorism police take over investigationThe government has announced...

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Counter-terrorism police leading investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe – UK politics live

‘The police are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack’, said home secretary Shabana MahmoodThe government has announced that it is in effect proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

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Police say man arrested on suspicion of murder of Ann Widdecombe – UK politics as it happened

A 26-year-old man in custody and officers say incident is not being treated as terrorism Police arrest man on suspicion of Ann Widdecombe’s murderImmigration policy (see 9.24am) is just one area where Andy Burnham faces an acute...

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