More than half of the county councils in England with elections scheduled for this year could seek to have the votes postponed, the BBC can reveal. At least 14 out of 21 county councils due to hold elections in May are poised to ask ministers to delay the ballots to explore options set out in…
A Sikh group has been left “disappointed” after Labour failed to open an inquiry into potential links between the UK and deaths of hundreds of Sikhs at the Golden Temple in India in 1984. In a letter seen by Sky News, the Sikh Federation told Foreign Secretary David Lammy they had written to him five…
A cabinet minister has rejected a call from Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs, while leaving the door open for a future investigation. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she disagreed with Burnham’s support for a fresh inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in areas including Oldham and…
The Liberal party will announce its new leader on March 9 and will restrict voting eligibility to citizens and permanent residents as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to step down. The party’s national board of directors met Thursday evening to decide on the initial rules of the Liberal leadership contest that will choose Trudeau’s successor….
Donald Trump’s recent press conference was certainly an eye-popper, with talk of taking over everything from the Panama Canal to Greenland to even Canada. No plans yet to annex Britain but perhaps that’s for a later date. There was the usual stuff on NATO paying its fair share, a bit on Israel and Ukraine. But…
Getty Images A concert by Fatboy Slim – who learnt to play violin with the prime minister and has backed these proposals The government has announced plans to cap the price of resale tickets in a clamp-down on ticket touts who bulk buy tickets and then resell them for huge profits. The cap would apply…
UK officials are monitoring social media posts by Elon Musk and others as a possible security risk. The monitoring is being carried out by a team in the Home Office’s Homeland Security group, which is responsible for reducing national security risks and, according to a government website, “focuses on the highest harm risks to the…
With just days to go before Donald Trump becomes U.S. president once again, Ottawa has been looking at a list of options that could face retaliatory tariffs if he imposes 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods. Reports of the potential list began emerging in media reports citing sources in November. In recent days,…
The public should not be “worried” about the cost of government borrowing going up, a cabinet minister has said. Lisa Nandy said the current situation in the financial markets – which has seen the pound fall to to its lowest level in over a year – was something the government took “very seriously”. But she…
Full interview: Sen. JD Vance Full interview: GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance 11:34 Washington — JD Vance has officially resigned from his Senate seat as he prepares to become vice president later this month. Vance, who served two years of his six-year Senate term, informed Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine of his plans in…
