Forty families brought to UK after fleeing Taliban given only weeks to move to West YorkshireHundreds of Afghan refugees who settled in London after fleeing the Taliban 18 months ago have been told they have only weeks to uproot and move 200 miles away…
No one ever convicted of deadliest atrocity of Troubles, but injured and bereaved may be closer to knowing full storyThe government’s decision to hold an inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing is the result of a long, lonely campaign by some of the injure…
Foreign secretary rejects Penny Wong’s reference to ‘British colonists’ in speech at King’s College about her descendants The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has rejected suggestions Britain needed to do more to confront its colonial past, pointi…
PM says he wants new law barring people arriving without valid documents from claiming asylum Rishi Sunak has said new laws will mean people arriving in the UK without valid documents will be deported “within days”, with asylum claims rejected and migr…
Former Labour MP came up with ‘a series of scams’ to fund ‘galloping’ cocaine habit, court toldA former Labour MP accused of expenses fraud has been described as “thoroughly inadequate”, “thoroughly rotten” and “stuffing the parliamentary payroll with …
Insiders say departure of popular BBC News presenters – with Martine Croxall also going – could prompt ageism rowSome of the BBC News channel’s most famous faces, including Jane Hill, Ben Brown and Martine Croxall, have been axed before the launch this…
MP for Erdington, one of UK’s most deprived areas, says ‘heart and soul has been taken out of our community’Residents in a Birmingham suburb are fighting to stop an eighth betting shop opening on their high street, saying the shops are “changing the fa…
Former UK PM’s brother quits board of Elara Capital days after it was accused of using funds to manipulate share pricesJo Johnson, the younger brother of the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has resigned as a director of a London-based investment b…
Action is latest move in bitter row between CWU union and company over pay and working conditionsAbout 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail are to stage a 24-hour strike on 16 February in their continuing dispute with management over pay and conditions…
London mayor to adopt scheme for cleaners, catering staff and security guards to help with cost of living crisisLow-paid cleaners, catering staff and security guards at Transport for London will be given free travel on the network because of the cost o…