Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is willing to hand over “all unredacted WhatsApp” messages to the COVID-19 inquiry, despite missing an extended deadline on Thursday. In a letter to Baroness Hallett, who will be chairing the inquiry, the former prime minister said he was willing to hand over all his WhatsApp messages from…
Boris Johnson Willing to Hand Over ‘Unredacted’ WhatsApp Messages to COVID Inquiry
Refugees Sleep Rough in Protest of Cramped Hotel
A group of asylum seekers have spent two nights sleeping rough in London over cramped hotel conditions, a council leader has claimed. Adam Hug, who heads up Westminster City Council, says the refugees refuse to enter a Pimlico hotel where the Home Office had asked them to sleep “four people per room.” proIn a letter…
Civil Service Blocked Meetings With Gender Critics: Former Minister
A minister who was tasked with protecting free speech under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims she was blocked from meeting high-profile gender critics by the Civil Service. Andrea Jenkyns, who served as higher education and skills minister for three months in 2022, said she was barred from meeting author JK Rowling and feminist academic…
Labour Plan to Block All New North Sea Oil Projects Could Cost Scotland £6 billion Say Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative Party has claimed that UK Labour’s plan to stop all new oil and gas projects will cost Scotland £6 billion. At the weekend, the Sunday Times Of London reported that Britain’s opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer was close to announcing a block on new developments if Labour came to power, alongside plans…
More Than a Million NHS Staff Members Receive Pay Rise
The UK Department of Health announced increased salaries for NHS staff on Thursday, following months of negotiations between unions and the government. Under the new rules, health care professionals and staff will receive a 5 percent consolidated increase in pay, backdated to April. This includes eligible employees on the Agenda for Change contract (AfC), which…
Senior UK Peer Calls for Limits on Facial Recognition Technology
A senior peer has called for legislation to “drastically limit” the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) after chilling claims it is being used by stalkers and predators. Baroness Jenny Jones told The Epoch Times that the government must put in place a “structure for scrutiny” over public and private use of citizens’ biometric data….
Drivers Warned as Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone Comes Into Effect
Glasgow has become the first Scottish city to enforce a low emission zone (LEZ) that’ll see drivers fined if their cars do not meet the standards. From Thursday, all vehicles entering the Scottish National Party/Greens-run city centre must be compliant with emission guidance. Glasgow City Council said the policy will protect public health by tackling…
New Government Free-Speech Tsar Warns ‘Democracy Is at Stake’
A new government-backed freedom of speech champion for universities has warned that “democracy is at stake.” The appointment of Cambridge lecturer Professor Arif Ahmed as the Office for Students (OfS) director for freedom of speech and academic freedom comes in the wake of heated student protests over feminist Kathleen Stock’s talk at Oxford University. The…
Labour MP Has Whip Suspended After ‘Incredibly Serious’ Allegations
A Labour MP in Wales has been suspended from the party while an investigation is carried out into “incredibly serious allegations of unacceptable behaviour.” Geraint Davies, 63, has been MP for Swansea West since 2010 but his administrative suspension means he will have the whip removed at Westminster and will sit as an independent while…
German Prosecutors Say They’ll Examine Objects Found in McCann Search in Portugal
BERLIN—German prosecutors said Thursday that they will examine objects that were found in a search in Portugal last week for clues regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, but can’t yet say whether they are linked to the British girl who went missing in 2007. Investigators spent three days last week searching around a dam some…
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