Government’s ‘immoral’ Rwanda plan should ‘shame us as a nation,’ Archbishop says June 14, 2022 A group of high-ranking Bishops, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have hit out at the government over its plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. In a letter to The Times, a group of 20 senior Church of England figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, said the government’s “immoral” plans [...]
Zelensky makes last ditch appeal to Germany for support as Russia encircles city of Sievierodonetsk June 14, 2022 Ukraine’s president Zelensky has appealed to Germany to give full support to Kyiv as Russia cuts off all routes to the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk. Kyiv’s leader appealed to Germany’s Chancellor Scholz to decide that “there can’t be a trade-off between Ukraine and relations with Russia.” This comes as the Kremlin’s troops destroyed the last [...]
‘Shambles’ Home Office still keeping tens of thousands waiting for passports to be issued, says Yvette Cooper June 14, 2022 Chaos surrounding the processing of passport applications is continuing with tens of thousands still reportedly waiting for one to be issued – putting their summer holidays at risk. Home office figures showed there were now under 3,300 civil servants working full time on the issue, down from almost 4,000 over the last couple of years. [...]
Truss unveils ‘reasonable’ bill to rip up Northern Ireland Protocol June 13, 2022 The UK has unveiled new legislation that will rip up large parts of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, with a new bill handing ministers powers to unilaterally “fix” anything they deem to be problematic. The legislation will scrap most checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea and allow Great Britain’s businesses to designate themselves whether [...]
Wikipedia pushes back against Moscow content bans about Ukraine invasion June 13, 2022 The Wikipedia owner has filed an appeal against a Moscow court decision, which demanded that it remove information relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It comes after The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 5 million roubles (£71,000) for refusing to remove “disinformation” from Russian-language Wikipedia articles and delete banned information. “This decision implies that well-sourced, verified knowledge on [...]
Europe funds Russian war efforts as biggest buyer of Kremlin-backed fossil fuels June 13, 2022 Fossil fuels are filling the Kremlin's war chest and despite its sanctions, the EU remains its biggest buyer of energy supplies.
Gove admits Treasury doesn’t know how it will fund Right to Buy scheme June 13, 2022 The government does not know how it will fund its newly announced Right to Buy scheme, housing secretary Michael Gove has admitted. Gove today said the Treasury has “agreed that it will be funded”, but that the government is not in “a position yet to say entirely how” that will happen and that ministers now [...]
Government closes in on deal with EDF to extend life of coal plant as it scrambles to secure supplies June 13, 2022 The government is set to finalise an agreement to keep a coal-fired power station that was set to close, as it looks to ensure supply security this winter.
Two bodies found in Brazil during search for missing British journalist Dom Phillips June 13, 2022 Two bodies have reportedly been found in Brazil amid a search for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Phillips, 57, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a Brazilian adviser at the Univaja association of people in the Vale do Javari Indigenous territory, were last seen earlier in June in the Sao Rafael community. [...]
Johnson says income tax cuts will only come after inflation falls June 13, 2022 Boris Johnson has said he will only bring in promised income tax cuts after the UK’s current bout of inflation has weakened. The Prime Minister today said the government wants to cut taxes “as fast as we can”, but that the priority is taming an “inflationary spike that we need to get through right now”. Johnson [...]