Tory MP Lee Anderson refuses to apologise for saying poor people who use food bank ‘cannot cook and budget’ May 12, 2022 A Conservative MP said he stands by his comments that people who use food banks do so because they “cannot cook properly” and “cannot budget”. Lee Anderson invited “everybody” on the opposition benches in the Commons to visit a food bank in his Nottinghamshire constituency where, when people come for a food parcel, they now [...]
Sadiq Khan open to decriminalisation of cannabis: ‘Drugs trade causes huge damage,’ says Mayor of London May 12, 2022 SADIQ Khan is open to supporting a campaign to make cannabis legal in the UK as he visited a marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles yesterday.
Tory MP claims food bank users ‘cannot cook or budget properly’ and meals cost 30p a day May 11, 2022 A Conservative MP has sparked anger after saying poorer people rely on food banks because they “cannot cook properly”, and that meals can be cooked “for around 30p”. Lee Anderson told the Commons those who want to register for help must sign up for a “budgeting course and a cooking course.” When asked by [...]
Liz Truss: ‘Clear and shocking evidence of deliberate and malicious cyber attacks by the Kremlin’ May 11, 2022 The Kremlin has been blamed for a series of cyber attacks, including on a communications company in Ukraine an hour before Russia’s invasion. The Foreign Office made an announcement this week citing “clear and shocking evidence” of the action by Moscow, following an in-depth assessment by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC [...]
Britain warned threats from UK govt to blow up Brexit protocol ‘have gone down really badly’ with EU May 11, 2022 The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney, said this afternoon that threats from the UK Government to override elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol “have gone down really badly” with the EU. Speaking during a visit to Belfast, where he is meeting political leaders, Coveney said: “We don’t believe that the way forward in terms [...]
Priti Patel looks to crack down on ‘criminal and disruptive guerrilla tactics’ of groups like XR, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil May 11, 2022 Priti Patel is looking to end “criminal, disruptive and self-defeating guerrilla tactics” of environmental activists, including those who glue themselves to roads in protest of fossil fuels. The Home Secretary made the Public Order Bill announcement in the Queen’s Speech, which will try to stop “relentless reoffending and significant disruption by a selfish minority of [...]
Department for business and energy to move into Whitehall office and save taxpayer £5m a year May 11, 2022 The department responsible for the government’s energy strategy is moving to the centre of Whitehall in a bid save around £5m a year. Kwasi Kwarteng’s department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will transfer from 1 Victoria Street to government owned buildings which house the civil service, by the end of 2023. This comes [...]
TikTok mockery: Boris Johnson criticised for video clip amid cost of living woes May 11, 2022 Despite hitting over half a million views in hours, Boris Johnson’s new TikTok has been met with more ridicule than it has revelling. Posting from his new @10downingstreet account yesterday, the public have taken to social media to slam the Prime Minister. One commented: “Country going into recession so the Government made a TikTok to help [...]
Biden urges Johnson to show ‘courage, co-operation and leadership’ over plan to ‘give up’ on N. Ireland Protocol May 11, 2022 US President Joe Biden has waded into the row over Britain ‘giving up’ on talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol, calling for leadership and negotiations. Earlier this week it was reported that the British government will move to discard large portions of the Northern Ireland Protocol after giving up on Brexit negotiations with the EU. [...]
Property heavyweight slams housing reforms in Queen’s Speech: ‘Nothing new – simply old policies re-hashed’ May 11, 2022 The Queen’s Speech will do little to solve Britain’s housing crisis, a leading property association shared with Morning Wire this morning. There were three main commitments linked to housing in the Government’s announcement; the Renters’ Reform Bill which will end unfair evictions; the Social Housing Regulation Bill which will give tenants more rights and vital [...]