Claims the UK has two-tier justice are “disgusting” and “wrong”, the attorney general has said. In his first major interview, Lord Hermer told the BBC that politicians using the phrase needed to think about the “dangers” they were posing to the UK’s “essential institutions”. Lord Hermer, who is the government’s chief legal adviser, also said...
A commitment to international law “goes absolutely to the heart” of Sir Keir Starmer’s government and its approach to foreign policy, the attorney general has told the BBC. In his first broadcast interview, Lord Richard Hermer, who is the Cabinet’s chief legal adviser, said that the government was determined to “lead on international law issues”...
Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money the NHS, schools, police and other public services will get over the next few years. The chancellor will emphasise plans to “invest in Britain’s renewal” by spending an extra £113bn on infrastructure, such as energy and transport projects in...
Location : The A38 westbound exit slip to the A382 . Lane Closures : Lane one is closed. Reason : Debris on the carriageway. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 09:30 and 09:45 on 14 May 2025. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected...
About a year ago there were anti-Israel protests on the campus of the University of Michigan similar to the ones taking place at other schools. Some of those protests resulted in arrests but in a pattern familiar to anyone who follows left-wing activists, charges against those involved were either never filed at all or were...
Russian security forces say they have detained a Ukrainian spy accused of killing a senior Russian general in a car bomb attack in Moscow’s suburbs on Friday. The FSB secret service said they had apprehended “Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzi” who had “planted explosives in a Volkswagen Golf” to kill Gen Yaroslav Moskalik. Gen...
A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow, officials have confirmed. Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) – the main federal investigating authority in the country – confirmed Gen Yaroslav Moskalik died when a Volkswagen Golf car exploded after an improvised explosive device stuffed with pellets went off. Local media reported...
A former top Russian general has been jailed for seven years after being accused of taking bribes. Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was arrested last year during a crackdown on corruption in the defence ministry launched by the Kremlin, and was accused of taking “a particularly large bribe” from a telecommunications company. Russia’s Investigative Committee said...
Donald Trump’s administration is accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud, and has made a criminal referral to the the justice department seeking federal prosecution. Officials with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) allege James falsified bank and property records to receive better loan agreements, an administration official told the BBC. James...
A general strike against public spending cuts in Argentina has severely disrupted transport. All domestic flights have been cancelled, while trains and metro services have been suspended in Buenos Aires and other parts of the country. Many shops remained closed in the capital but bus drivers continued to work. Airlines said international flights would go...
Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no-confidence at a special general meeting. 65% voted against the motion, which had called for the RFU board to terminate Sweeney’s appointment. “I am pleased to see such a decisive outcome,” said interim chairman Sir Bill Beaumont. “I trust those who supported the...
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Thursday announcement that the independent United States Postal Service is partnering with the Department of Government Efficiency on a cost-cutting crusade that includes a planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that one of America’s most trusted and relied-upon federal agencies is on a path toward privatization. In a letter...
Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed suit to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education. Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education, arguing that firing approximately 50 percent of the department’s workforce significantly impairs its ability to fulfill its legal...
Communist Party General Secretary, Comrade Robert Griffiths, made the following comments in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump: “The empowerment of this megalomaniac and his far-right and billionaire backers poses a grave threat to democratic rights, the environment and peace.” “Trump and his clique’s contempt for women, trade unionists, immigrants and for the...
‘Capitalism’s all-round general crisis is back with a vengeance in Britain and many other developed countries’, Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffiths told our Party’s Political Committee on Wednesday evening (8 January 2025). ‘On every front from the US and Canada to Britain, France and Germany, ruling classes and governments are in turmoil. As...