UK Politics

Andy Burnham has said he will consider imposing a ban on disposable barbecues amid the risk of further wildfires as extreme heat continues to grip parts of the UK.

The way they drone on and on like a dirge is really great stuff

Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democracy is failing as the media & political power are owned by a tiny rich elite.

Explaining what he called the “sociological element” behind his strategy, Chikli contrasted Jewish communities, which he characterised as disproportionately composed of doctors, lawyers, academics and other professionals connected to political and cultural elites, with what he described as more traditional and nationalist sections of the wider population.

An investigation by The Telegraph has found a potential link between Bankman-Fried’s money and Mr Streeting’s office.

The New Statesman can reveal that Banks directed investigators from Precision Risk and Intelligence (a private investigation firm he previously owned, which is now dissolved), to look into Pogrund after the Insight story. Banks did not deny he had launched the probe. “We believe the Sunday Times used hacked information and that was an area of interest. We do have an investigative arm that’s got advanced capabilities,” he told the New Statesman.

On Wednesday, a new Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) code of practice stating that sex refers to biological sex came into force. The guidance states that public bodies should operate single-sex spaces on the basis of biological sex – meaning trans people should only access the service corresponding to their gender assigned at birth or use gender neutral facilities.

The Restore Britain leader outlined five points that he said the pair would have to agree on to be able to find a “common way forward” and defeat the left wing.

“Animal rights campaigner, Anneka Svenska, was visited at home by two police officers and told to accept a police record, attend an “online thinking” course, or face arrest following comments she made on social media about the incineration of beagles at a company that breeds the dogs for use in medical research.

How many british artillery operators dead and alive do you think would consider smoking a russian warship offhore amidst an act of industrial sabotage with an 155mm shell from one of these while on the move to be eternal bliss?

Labour are now ahead of Reform in polls from More in Common (28% to 24%) and Survation (26% to 24%). Also YouGov has Labour and Reform on level terms, both at 22%. This is the first time in over a year that Reform has not had a lead over Labour.

Hackney Council has voted to begin the process of ending its twinning relationship with the Israeli city of Haifa, a civic link signed in September 1968 by the then Mayor of Hackney, Stanley Clinton Davis, and his Haifa counterpart Abba Hushi.

A Reform amendment to a Westminster Bill calls for only English and Welsh to be used.

What would you do with £16k of tax payer’s money? I suppose pay your tax bill maybe? 🤔

CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

Andy Burnham could be Britain’s first mental health-focused prime minister, writes Alexa Knight, director of policy and influencing at Mental Health Foundation

Zoë Garbett is the first Mayor of Hackney to publish a public diary record.

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