Nato says it is ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against...
This blog has now closed. You can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blogMore than 8,500 alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine are under...
View ArticleCabinet minister says she was ‘pinned against wall’ by male colleague as Tory...
Anne-Marie Trevelyan tells male colleagues not to grope women as sexism scandal engulfs WestminsterKeep your hands in your pockets, minister tells male MPsPressure on Johnson to act on MP accused of...
View ArticleBarrister was discriminated against for gender-critical views, tribunal hears
Allison Bailey says Garden Court chambers and Stonewall wrongly treated her gender-critical views as transphobicA barrister was unlawfully discriminated against by her chambers, which, encouraged by...
View ArticleKwarteng’s ‘bad apples’ claim is a rotten excuse for Westminster sexism
Analysis: minister’s response to concerns risks appearing tone deaf, but it does play into war on wokeThe “some bad apples” defence deployed by Kwasi Kwarteng in response to concerns about sexism and...
View ArticleUK inquiry ‘to establish whether British components used in Russian weapons’
Reported investigation into use in Ukraine despite ban on direct sale of arms and dual-use components follows thinktank findingsMinisters are to investigate whether British-made components identified...
View ArticleUkraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa hit by Russian rocket strike – as it...
This blog is closed. Follow further live coverage hereFinland will decide to apply for Nato membership on 12 May, according to a local media report.Citing anonymous government sources, the Finnish...
View ArticleCivil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears
Details of emails released in Good Law Project challenge to awarding of contracts to Abingdon Health for antibody testsCivil servants described the government’s Covid testing programme as “unlegit” and...
View ArticleDominic Raab rebukes Parole Board for release of Baby P’s mother
Tracey Connelly will be released from prison after the board rejects Raab’s appeal against the decisionDominic Raab has launched a scathing attack on the Parole Board after it rejected his appeal...
View ArticleConsequences ‘dire’ if Human Rights Act ditched, more than 50 groups warn
Exclusive: PM is told tearing up act could endanger women and girls and damage peace in Northern IrelandTearing up the Human Rights Act would have “dire consequences” including removing obligations to...
View ArticleHome Office admits LGBTQI+ refugees could be persecuted if sent to Rwanda
Report on policy to send gay and lesbian asylum seekers to east African country raises concerns over their possible treatmentThe Home Office has admitted that lesbian, gay and bisexual refugees could...
View ArticleSection 40: government to repeal controversial media law
Legislation, drawn up after Leveson inquiry, said to pose threat to freedom and sustainability of the pressA controversial law that could force publishers to pay the costs of the people who sue them,...
View ArticleThreat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’
Rights organisations say refugees going into hiding as Home Office admits LGBTQ+ people could face persecution in African countryMinisters’ threats to send unauthorised migrants to Rwanda are having a...
View ArticleTory MP says no massive need for food banks in UK and real problem is...
Latest updates: Conservative Lee Anderson says people just need to be shown how to cook nutritious meals that cost lessUK’s threat to NI protocol is boost to Putin, say EU insidersUkraine refugees who...
View ArticleMexican farmers demand redress for illegal mining and violence on their land
Owners of community land bought shares to join annual meeting of Fresnillo, a Mexican FTSE 100 companyMexican farmers have travelled to London to demand that a FTSE 100 company compensates them for...
View ArticleTamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike
Forty-two hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by UK militaryDozens of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have been detained for more than seven...
View ArticleBoris Johnson would throw ‘entire team under bus’ to survive Partygate, No 10...
Latest updates: insiders express fury to BBC that Boris Johnson escaped fine for events junior staff were penalised for attending. This blog is now closed, read our full report here.Party attended by...
View ArticleSix in 10 people in UK believe government ‘ignores rules’
People in the UK and Poland rated their governments worst on matters of trust and legitimacy in an EU-funded studyPeople in the UK are more likely than those in other European countries to say that...
View ArticleRefugees being sent to areas of UK with little or no legal aid, study finds
People are missing out on immigration status they are entitled to because of shortfall, says report’s authorRefugees fleeing violence and persecution, including those who face being deported to Rwanda,...
View ArticlePontins under investigation over treatment of Travellers
Equality watchdog accuses firm of failing to comply with deal to eradicate discriminationBritain’s equality watchdog has launched an investigation into Pontins over concerns that it has failed to...
View ArticleRussia-Ukraine war: situation in Luhansk ‘extremely escalated’ amid intense...
Governor of Luhansk region says impossible to gauge extent of casualties; president makes first official appearance outside Kyiv since FebruaryWhat we know on day 95 of the invasionFighting focuses on...
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