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Lawmaker absences expose a constitutional gap over replacing members who cannot serve.
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Torbitt pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to his parliamentary expenses A GB News pundit has admitted fraud in relation to his parliamentary expenses when he was a Labour aide. Matthew Torbitt, a prominent political commentator who once described himself as “Britain’s favourite lefty”, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation at a hearing at Thames magistrates court on Monday. Continue reading...
The Green party has its lowest share of the vote since Zack Polanski became leader, data shows I have already posted lines from Andy Burnham ’s BBC interview on reforming social care (see 9.03am ), making council tax fairer (see 10.03am ), and ruling out an early election (see 11.56am ). And yesterday Peter Walker wrote up the lines in the interview from Burnham saying he would disagree with Donald Trump if necessary. Here are some of the other comments worth flagging up. Burnham suggested care workers should be exempt from Shabana Mahmood’s plan to make foreign workers wait much longer until they can apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Currently workers normally have to wait five years until they qualify for settlement. Under Mahmood’s plans, the norm will become 10 years, and care workers could even have to wait 15 years (because working in a low-pay sector means they contribute less to the exchequer, the Home Office argues ). Last week Kiran Stacey and Patrick Butler reported that Burnham may order a rethink. Continue reading...
Thomas Massie accused President Trump and Secretary Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution, joining Democrats in a resolution to sue over the Iran war.
Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities Jodrell Bank Observatory, the hub of a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing closure after government funding for the facility was slashed. The deep space observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope and is prized by astronomers who study galaxies, black holes, star formation, planets beyond the solar system and the afterglow of the big bang. Continue reading...
Assemblyman Michael Novakhov calls on the DOJ to open a civil rights investigation into Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Upper West Side stabbings.
The changes separated the casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war’s full toll.
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