Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel’s defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah. The MPs, who include centrist and leftwing backbenchers, sent a letter to David Lammy on Thursday warning they believed Gaza was […]
For years, human rights campaigners have been calling for safe routes to the UK for asylum seekers to prevent them from taking dangerous journeys across the Channel in overloaded dinghies, lining the pockets of ruthless people smugglers in the process. So, is Thursday’s announcement of the “one in one out” deal by the UK prime
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Hospital waiting lists in England at lowest levels for more than two years, figures show The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen for the second month in a row and is now at its lowest level for
Preventing some offenders opting for jury trials would be ‘big, backward step’, say Tories The Conservatives have said that preventing access to jury trials for offenders charged with certain offences would be “a big, backward step”. Responding to the Leveson report (see 10.35am), Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, told Times Radio: [Leveson] can see
Gilded carriages and royal banquets are not essential tools of modern diplomacy, but nor are they obsolete. In a digital age, when intergovernmental business could easily be conducted online, the analogue grandeur of a state visit feels potent as a bestowal of favour. This week Emmanuel Macron is the beneficiary. In September it will be
At least 10,000 people affected by Post Office IT scandal, inquiry report says This is what Sir Wyn Williams, the inquiry chair, says in his report about the human impact of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. It is almost impossible to ascertain, with any degree of accuracy, the number of persons who have suffered