Revealed: Labour’s plan to start nationalising UK railways within days
Labour will commit to bringing Britain’s railways back under public ownership for the first time in 30 years within weeks of coming to power, i has been told.
Labour will commit to bringing Britain’s railways back under public ownership for the first time in 30 years within weeks of coming to power, i has been told.
Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field has died aged 81, his family has announced. “He will be mourned by admirers across politics but above all he will be greatly missed by those lucky enough to have enjoyed his laughter and friendship,” a statement said.
Former GB News chairman Andrew Neil has told Parliament the channel will not “ever be profitable” on its current path.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/andrew-neil-says-gb-news-can-never-be-profitable-on-current-path/
France has come under fire for allowing a migrant boat on which five people were crushed to death to continue its journey across the Channel to Britain.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/23/french-under-fire-over-death-crush-migrant-boat/
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill will finally become law after a parliamentary showdown ended late in the night. Plans to send some asylum seekers to Africa have met with fierce criticism, but the bill passed on Monday when the Lords dropped their opposition.
The state of UK roads is “miserable”, a motoring services chief has said, as vehicle breakdowns rose by 9% in the last year due to potholes, new figures have suggested.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-roads-in-miserable-state-as-pothole-related-breakdowns-surge-13121038
Objections to the government’s flagship Rwanda Bill by some peers are “patronising” and “border on racism”, the deputy foreign secretary has said. The House of Lords has been pushing for a change to the bill that would establish a committee to monitor the safety of asylum seekers in Rwanda.
Leaders of the agency supposed to be tackling England’s housing crisis are under fire from their own staff for neglecting delivery and a “failure” to manage spending, including nearly £400k on an internal meeting, i can reveal.
The former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton used an “offensive and outdated” term about a prospective candidate for a job, an investigation has found, as the company’s chief executive was cleared of wrongdoing.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/post-office-boss-nick-read-cleared-bullying-fs7sh8zzq
The Home Secretary has confirmed an investigation is underway over claims two men, said to be survivors of the 7 October Hamas terror attack, were singled out by Border Force staff at Manchester Airport because they were Israelis.
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