Sign up for the View from Westminster email to get expert analysis delivered straight to your inbox Get our free Westminster email view A former Downing Street civil servant who worked during the Covid crisis has revealed the true scale of drunken debauchery under Boris Johnson, with No 10 parties so wild that staff passed...
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Hose ban in Kent and Sussex announced amid water shortages
South East Water said demand for drinking water in Kent and Sussex hit record levels in June A hose and sprinkler ban has been placed on people in Kent and Sussex. South East Water said it had no choice after demand for drinking water reached “record levels” in June, similar to last year’s drought. Up...
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Boris Johnson faced 90-day suspension for misleading MPs before he quit – UK politics live | Politics
Privileges committee says Johnson would face 90-day suspension if he were still MP The committee says, if Boris Johnson were still an MP, it would recommend a suspension for 90 days. It says that last week it was set to recommend a suspension for more than 10 sitting days, enough to trigger the recall election...
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Nottingham attack horror victims named as tributes arrive
you The three victims of a Nottingham terror attack have been named as tributes roll in. Londoner Grace Kumar and Barnaby Webber, from Somerset, both 19, were heard screaming for help after being attacked as they were returning to their dorms after a night out. Ian Coates, 65, was later killed during a violent carjacking...
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Nadine Dorries delays resignation until peerage information is released
Last week, Nadine Dorries said she would resign from her Mid Bedfordshire post with immediate effect. Former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has said she will not resign until she gets more information about why she was denied a peerage. Boris Johnson’s ally announced last Friday that she would retire as an MP for Mid Bedfordshire...
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Call to reform abortion law after imprisoned mother
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes has called for a debate in Parliament on abortion laws. Parliament should debate revising abortion rules after a woman was jailed, the chairman of the Commons’ equality committee has said. Caroline Nokes MP told the BBC that the 1861 law used to prosecute Carla Foster, a mother of three, was “out...
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Covid research to analyze the impact of Brexit on the pandemic
The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of Brexit on Britain’s preparedness for the virus and the government’s handling of the pandemic. Two years after then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that a public inquiry would be set up, the chairwoman, Baroness Hallett, will officially start the first day of testing on Tuesday. The first module,...
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak ‘at war’ ahead of Committee on Privileges verdict on former PM
Bоris Johnson struck back at Rishi Sunak in a full-blown dispute over peerages when he formally resigned as MP. In a dramatic escalation of the Tory civil war, the former prime minister on Monday accused his successor, Mr Sunak, of speaking “nonsense”. Earlier, the current prime minister had publicly confronted Johnson over his nominations for...
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Bathroom stabbing: Eleven teens arrested after 16-year-old boy was killed
A murder investigation has been launched. Eleven teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy at a party in Somerset. Emergency services were called to an address on Eastfield Avenue in Bath shortly after 11pm BST on Saturday. Six boys and two girls, ages 15 to 17,...
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Three British passengers missing after a ship caught fire off the coast of Egypt | UK News
Sunday June 11, 2023 1:32 PM, UK A search is underway for three missing British passengers after a diving boat caught fire in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, authorities said. Twelve tourists were rescued from the boat in Marsa Alam, which according to local authorities was carrying 15 British passengers, 10 crew...