[ad_1] The two last remaining migrants who are detained and waiting to be sent to Rwanda will be bailed in the coming days, the government has said.The Home Office also revealed that a further 218 migrants were released on bail from detention centres by the previous government during the election campaign.They were due to be deported to the east-central African country as part of previous PM Rishi Sunak's policy to
[ad_1] The Liberal Democrats have won the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency, the last seat in the UK to announce its general election result.Candidate Angus MacDonald gained a majority of 2,160 over the SNP's Drew Hendry.The SNP candidate had already conceded defeat after a recount delayed the result.It means the Liberal Democrats have won 72 Westminster seats, six of which are in Scotland, meaning they have overtaken the Scottish
[ad_1] 29 minutes agoBy Paul Seddon, Political reporterGetty ImagesSir Keir Starmer has said he wants to reduce the number of people going to prison through renewed efforts to cut reoffending.In his first press conference, the prime minister said too many people found themselves back in jail "relatively quickly" after being sent there.He added that intervening to prevent young people committing knife crime would be an early priority for his new government.But he
[ad_1] Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is "dead and buried", on his first full day as prime minister.The Labour leader said he would end the "gimmick" of deporting migrants arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda, which was established by the previous Conservative government.Labour campaigned on a manifesto pledge to scrap the scheme, which has already cost around £310m, promising a more effective approach to tackling
[ad_1] Conservatives are pondering what the future looks like this weekend.The immediate answer is: it looks bleak.Rishi Sunak is still the party leader, and folk I talk to tell me he is up for sticking around for a couple of months, but perhaps not much longer.That would give the party the summer to work out who its next leader should be.The thing is the whole rulebook for a leadership contest
[ad_1] 11 minutes agoBy Laura Kuenssberg, @bbclaurak, Sunday with Laura KuenssbergGetty Images“A face of thunder.” As opposition leader, Sir Keir Starmer would go back to his office after the Queen’s Speech deeply frustrated after witnessing the Conservatives’ plans laid out year after year. He carried the curse of the leader of the opposition – irrelevance.He formally became prime minister at lunchtime on Friday, but for a number of months now, he has also
[ad_1] PA MediaSir Keir Starmer has appointed his cabinet after Labour's landslide election win, making Rachel Reeves the UK's first female chancellor.Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is also among a record 11 women in the team of 25. In his first speech as prime minister at Downing Street on Friday Sir Keir promised to restore trust in politics with a "government of service".His new cabinet will meet for the first
[ad_1] 2 hours agoBy Alix Hattenstone, Jonathan Fagg and Miguel Roca-Terry, BBC England Data UnitGetty ImagesHow much does my vote matter?Turns out, quite a lot. In this election, seven seats were won by fewer than 100 votes.That's up from just one seat in 2019 - when Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew won Fermanagh and South Tyrone by 57 votes.But there have been smaller margins. In 1886, Conservative John Edmund Wentworth Addison drew with
[ad_1] 2 hours agoBy Henry Zeffman, Chief Political CorrespondentReutersA little after midday, as scores of sleep-deprived Labour activists and campaign staff thronged into Downing Street to welcome their new prime minister, I saw one of them literally pinch himself.That’s - almost - all you need to know about the mood in the Labour Party right now: jubilation blended with disbelief.When Rachel Burden read out the exit poll in our radio studio, Wes
[ad_1] Prime Minister Keir Starmer appoints Labour MPs to cabinet positions after landslide election victory. [ad_2] Source link
