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Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised Rishi Sunak’s legislation cracking down on strikes as “badly written” in the latest headache for the prime minister. A new law aimed at securing so-called minimum…

Solicitors Peters and Peters were awarded a contract worth £129,700 in August 2021. However, cabinet office permanent secretary Alex Chisholm revealed the figure will be £222,000 due to the length…

Dominic Raab’s British bill of rights would make it easier for the state to commit human rights violations and should be scrapped, MPs and peers have said. In a report…

The government has just blocked Scotland’s gender recognition bill, escalating the already simmering tensions between Downing Street and Holyrood. The legislation was hailed for being a landmark moment for trans…

Rishi Sunak has performed yet another U-turn after he caved in to Tory rebels over the government’s online harms bill. The prime minister has agreed that social media bosses could…

MPs have voted in favour of controversial proposals that could see public sector workers including nurses sacked for going on strike. The government’s Transport Strikes Bill passed in parliament on…

Rishi Sunak is facing a fresh Tory backbench rebellion over a law aimed at protecting children when they use the internet. Nearly 40 Conservative MPs – including former cabinet ministers…

Grant Shapps today said “life and limb must come first” as he defended a controversial new anti-strike bill. The Business Secretary was promoting the new law aimed at ensuring a…

The government has significantly reduced the amount of support businesses will get for energy bills as the policy was extended for another year. The current scheme is set to cost…

The UK government has said it could try and block the Scottish Parliament’s decision to allow transgender people to self identify. MSPs passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill passed…