By David Churchill, Chief Political Correspondent Published: 6:00 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2024 | Updated: 6:01 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2024 Boris Johnson yesterday joined growing calls for an increase in defense spending.The former prime minister called on Rishi Sunak's government to take a "more robust stance" and increase military investment in the face of increasing global threats.He also called on the West to...
The former prime minister urged Rishi Sunak's Government to strike a 'more robust posture' by boosting military investment in the face of rising global threats.
Johnson is reported to have met President Maduro alongside Merlyn Advisors co-founder Maarten Petermann in February.
A group of tech companies in the north of England have called for the creation of a Manchester-based digital investment fund to help challenge the “dominance of London and the South East”. Industry body Manchester Digital and several tech firms based in the north or with a significant northern presence – including Auto Trader, BT […]
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urges ministers to follow lead of Scotland and WalesParents in England and Northern Ireland should be banned from smacking their children because doing so is unjust, dangerous and harmful, leading doctors have urged ministers.It was “a scandal” that Scotland and Wales had outlawed smacking but not the other two home nations, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Five months after the elections, the Dutch right and far right are still unable to form a government. The Socialist-Green coalition, which came second in the elections, could take over as early as this week.
Left-wing political leader Frans Timmermans denied allegations on Sunday claiming he called for violence against PVV leader Geert Wilders. "Wilders always does this when he is criticized. Then he lashes out," said the former European Commissioner and current GroenLinks-PvdA leader in a statement.Wilders said on Saturday evening that he would press charges against Timmermans, who said in a speech this weekend, "We will stop at nothing to prevent Wilders from coming to power in this country."...
The former PM has been evasive about his links to a hedge fund that set up the meeting, Acoba rules.
Asthma + Lung UK warn that with air pollution returning to pre-covid levels, the plans following the backtracking of the proposed clean air zone in the city, are not ambitious enough to meet the challenge. It claims over 800,000 people in West Yorkshire, including 56,000 children under six, are exposed to harmful pollution levels well above recommendations from the World Health Organisation and warns the air quality in Leeds is putting the health of our communities, especially children, at...
The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.
Over 100 people marched down the streets of downtown Iowa City on Tuesday night to call for an end to sexual violence on campus. The UI’s annual Take Back the Night demonstration held by the University of Iowa’s Women’s Resource and Action Center, or WRAC, has become a historic safe space for sexual violence survivors.
"I do not think the impulse to kill protesters—much less the act of following through on such a thought—is typical," Elrod writes. "The murder of innocent people over inconvenience is neither trivial nor, one would hope, particularly relatable."