First migrant flight to Rwanda stopped by European Court of Human Rights injunctions

Protesters at the perimeter of MoD Boscombe Down tonight

The first flight taking migrants to Rwanda from the UK has been grounded after last-minute injunctions by the European Court of Human Rights. The highly controversial policy to send some migrants to East Africa has been criticised by opponents such as religious leaders and charities as “inhumane”. There have been attempts in London courts to

Deborah James receives damehood at home as Prince William makes special trip

Deborah James receives damehood at home as Prince William makes special trip

The Duke of Cambridge has presented podcast host Deborah James with a damehood at her family home. The 40-year-old, known online as Bowel Babe, was honoured for her “tireless campaigning” to raise awareness of bowel cancer. Dame Deborah posted pictures of William with herself and her family on Instagram and said it was “such a

Trade unions threaten national strike over Tory plans to slash a fifth of civil service jobs

Trade unions threaten national strike over Tory plans to slash a fifth of civil service jobs

Boris Johnson faces the threat of a national public sector strike over plans to axe tens of thousands of civil service jobs. The Prime Minister put himself on a collision course with trade unions after it was revealed he has tasked his Cabinet with cutting about 90,000 jobs. Unions reacted with fury after Johnson told

Call for 4% cap on energy price rises by Scotland’s top trade unionist Roz Foyer

Call for 4% cap on energy price rises by Scotland's top trade unionist Roz Foyer

Scotland’s most senior trade unionist has demanded energy price rises are capped at 4 per cent in a bid to address the cost of living crisis. STUC general secretary Roz Foyer also called for Holyrood to have the power to implement a £12-a-hour minimum wage and abolish the hated “ fire and rehire” practice used

UK Government’s Rwanda asylum plan a ‘cataclysmic waste of taxpayers’ money’

Home Secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan minister for foreign affairs and international co-operation, Vincent Biruta, signed a "world-first" migration and economic development partnership in the East African nation's capital city Kigali, on Thursday.

A controversial policy to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is a “cataclysmic waste of taxpayers’ money”, the SNP has said. The party’s home affairs spokesman Stuart McDonald MP described it as an “abhorrent policy” by the UK Government and called on Westminster to drop the plan and use the money to support

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