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It was business as usual as MPs held constituency surgeries less than 24 hours after the death of Sir David Amess. Amess was killed while meeting constituents in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday, five-and-a-half years after Jo Cox, a Labour MP, was killed by a far-right extremist. Some MPs on Saturday called for a review of safety […]

The Oscar-winning film producer and environmentalist David Puttnam has announced his resignation from the House of Lords over concerns the UK government is on a “path to self-inflicted disaster”. Lord Puttnam, a Labour party member, was nominated to the Lords by Tony Blair in 1997 and has served on a number of select committees focusing […]

Matt Hancock, the former UK health secretary, will no longer become a special envoy for the United Nations after the job offer was withdrawn. Hancock had said he was “honoured” to be working with the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa to help the continent recover from the pandemic. But campaigners objected to the appointment last […]

PA Media reports that Virginia Lewis-Jones, the daughter of Dame Vera Lynn and family friend of Sir David Amess, will add a tribute to the MP to the statue of her mother that the pair fundraised for. Amess supported and helped launch the Dame Vera Lynn Memorial Appeal, working to have a statue erected in […]

Boris Johnson faces a significant test of his leadership before the Cop26 climate summit as the chancellor and business secretary are at war over the imminent plan for reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions. The government is poised to publish its long-awaited net zero strategy on Monday, setting out how the UK will meet its […]

Shamus, 55, London Occupation CEO of an AI company Voting record Labour, Liberal, Green Amuse bouche When he was 19, for a dare, Shamus streaked along Whitehall from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square wearing only shoes and socks Marcio, 41, London Occupation Marketing campaign manager Voting record Conservative in the last election Amuse bouche Marcio […]

The UK has announced an extra £29m of humanitarian aid to people affected by the deepening conflict in northern Ethiopia, as the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, reviews what kind of further pressure can be placed on the new Ethiopian government to open up badly needed humanitarian corridors. The UK has provided more than £75m to […]

The death of Sir David Amess, after allegedly being stabbed several times at his Essex constituency surgery on Friday, is shocking. This is the 10th time an MP has been killed or attacked since 1979. Only five years ago a far-right sympathiser shot and stabbed the Labour MP Jo Cox as she made her way to her […]

One of the most common accusations to be levelled at MPs is that they are “out of touch”. It is sometimes true, but not as often as people may think. The charge is frequently a device to portray ideological difference as cultural alienation. We disagree with a politician’s opinions, and want that to indicate some […]

Susan McKay falls into the same trap as others who predict the imminence of a united Ireland (On the far side of borders, a new Ireland is taking shape, 9 October). She fails to address the question of what form reunification would take. Does she envisage the six counties and their 18 Westminster constituencies simply decanting into […]

Ministers have announced plans to allow foreign lorry drivers to make an unlimited number of pick-ups and drop-offs within a fixed period in the UK in a move aimed at tackling supply chain problems. Announcing the rule change, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said: “We don’t want ‘cabotage’ to sabotage our industry.” What exactly is […]

The UK, the US and the EU are embarking on a frantic round of climate diplomacy in a last-ditch attempt to bring key countries into a deal on greenhouse gas emissions before the Cop26 climate summit. Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who will preside over the talks, has meetings planned with representatives of China […]

Boris Johnson may be prime minister, but over on BBC iPlayer there’s a Labour government. For five hour-long sessions, those fed up with life in a country now in its 12th consecutive year under a Tory leader can wallow in an alternative reality where it’s Labour that wins and wins and wins. The opportunity comes […]

The government is poised to approve funding for a fleet of Rolls-Royce mini nuclear reactors that the prime minister hopes will help the UK reach his target of zero-carbon electricity by 2035. A consortium led by the British engineering firm had already secured £210m in backing from private investors for the small modular reactor (SMR) […]