In this issue

June 14, 2022

EU threatens legal action to protect Brexit deal

Truss under fire for bid to rip up Northern Ireland protocol

1 min

Only the Tories are able to decide how low is too low

The clock strikes eight and Boris Johnson dials in for his interview on LBC from somewhere below the waterline of a toilet bowl in Cornwall.

4 mins

Rwanda deportation plan given go-ahead by judges

Home secretary Priti Patel's highly controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda on today's deportation flight has been given the go-ahead by the Court of Appeal. Judges rejected a last-ditch attempt by campaigners to have the first flight blocked until a full hearing on the lawfulness of the "offshore processing" scheme can be heard in July.

3 mins

A state gripped by fear: the dark side of 'safe' Rwanda

Boris Johnson's depiction of Rwanda as "one of the safest countries in the world" overlooks the plight of those who get on the wrong side of president Paul Kagame.

3 mins

Johnson says no to tax cuts until inflation under control

Boris Johnson has indicated his government will not cut taxes until inflation is under control, as he came under fresh pressure to slash the amounts paid by households and businesses.

1 min

Stock markets tumble amid growing fears of recession

The pound fell against the dollar and UK stock markets tumbled yesterday after gloomy figures showed the country was edging closer to a recession. The economy shrank unexpectedly in April amid spiralling prices for essential goods, rising interest rates and record fuel costs.

3 mins

Starmer investigated over possible breaches of rules

Sir Keir Starmer has come under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner for potentially breaching Commons rules on earnings and gifts.

2 mins

Being known as 'Mr Rules' may haunt Labour leader

The allegations against Keir Starmer being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner appear to be relatively minor. Labour will be hoping their political consequences are too. The exact claims about what the Labour leader did wrong have not been made public, but an examination of his register of interests provides a few clues.

1 min

Sturgeon to launch new independence campaign

Scotland's first minister is set to launch the first in a new series of papers that she says will form an "updated independence prospectus".

3 mins

NHS is accused of masking the true scale of A&E crisis

More than 380,000 patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E last year, new figures show, amid claims "misleading" public data masks the true scale of the problem.

2 mins

Spacey charged with four counts of sexual assault

The actor Kevin Spacey has been formally charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. Spacey, 62, has also been charged by the Metropolitan Police with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

1 min

Banks likely to appeal after journalist wins libel case

The High Court has thrown out Brexit-backing businessman Arron Banks's libel claim against journalist Carole Cadwalladr. It ruled yesterday the freelance reporter's public interest defence had been successful.

3 mins

Family 'removed from flight because of peanut allergy'

A family has claimed Turkish Airlines removed them from a flight because of their six-year-old daughter's peanut allergy. Eren Dervish was travelling to Cyprus with his wife and two children during the May half-term when the incident happened.

4 mins

Ukraine's weapons wishlist as war reaches crucial point

Defence ministers from Nato and Ukraine will meet in Brussels this week to discuss weapons supplies to Kyiv, at the most critical time in the war since the earliest days of Russia's invasion.

4 mins

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