UK politicians

This MP uttered perhaps the most powerful words in opposition to dictator Museveni ever uttered on the floors of the British Parliament when be said: "Will the government use CHOGM to give a message to Uganda's President Museveni that after 32 years in power he's become a barrier to his country's ...

Kashmiri separatist groups and Khalistan sympathisers who tore down the Indian national flag from one of the official flagpoles set up for the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in London on Wednesday were led by Pakistani-origin British Member of Parliament (MP) Lord Nazir ...

When MP Kemi Badenoch was handed the question, she confessed to something quite serious: hacking into the website of another politician. ... Put simply, that's a crime considered trivial enough that it can be tried only in magistrates' court, the lowest tier of all England's and Wales' mainstream courts.

A senior member of the British Labour Party's shadow cabinet has accused the Government of playing up the issue of the Border in Brexit negotiations for economic reasons and described the Good Friday Agreement as a “shibboleth”. Barry Gardiner, Britain's shadow international trade secretary, told a ...

Mariam's forensic death investigations to end within 10 days: MP ... During the Parliament delegation's visit to London to unveil the circumstances of Moustafa's death, Nasr el-Din referred that the British authorities vowed to end the forensic investigations within 10 days, and the body would be moved to ...

The Suffolk MP Daniel Poulter has been cleared over allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues. Mr Poulter was referred to an internal disciplinary committee following claims made to the Sunday Times in November. In a statement, the Conservative Party said a panel found there ...

South West Norfolk MP Elizabeth Truss joined Dr John Nash from Two Rivers Brewery, in Denver, to raise the profile of the industry. Their ales are widely stocked in the Blackstone Engine Bar which has opened in the historic Denver Mill. Ms Truss said: “Brilliant things are happening in Denver with the Two ...

He said that 770,000 people living in England speak no English or hardly any English. Syed Ibne Abbas, the High Commissioner of Pakistan, paid rich tribute to the hardworking and inspirational British Pakistanis who are making “Pakistan proud”. He said it is essential recognising the success stories to ...

The past week has been devoted to travel and exploration during English Tourism Week (ETW). Now in its seventh year, English Tourism Week raises the profile and showcases the benefits of the tourism industry to local communities and the economy. Tourism is one of England's largest and most ...

Barnsley MP Dan Jarvis has been chosen as the Labour candidate for the role of Sheffield City Region mayor. Mr Jarvis, 45, was elected with 2,584 votes, beating rival, city councillor Ben Curran, who got 1,903. A ruling by the party's National Executive Committee means if he wins the mayoral race he will ...

Owen Smith has been sacked as British Labour Party spokesman on Northern Ireland after breaking ranks with leader Jeremy Corbyn by calling for a new European Union referendum. He was dismissed from the shadow cabinet after saying that Labour should keep asking whether Brexit remains the right ...

Two people have been taken to hospital as a precaution after a "suspicious package" was delivered to an MP's Westminster office. The London Ambulance Service's hazardous area response team (HART) were called to the office in the Norman Shaw North building on Whitehall, at 12.58 GMT on Monday. The pair did not ...

May Expected to Blame Russia for Poisoning of Spy - MP ... LONDON (Reuters) - The chairman of the British parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Monday the nerve agent attack on a former Russian agent in southern England looked like state-sponsored attempted murder and he expected ...

While he said he did not support an England boycott of this summer's World Cup in Russia, Tugendhat said ministers should be “very, very careful” about any threat to British fans who travel to the tournament. A public health warning urging hundreds of people who visited a pub and restaurant where Skripal ...

Im British first and foremost, because I was born in Britain," she was quoted as saying by BBC. "I challenge all my colleagues in the Conservative Party and in Westminster: Dont label me as a BME. Ive said that to people in the Cabinet. Ive said that to civil servants. I think its patronising and insulting,? she ...

LONDON - A member of the British parliament on Sunday vowed to scrutinize his country's export of surveillance equipment to Manila, saying this may make UK "complicit" in the alleged extra-judicial killings under the Philippines' war on drugs. The UK government sold £150 million or nearly P11 billion ...

BRIGHTON Kemptown MP welcomed the value of English language schools during a visit to EF, a year-round international school. He was taken on a tour of the Sussex Square campus, answered questions from students and met with staff. EF Education First is a family-owned international education company which has ...

David Lammy, Labour Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, England, has teamed up with Junior Achievement of Trinidad and Tobago (JAOTT) to provide ... “English is the dominant global language, and since it is our first language, we should know how to express it to get the greatest effect.

Her family's local MP has therefore called for her belongings to be returned to Britain, so police here can carry out extensive testing to see if they hold any further clues to the identity of her killers. Chris Davies, Brecon and Radnorshire MP, told BBC Radio Wales: "Kirsty's belongings are still in Thailand.

Although Polak has supported the Conservative Party for decades, he recently came to the “rescue” of a Labour Party politician who had been abandoned by voters. Natascha Engel, the politician in question, lost her parliamentary seat in last year's general election. Since then, she has been appointed to ...

The National Human Right Committee's claims about the British MPs' concerns over the humanitarian situation in Qatar were also undermined by the inclusion of some elementary errors, such as referring to the House of Commons — the lower chamber of the British Parliament — as “the British House of ...

A British MP has joined calls for the Australian Parliament to punish Russian human rights violators and criminals. Ian Austin has told AM that Australian MPs need to ask themselves "whose side are you on? The Russian people, or Vladimir Putin and the corrupt oligarchs around him?" The comments follow ...

(CNN) Brendan Cox, the husband of murdered British MP Jo Cox, has stepped down from charities he set up in her name, amid allegations of sexual assault. ... Labour MP Jo Cox, 41, was stabbed and shot by right wing extremist Thomas Mair outside her office in Northern England in June 2016.

Assisting someone to kill themselves is currently illegal in the UK, and doctors' union the British Medical Association does not support a change in the law. In a statement it warned that a change in the law "could have an impact on recruitment and retention of doctors to the Island" because GMC rules bar ...

British MP Naz Shah praised Crown Prince Mohammed for promoting a moderate interpretation of Islam. (AFP) ... LONDON: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has made important steps toward improving the rights of women in the Kingdom, a prominent British female MP said this week. Writing for the ...

A British member of parliament was expected to use a debate on Wednesday to push for tougher laws on sexual harassment by recording acts such as ... Labour's Melanie Onn, the MP for Great Grimsby, reportedly believes that such a qualification can encourage more women to come forward and report ...

A Scottish MP has asked John Bercow to help him “gloat” to colleagues about Scotland's rugby triumph over England. Labour's Ian Murray asked the Commons Speaker how he could find out which English MPs were in his Edinburgh South constituency to “drown their sorrows” following the Six Nations ...

A British Parliamentarian says there is no meaningful progress on reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Joan Ryan, Member of Parliament for Enfield North and Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils said that said that unless the culture of impunity on the island is tackled, and there is a genuine ...