Giorno: 19 Maggio 2023

Discontent among Tory MPs after Sunak changes immigration targets

Read More Rishi Sunak’s change of government targets on immigration has prompted discontent among restless Conservative backbenchers, with some seeking a meeting with the home secretary, Suella Braverman. It comes after the prime minister set a new goal of bringing migration down below the level he “inherited”, which was about 500,000 net arrivals a year […]

Boris and Carrie Johnson expecting third child in ‘just a few weeks’

Read More Carrie Johnson has announced that she and Boris Johnson are expecting their third child, with the expected delivery date just weeks away. Johnson announced on Instagram she was eight months pregnant, saying the baby would arrive in “just a few weeks”. The couple have two other children: Wilfred, who was born in April […]

US to back fighter jet training for Ukrainian pilots

Read More The US has told its allies it will back a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 and other modern fighter jets, marking a significant boost to western support for Kyiv as it prepares a major counteroffensive. Joe Biden has already informed fellow leaders attending a G7 summit in Japan […]

Tesco chair to stand down after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Read More John Allan will stand down as chair of Tesco after allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Allan, who has been chair of the UK’s biggest supermarket since 2015, will step down at the retailer’s annual general meeting (AGM) on 16 June. The announcement came on Friday, 10 days after the Guardian reported that Allan allegedly […]

Patients paying ?550 an hour to see private GPs amid NHS frustrations

Read More Patients are paying up to ?550 an hour to see private GPs amid frustration at the delays many face getting an appointment with an NHS family doctor. Growing numbers of paid-for GP services are opening up across Britain, in the latest sign of how the NHS’s inability to offer prompt care is creating […]

DeSantis’ political team lashes out at ‘dishonest’ pro-Trump PAC ad that claims DeSantis tried to raise taxes

The political team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back against a new ad from a super PAC backing former President Trump’s 2024 campaign, insisting the ad’s claim that DeSantis “backed a national sales tax” and a “23% tax hike” during his tenure in Congress is “dishonest” because it leaves out key details. Launched […]

Sen. Bennet says overturning Roe has ‘sacrificed’ US military ‘security’

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year as a danger to the U.S. military. Bennet, who has made the same argument in long form releases previously, on Wednesday posted a video of himself making the point on social media. “The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe […]

57 House Republicans demand debt limit talks include crackdown on illegal immigrants

Nearly five dozen conservative Republican lawmakers are demanding that border security be part of any deal struck to raise the debt ceiling, calling the House GOP’s recently passed bill on the issue a “starting point” for such talks. The note, led by Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-Okla., also accused President Biden and Senate […]

Khanna to Ailing Feinstein: Step Down ‘With Dignity’

Rep. Ro Khanna, doubling down on his call for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to resign, said this week that “it’s sad for anyone to see” the 89-year-old veteran lawmaker remain in office while her health is suffering.

Republicans demand answers from NIH director after 2 involved in transgender youth study ‘died by suicide’

More than a dozen House and Senate Republicans have penned a letter to the director of the National Institutes of Health demanding answers over a study it funded titled “Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones,” during which “two young people tragically died by suicide.” The message to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, co-signed […]