North Yorkshire Council staff who handle anti-terror work were taught that the Virgin Mary "wore a hijab", in a training programme on Islamophobia that the state has helped to pay for.
Vicky Richter · 2 October 2026The Afghanistan inquiry has cost the taxpayer £58m and has run for more than three and a half years without publishing a finding. As it drags on, the association representing more than 5,000 serving and former Special Forces personnel says it is ready to take the Government to court over separate Northern Ireland legacy legislation. Brigadier Ed Butler warns that years of unresolved legal jeopardy are already deterring soldiers from attempting SAS selection, and Britain's most dangerous military work depends on a small number of volunteers. The question is what happens to that pipeline if the men who do it come to believe the law will follow them for the rest of their lives.
Vicky Richter · 1 October 2026Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Labour's minister for nature and rural affairs, told a fringe meeting at her party's conference that a nostalgic vision of Britain built around warm ale, a black Labrador and a country pub was "a very far-Right nostalgic vision of Britain" that "never really existed". Her remarks have drawn criticism from Conservatives and the Great British PAC, as rural communities continue to face pub closures, rising costs and pressure on farming.
Vicky Richter · 29 September 2026He guarded Ismail Haniyeh for Hamas. Britain gave him asylum, then a passport. Now German prosecutors say Mr X, as the courts call him, was involved in an alleged plot to attack Jewish community centres, Israeli diplomats and pro-Israel rallies in Europe, timed for the second anniversary of October 7. A judge granted him anonymity for 100 years. It took a newspaper query to fix that. The allegation facing Mr X is extraordinary. The unanswered question for Britain is how much of his past was known, and by whom, before the state gave him its protection and, eventually, its passport.
Vicky Richter · 29 September 2026Downing Street advisers are pushing Andy Burnham to call a spring general election, believing it is Labour's best chance of another majority. YouGov's latest MRP model projects Labour 85 seats short. SNP sources have named their price, and the Prime Minister insists he has ruled out an early election.
Vicky Richter · 26 September 2026The Government’s £88m-plus package combines previously announced and new humanitarian support for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Meanwhile, Army training cuts are linked to a £30m saving, with reservists expected to lose service days.
Vicky Richter · 25 September 2026Negotiations between the British Museum and Greece over the future of the Elgin Marbles have reportedly collapsed, more than a year after the Great British PAC assembled a cross-party coalition of parliamentarians, lawyers, historians, academics and public figures to demand an end to secretive plans to remove the sculptures from Britain.
Vicky Richter · 24 September 2026Ofcom's 2026 news consumption survey asked viewers what they thought of the news they already watch. GB News viewers gave their channel 74 per cent on trust. BBC viewers gave the BBC 66 per cent. On impartiality, 63 per cent to 53. None of it appeared in the report published on 15 September. It surfaced afterwards, once GB News asked for it. Ofcom calls the delay an administrative error. The figures land while ministers consult on making "trusted" news providers more prominent on social media, and as new Ofcom crisis measures for online platforms take effect this autumn. Great British PAC chief executive Claire Bullivant says the figures are "deeply embarrassing for both Ofcom and the BBC".
Vicky Richter · 23 September 2026The Liberal Democrats think Britons would sign up to defend the country if only they were given the option. The reaction to the "war register" suggests otherwise.
Vicky Richter · 22 September 2026A Budget submission from the Labour donor Dale Vince would raise capital gains tax to as high as 45pc and put the proceeds into the personal allowance, lifting it from £12,570 to £15,570. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor are examining it. No decision has been made. HMRC's own illustrative modelling suggests a rise of that kind can cost the Exchequer money, and capital gains tax is the most volatile tax the Treasury collects.
Vicky Richter · 21 September 2026The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani cleric six days after the Archbishop of Canterbury presented it at Lambeth Palace on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi once promised Osama bin Laden the title "Saifullah" and referred to "Palestinian freedom fighters" in remarks about the 7 October attack. Lambeth Palace has not explained how the nomination was approved.
Vicky Richter · 18 September 2026Andy Burnham has committed to net zero by 2050 in his strongest intervention on climate since entering Downing Street, pairing nearly £30m for community energy with a promise that Britain will believe in itself again. But a major energy decision facing the government, on the Jackdaw gasfield, will not now come before a byelection the Greens are fighting hard.
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