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‘Leaseholders should not pay a penny to rectify faults not of their doing’

Leaseholders should not pay a penny to put right faults that are not of their doing in order to make their homes safe, MPs have said in a report into building safety remediation. The cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Personal Finance

Robust regulations needed around e-scooters, say insurance bodies

Robust regulations and enforcement are needed around the use of e-scooters, according to insurance industry bodies. They said Government figures show that in the year ending June 2021 there were 882 accidents involving e-scooters across Britain. ...

31 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Police ‘need powers to disperse threatening protests outside Parliament’

Police should have the powers to “disperse” protests around Parliament, MPs’ offices and council chambers that they deem to be threatening, the Government’s political violence tsar has said. Baron Walney, the UK Government’s adviser on ...

23 Feb 2024 at 12:50

‘Absolute tosh’ that Government is dragging its feet on AI safety, minister says

Science Secretary Michelle Donelan has claimed it is “absolute tosh” to say the Government is dragging its feet on artificial intelligence (AI) safeguards. Ms Donelan said the UK is leading the world when it comes to AI safety but ...

17 Apr 2024 at 14:57

Ireland

Dublin is safe compared to other western cities, Varadkar insists

Dublin is a safe city when compared with others in the western world, the Taoiseach has insisted. Leo Varadkar said while it is important to acknowledge and listen to the experiences of those who have fallen victim to crime in ...

29 Dec 2023 at 07:10

Ireland

Increase in ‘palpable sense of menace’ towards politicians in Ireland

There has been an increase in a “palpable sense of menace” by a small cohort of people towards politicians in Ireland, the former Garda commissioner has said. Noirin O’Sullivan was speaking as the chairwoman of the taskforce ...

15 May 2024 at 17:16

Scotland

Woman sentenced after licking politician on neck while campaigning

A woman has been sentenced for approaching Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon, grabbing her and then licking her on the neck. Elspeth Wood, 57, of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, was given a community payback order with three ...

07 Apr 2025 at 18:33

Starmer pledges to review minimum barrier heights in multi-storey car parks

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to review the safety of multi-storey car parks, following the death of a 15-year-old boy in Liverpool. Gabriel Santer died after falling from the top of a multi-storey car park in the city ...

02 Jul 2025 at 13:47

Left-leaning Greens and Independents back ban on Israeli football fans

Independent and Green politicians have backed a ban on Israeli fans attending a football match in Birmingham and called for a sporting boycott of the country. Both Labour and the Conservatives have criticised the ...

17 Oct 2025 at 11:42

Safety initiative right but depressing, says sister of murdered MP Jo Cox

Politicians’ safety is in a “much worse and less safe” state than it was in 2016 when Jo Cox was murdered, the late MP’s sister has warned as she said the establishment of a new national democracy protection ...

03 Apr 2026 at 13:38

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