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PM now has no authority for new things – Welsh Secretary

Boris Johnson will no longer have the authority to do “new things” in Government, the Welsh Secretary has said. Sir Robert Buckland, a former justice secretary who took up the offer of a Cabinet return despite hours before calling for the Prime ...

07 Jul 2022 at 17:27

Johnson appoints new Cabinet ministers before quitting

Boris Johnson began a reshuffle of his Cabinet shortly before announcing his resignation as Tory leader. He appointed a string of new Cabinet ministers to replace MPs who quit as part of the mass ministerial exodus in protest at his leadership....

07 Jul 2022 at 15:32

Drakeford: Relationship with Welsh Secretary off to reasonable start

Mark Drakeford has said his relationship with the reappointed Welsh Secretary is “off to a reasonable start”. The Welsh First Minister said he was meeting with Sir Robert Buckland on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the MP survived Liz ...

07 Sept 2022 at 16:56

Ex-justice secretary rejects Hancock’s account of Covid prisoner release plan

Sir Robert Buckland, the justice secretary for much of the pandemic, has rejected claims made by Matt Hancock that a plan to release “thousands” of prisoners was considered by the Government. Mr Hancock, the former health secretary ...

11 Dec 2022 at 17:57

New Wales Secretary wants to get families and firms through challenging winter

The new Secretary of State for Wales has said his first priority is to get families and businesses “through this challenging winter”. Veteran Tory politician David TC Davies, was promoted to the Cabinet role on Tuesday by Prime ...

26 Oct 2022 at 14:06

Ireland

Bid to recall Stormont Assembly next week

A bid is under way to have the Stormont Assembly recalled next week. Sinn Fein is attempting to bring the recall on Wednesday – the day before trade unions are planning one of the largest public sector strikes Northern Ireland ...

12 Jan 2024 at 18:54

Elphicke ‘lobbied justice secretary to interfere in husband’s sex offence trial’

Tory defector Natalie Elphicke has been accused of lobbying the justice secretary in 2020 to interfere in her then-husband’s criminal sex offences trial. Sir Robert Buckland has said the MP who has now crossed the floor to ...

11 May 2024 at 21:36

Leaving ECHR over Rwanda scheme ruling would be foolish, says Tory MP

Any move to abandon or ignore the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in response to a Supreme Court ruling over the Government’s Rwanda scheme would be “foolish and rash”, a Conservative MP has said. Sir Robert ...

03 Dec 2023 at 11:09

Robert Buckland says protocol Bill ‘no longer has any legal justification’

Rishi Sunak faces a fresh split among Tories after a former justice secretary argued controversial post-Brexit legislation on Northern Ireland is no longer legally justified. Sir Robert Buckland’s intervention over ...

21 Feb 2023 at 14:44

Starmer faces calls for Elphicke probe and criticism over her anti-strike views

Sir Keir Starmer is under fresh pressure over Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour, amid criticism of the ex-Tory MP’s anti-strike stance and calls for a probe into claims she lobbied a minister to interfere in ...

13 May 2024 at 08:52

Ireland

Committee recommends ‘supermajority’ speaker election to restore Stormont

Stormont rules should be urgently reformed so that a speaker can be elected by a two-thirds majority of MLAs, a Westminster committee has recommended. The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has also proposed ...

04 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Boris Johnson’s conduct questioned as review calls for constitutional reform

The UK constitution is in urgent need of reform after a tumultuous period in politics exposed weaknesses that have damaged both public trust and the country’s international reputation, a major review has ...

19 Sept 2023 at 06:47

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