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Cheshire constabulary rejects criticism by David Davis over Letby investigation

Force issues strongly worded rebuttal after Tory former cabinet minister alleges ‘egregious failures’ in call for review The police force that conducted the investigation into Lucy Letby has made a strongly worded public statement rejecting criticism after David Davis called in parliament for a review of the case. The Conservative former cabinet minister, who last year said that Letby had suffered “a clear miscarriage of justice”, said Cheshire constabulary had approached the investigation into

Commons Report Puts Elon Musk in Same Bracket as Russia and Iran for ‘Disinformation’

Another moral panic report is out from one of Parliament’s committees – this time on the threat of foreign disinformation. What about the threat of disinformation from Keir Starmer? Anyway, the document, from the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, cites evidence it received that “Elon Musk’s influence is potentially greater in the UK than that…

Offord says he is fit to be first minister after homophobic joke

Malcolm Offord denied being homophobic after apologising for a joke he made about George Michael during a Burns Night speech.

Assisted dying bill will not now become law, say both sides

The House of Lords are continuing to debate the proposals but there is not enough time to complete all the stages in the current parliamentary session.

Starmer Rams Lords With Labour Cronies as He Exceeds Ten Years of Tory Appointments

A side note to the emerging story today that Starmer is set to make failing Mayor of London Sadiq Khan a peer to buy his silence after the expected Labour implosion at this summer’s local elections. Starmer has form when it comes to peerage appointments… For all the hand-wringing about Tory proposals over the years,…

Rape of 12-year-old girl by Afghan small boat migrant 'makes me sick to the stomach'

Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, attacked the schoolgirl after luring her into a secluded cul-de-sac in Nuneaton. He filmed the rape and then later tried to blame his traumatised victim.

Officials to ask Mandelson to hand over personal phone messages for release

Officials are set to publish more documents related to his appointment as UK ambassador to the US - but have so far only had access to the peer's work phone.

Cabinet Office to ask Mandelson to provide messages from personal phone

Exchanges about US ambassador appointment may be lost after McSweeney’s phone was stolen UK politics live – latest updates Peter Mandelson will be asked to supply messages from his personal phone as part of the investigation into his appointment as Keir Starmer’s ambassador to the US. In February, MPs forced the government to commit to publishing tens of thousands of documents after a controversy erupted over the prime minister’s awareness of the former peer’s links to the convicted child sex

Election shock as bombshell poll shows huge group of voters rejecting Labour and Tories

New research suggests working-class voters who previously backed the two parties have abandoned them.

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Digested week: Garrick Club confirms an actual woman has joined – the queen | Emma Brockes

Approval of the royal’s membership doesn’t strike one as the most rigorous enforcement of the democratic principle For the diary this week I think we should put our heads in the sand, pretend the world isn’t happening, and take refuge instead in the funniest, rudest Aussie TV show in history – namely, season two of Deadloch, which just dropped on Amazon Prime. We pride ourselves in Britain on leading the world in baroque swearing, so it pains me to say this, but I think the Aussies might have t

Reform UK wins council by-election in boost ahead of local elections

The win for Nigel Farage's party comes ahead of the May local elections.