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Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations

The party says it wants to put African and Caribbean countries "on notice" after a vote at the UN last month.

Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations

The party says it wants to put African and Caribbean countries "on notice" after a vote at the UN last month.

Home Office bans Kanye West from entering UK

Rapper, who is legally known as Ye, has been criticised for making antisemitic remarks including voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler UK politics live – latest updates The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been banned from entering the UK, the Home Office has said. West, who is legally known as Ye, has had his visa to enter and perform in the UK withdrawn, the department said. Continue reading...

Greens promise rent controls and £1 bus fares in Welsh election manifesto

The Greens' set of promises for the Senedd election also include free bus travel for under-22s.

Farage: Don’t Ban Kanye West From Entering UK

Farage on whether Kanye West should be banned from entering the UK over antisemitic comments: “I wouldn’t buy a ticket… his comments are vile… but I think if we start banning people from entering the country because we don’t like what they say I worry where that ends up… it’s a dangerous path to go…

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Starmer and Iran, does Trump have a plan, and should we drill in the North Sea?

My latest poll looks at the Iran crisis, including Britain’s role and Keir Starmer’s handling of it, whether and how the state should subsidise energy , Shabana Mahmood’s changes to indefinite leave to remain, the North Sea, support for Green policies, and Zack Polanski’s past. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Starmer and Iran, does Trump have a plan, and should we drill in the North Sea? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Greens promise rent controls and £1 bus fares in Welsh election manifesto

The Greens' set of promises for the Senedd election also include free bus travel for under-22s.

As Farage sacks an acolyte for his ‘shameful’ words, how far is too far for the high priest of toxic politics? | Martha Gill

The Reform leader cynically pushes the boundaries of how far he can go without alienating too many of the voters he needs – but it’s a perilous calibration What counts as beyond the pale these days? Having successfully pushed back the cordon sanitaire that surrounds British politics, Nigel Farage is struggling to work out where, precisely, it now lies. Some decisions are simple. Attacks on Grenfell victims are, and have always been, beyond the bounds of decency. Farage promptly sacked Simon Dudl

Labour Won’t Reveal Cost of Capping Student Loan Interest Rates Until Budget

Downing Street is refusing to say how much it will cost to cap student loan interest payments at 6%. When asked, the Number 10 spokesman said at the Lobby briefing this afternoon: “I think the RPI figure will be published later this month, costs and funding will be set out at the Budget in the…

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Plan 2 student loan interest rates capped at 6% in England

The cap on Plan 2 and postgraduate loan interest rates comes amid a risk of rising inflation.

Westminster Wonks Join Tory Adviser Operation

Guido hears Tory-aligned think tank Onward’s Head of Political Economy Gavin Rice has been hired by campaigning Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy as his new senior adviser. Rice was previously SpAd for Boris and later policy director at the Centre for Social Justice. His main work at Onward was also with Timothy on the Future…