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Culture secretary Oliver Dowden has indicated the government will not intervene in the proposed Saudi Arabia-led takeover of Newcastle. A £300m buyout of the north-east club, backed by the countrys public investment fund, is reportedly close to being finalise… Read More

Crowds on day four of the Cheltenham Festival | Tim Goode/PA Wire/PA Images A pro-betting Conservative MP is under fire over £4,000 worth of hospitality that he and his wife received from betting companies at the Cheltenham races – just days before the coronavirus lockdown last month.Laurence Robertson – whose…

The 2010s were the end of ‘the end of history.’ Beginning in the shadow of the largest financial crash since the Great Depression, it was a decade in which the injustice of austerity tore away at the social fabric and consigned third-way politics to the rearview mirror. In Britain, the…

Scottish First Minister wary of football behind closed doors Edinburgh (AFP) – Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon believes a return of football even behind closed doors risks boosting the spread of coronavirus as fans could congregate to watch games.Matches across Britain have been suspended indefinitely because of the virus.Strict measures…

A Conservative councillor has been suspended after allegedly baking a swastika onto a hot cross bun. The Tories launched an investigation into former Portsmouth lord mayor Lee Mason after a photo emerged of the baked goods, which also featured the words “sex” and “f***”. The Cosham ward councillor admitted making…

The Scottish government is prepared to diverge from the rest of UK on measures to tackle the coronavirus, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon said this morning. "If I was being advised and the judgement I was applying to that advice told me that I had to do something different to the…

A Conservative councillor has been suspended after he allegedly baked a swastika into a hot cross bun and posted an image of it on Snapchat. The Tories launched an investigation into former city Lord Mayor Lee Mason after a leaked photo showed the hot cross bun with the Nazi symbol apparently…

Coronavirus infection rates in UK care homes may be as high as 70 percent, the chief executive of a major care provider has claimed, casting doubts over the validity of the government's official Covid-19 figures. Jeremy Richardson, head of Four Seasons Health Care, one of Britain's biggest independent providers of…

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier | François Walschaerts/AFP via Getty Images A negotiating timeframe that was already deemed improbable has turned nearly impossible. The coronavirus has infected the post-Brexit talks, but hasn't killed them — yet. On Wednesday, EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and his U.K. counterpart David…

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier | François Walschaerts/AFP via Getty Images A negotiating timeframe that was already deemed improbable has turned nearly impossible. The coronavirus has infected the post-Brexit talks, but hasn't killed them — yet. On Wednesday, EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and his U.K. counterpart David…