Aletha Adu

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aletha Adu

Police have reportedly dropped an 18-month investigation into allegations of rape against the former Conservative MP Crispin Blunt. Blunt, 64, formerly the MP for Reigate in Surrey, was arrested in October 2023 and subsequently suspended from the Conservative party after a number of anonymous reports about a Conservative MP’s arrest and alleged conduct. After his arrest, Blunt was told to stay away from the parliamentary estate during the investigation.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aletha Adu

The suspended Labour veteran John McDonnell has called for a grassroots leadership challenge to the Labour government , warning that unless party members, unions and MPs “stand up and assert themselves to take back control of our party”, Labour risks losing not just its power: “We could lose a party.” The former shadow chancellor accused Keir Starmer’s government of “callousness and political incompetence”, criticising its hesitance in abolishing the two-child limit on benefits, and what he...

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Weaver |Aletha Adu

Police chiefs and MI5 have called for the government to give them enough funding amid pressures from the latest plans to release prisoners early. The heads of the Metropolitan police, MI5 and the National Crime Agency were among those who warned that plans to release prisoners early could be “of net detriment to public safety” in a letter to the justice ministry, the Times reported.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aletha Adu |Jessica Elgot

Gordon Brown has publicly backed the government’s decision to delay its flagship child poverty strategy until the autumn, arguing ministers need to take the time to secure funding for reforms that could lift hundreds of thousands of children out of hardship. The former prime minister said Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ decision to wait until the autumn budget was “the right call”, despite some criticism from Labour MPs who think the delay signals a lack of urgency on a critical issue.

1 week ago | msn.com | Aletha Adu

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