Claudia Savage

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Will Durrant |Rhiannon James |Claudia Savage

English voters who do not have a devolved national parliament face a “democratic deficit”, a Conservative MP has warned. Andrew Rosindell described himself as a “strong supporter” of the UK Parliament in Westminster but told the Commons that English people suffer with a “rather diminished democratic voice”. Unlike Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where some decisions are taken by lawmakers in Stormont, Holyrood and Cardiff Bay, England does not have a devolved national assembly.

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Will Durrant |Claudia Savage |Richard Wheeler

Sir Keir Starmer has labelled the Conservative Party leader a “climate defeatist” as he defended the Government’s record on winter fuel payments. The Prime Minister at the despatch box described a “global race” for “the jobs of the future”, adding that he believed “Britain can win that”.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Will Durrant |Claudia Savage |Richard Wheeler

Badenoch a ‘climate defeatist’, Starmer claims in energy costs exchangeSir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)By Will Durrant, Claudia Savage and Richard Wheeler, PA Political Staff©Press AssociationToday at 14:10Sir Keir Starmer has labelled the Conservative Party leader a “climate defeatist” as he defended the Government’s record on winter fuel payments.

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Nina Lloyd |Christopher McKeon |Claudia Savage |Rhiannon James |Alex Daniel |Anna Wise

The UK and India have agreed a “landmark” trade deal that will cut tariffs and offer an exemption to some overseas workers from either country paying national insurance contributions. Ministers say the long-coveted agreement will add £4.8 billion a year to the economy by 2040, with dramatic reductions to levies on scotch whisky, car and other exports from Britain.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Claudia Savage |Will Durrant |Richard Wheeler

Three men arrested by counter-terror police are the first Iranian nationals to be detained under the National Security Act, the security minister has said. Dan Jarvis told the Commons two operations that took place on Saturday were some of the “largest counter state threats and counter-terrorism actions we have seen in recent times”.