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Feb 12, 2025 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Richard Wheeler |Claudia Savage |Harry Taylor
Ministers must heed warnings from the creative industries over the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on copyright and provide them with legal protections, according to MPs.The Data (Use and Access) Bill was amended by peers in a bid to protect creatives from having their copyrighted work used to train AI models without permission or remuneration. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Harry Taylor
Marsha de Cordova, who is registered blind, said pedestrians were at risk of being injured as people are often forced into the road to navigate the obstacles. Ms de Cordova told the House of Commons 95% of people with sight loss have had to walk in the road due to vehicles parked on pavements. The figure rose to 99% for people in wheelchairs and riding mobility scooters. MPs heard wheelchair users, people with pushchairs, and those with visual impairment were among those affected by the problem.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Harry Taylor
Masked protesters who disrupted the screening of a “controversial” Bollywood film in London have been branded “terrorists” by a Conservative MP. Bob Blackman, who represents Harrow East, said a group of demonstrators burst into a branch of Vue Cinemas in Harrow during the film Emergency. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
standard.co.uk | Harry Taylor
Indira Gandhi pictured in 1966 as she became the third prime minister of India (PA)PA ArchiveGet our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Masked protesters who disrupted the screening of a “controversial” Bollywood film in London have been branded “terrorists” by a Conservative MP.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Rhiannon James |Claudia Savage |Harry Taylor
Pensioners, family businesses and farmers are paying the price for Labour’s “economic illiteracy”, Victoria Atkins said, as she urged the Government to commit to “a full and proper review of this dreadful policy”. Treasury minister James Murray said the Government’s plans to impose 20% inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million is a “fair approach”, with current relief on business and agricultural assets “heavily skewed towards the wealthiest estates”.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Rhiannon James |Harry Taylor
Reporting of vaccine side-effects should be mandatory – Tory former ministerThe reporting of vaccine side-effects should be made mandatory, a Conservative former minister said, as she criticised a culture of secrecy at the medicines regulator. Esther McVey said there was a “gross underreporting” of the unintended impacts of vaccines, and said the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was in need of “substantial reform”.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Harry Taylor
Labour has accused the Conservative Party of showing “collective amnesia” over its record in government as they were criticised over the state of the economy and corruption allegations surrounding Tulip Siddiq. Commons leader Lucy Powell said the Conservatives had forgotten about their economic legacy, or the number of ministers who resigned under Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, when she was challenged by shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman on Thursday.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
standard.co.uk | Harry Taylor
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The Government said it will do “whatever it takes” to protect British farmers from an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany, as MPs were told how it had previously provoked horror among rural communities in the UK.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
irishnews.com | Rhiannon James |Harry Taylor |Claudia Savage |Will Durrant
Rachel Reeves told an MP to “get real” and argued it is not reasonable to blame the Government for global volatility in markets, as she faced questions in the Commons over current turbulence. The Chancellor was also criticised for her visit to China over the weekend, to which she responded by saying she was able to raise issues around human rights and the case of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai. “As the Chancellor flew east, the pound plummeted south and Government debt rocketed north. Why?
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Richard Wheeler |Harry Taylor
An energy minister has accused Tory MPs of “extremist scaremongering” as he denied the UK was close to experiencing blackouts during the cold snap. Michael Shanks said “at no point” was the prospect of blackouts a concern for the Government, despite warnings from energy giant Centrica that UK gas supplies fell to “concerningly low” levels with less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store.
