Joe Pike

City of Westminster

Politics and Investigations Correspondent at BBC Newsnight

Political & Investigations Correspondent @BBCNews | Author of Project Fear - Books of The Year, The Guardian & The Independent | Story? DM or [email protected]

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Visa applications for some nationalities could be restricted

1 week ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike

Visa applications for some nationalities could be restrictedJoe PikePolitical investigations correspondentGetty ImagesVisa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown. Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK to work and study.
MPs watchdog probes Reeves' theatre tickets declaration

2 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Kate Whannel |Joe Pike

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog after failing to declare on time that she received free theatre tickets. It is understood the chancellor attended an event at the National Theatre over Christmas but did not add the donation to the MPs' register of interests within the specified timeframe. The BBC has been told Reeves did declare the trip on her ministerial register, which is separate from the MPs' register.
Nationalities of foreign criminals to be published

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joe Pike |Chris Graham

The nationalities of foreign criminals in the UK are due to be published for the first time under plans being unveiled later. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish the data, including crimes that have been committed, by the end of the year. There were more than 19,000 foreign offenders awaiting deportation at the end of last year, up from almost 18,000 when the Conservatives left office, figures show.
Nationalities of foreign criminals to be published

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike |Chris Graham

Nationalities of foreign criminals to be publishedJoe Pike & Chris GrahamPA MediaThe nationalities of foreign criminals living in the UK will be published for the first time under plans to be unveiled later. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish data by the end of the year, showing the nationalities and crimes of those awaiting deportation.
Ex-minister Alister Jack who bet on election in line for peerage

1 month ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike

Minister who bet on election in line for peerageJoe PikeReutersA former Conservative cabinet minister who admitted placing three bets on the date of the 2024 general election is set to be awarded a seat in the House of Lords. Sir Alister Jack, who served as Scottish Secretary under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, is expected to be given a peerage in Sunak's resignation honours list.
Farage’s dogs will soon turn on him

1 month ago | nickcohen.substack.com | Joshua Nevett |Joe Pike |Nick Cohen

“Let Hercules himself do what he may,The cat will mew, and dog will have his day”HamletNigel Farage is finding out that even the most manipulative leaders can be undone by dog-whistle politics. The shock may finish him off. For more than a decade, dog-whistling has served Farage well. He has used coded and suggestive messages to reassure the British far right that he is on its side, while presenting himself to the wider electorate as an unthreatening bloke who just tells it like it is.
Grassroots anger tests Farage's grip on Reform UK

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Joshua Nevett |Joe Pike

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage put on a brave face this week, as he sought to put a blazing row with one of the party's now suspended MPs behind him. The party is still neck-and-neck with Labour in the polls, and on Monday, it showed off 29 councillors who had recently defected to Reform UK. While Farage acknowledged there had been "a little bit of turbulence", he stressed the upset was "very much at the edges". AdvertisementBut does the disquiet within the party go deeper than he suggested?
Former union official investigated by solicitors body

1 month ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike

Joe PikePolitical correspondentA senior official who quit one of the UK's largest trade unions amid a police probe is now being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Howard Beckett, a qualified solicitor, was Unite the Union's assistant general secretary and head of legal until his suspension in August 2022. This was four months after police raided the union's London headquarters as part of an investigation into alleged bribery, fraud and money-laundering.
Starmer says US 'backstop' needed for Ukraine peace deal

2 months ago | aol.com | Aleks Phillips |Joe Pike

Sir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a "US backstop" to deter Russia from attacking its neighbour again. Speaking after a hastily convened meeting with European leaders in Paris, the prime minister repeated that he would consider deploying UK troops to Ukraine in the event of a lasting peace agreement.
European leaders set to hold emergency summit on Ukraine

2 months ago | yahoo.com | David Mercer |Joe Pike

European leaders are set to gather next week for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine, in response to concerns the US is moving ahead with Russia on peace talks that will lock out the continent. Sir Keir Starmer, who is expected to attend the summit in Paris, said it was a "once-in-a-generation moment for our national security" and it was clear Europe must take a greater role in Nato.