Peter Murrell in fresh legal aid row over SNP embezzlement

He pleaded guilty to submitting false invoices and ultimately stealing £400,310.65 from the party over a 12-year period, between August 2010 and October 2022. John Scullion KC, the lawyer representing Murrell, told... Read more »

Murdered teen’s dad says UK ‘becoming nation of anger and fear’ after Henry Nowak murder Southampton riot

Barry Mizen, whose 16-year-old son Jimmy was murdered in 2008, appealed for calm after violent clashes between protesters and police near where Henry was stabbed to death Violence in Southampton on Tuesday(Image:... Read more »

Starmer repeatedly fails to say he will cut benefits in PMQs mauling by Kemi Badenoch – after ally’s warning that Labour MPs just want to hike taxes for more handouts

Keir Starmer repeatedly refused to commit to cutting benefits today as he was mauled by Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. The premier dodged as he was challenged by the Tory leader on whether... Read more »

Henry Nowak latest: Police chief condemns violent clashes in Southampton as 11 officers and dog injured

Protesters clash with police in Southampton over murder of Henry Nowak Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our... Read more »

Debt-ridden graduates seen as ‘cash cows’ to fund older people’s lifestyles, MPs told | Student finance

Graduates saddled with ballooning student loan debts feel they are being unfairly used as “cash cows” to finance measures benefiting older people such as the state pension triple lock, MPs have been... Read more »

Motorhome bought by Murrell with stolen SNP money was driven only 4 miles, court told | Scotland

The luxury motorhome that Peter Murrell bought using money stolen from the Scottish National party was driven for only four miles, sitting unused for more than two years. Murrell, then the SNP’s... Read more »

The BP drama will fade: boards are allowed to ditch the chair | Nils Pratley

An easy narrative about the great BP boardroom drama runs like this: the plodding non-executive directors couldn’t handle the blunt ways of the hard-charging chair they had hired precisely to give the... Read more »

Faced with being outflanked by those to his right, Farage seeks to channel public anger | Nigel Farage

The full horror of Henry Nowak’s last moments was only just sinking in on the morning after the release of police footage showing him pleading for help when Reform UK served notice... Read more »

GPs in England too ‘overloaded’ to help older people at risk of falling, say MPs | Older people

GPs in England are so “overloaded” that they cannot help older people who are at risk of falling in what NHS bosses accept is an unacceptable failure of care, the House of... Read more »

‘I begged boy racer to slow down before crashing at 120mph with me and my baby’

A young mum has revealed how she and her unborn baby miraculously survived a horrific crash while she was pregnant after a boy racer ploughed into a tree at 120mph – trapping... Read more »