🚨 BREAKING: Net migration to the UK has dropped by nearly 50%, from 860,000 in the year ending December 2023 to 431,000 in the year ending December 2024
ONS: "This change is driven by a decrease in immigration from non-EU+ nationals, where we are seeing reductions in people arriving on work- and study-related visas, and an increase in emigration over the 12 months to December 2024, especially people leaving who originally came on study visas once pandemic travel restrictions to the UK were eased."
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has sacked Health Minister Andrew Gwynne after racist and sexist messages were leaked to the Mail, including one where he wished a pensioner who didn’t vote Labour would die before the next election
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Gwynne said he hoped a 72-year-old woman will soon be dead after she asked about her bins
The Stockport resident wrote to her local councillor saying she hadn't voted Labour, but added: "As you have been re-elected I thought it would be an appropriate time to contact you with regard to the bin collections."
After the councillor shared the letter among fellow Labour figures in the WhatsApp group, Gwynne wrote a suggested response: "Dear resident, F*** your bins. I'm re-elected and without your vote. Screw you. PS: Hopefully you'll have croaked it by the all-outs."
A Government spokesperson said: "The Prime Minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and lead a government in the service of working people. He will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards, as he has in this case."
The licence will only be available in a virtual wallet in the Government app, instead of being added to existing Google or Apple wallets. One feature explored by developers allows users to toggle their address on and off on the licence, hiding it from bouncers at bars and clubs
🚨 BREAKING: Tulip Siddiq has resigned as Anti-Corruption Minister
She has been replaced by Emma Reynolds as Economic Secretary to the Treasury
The independent standards adviser said Siddiq did not breach the ministerial code
Siddiq says in her resignation letter to the PM that she was becoming a 'distraction'
See the exchange of letters between the PM and Siddiq below
PM: “I appreciate that to end ongoing distraction from delivering our agenda to change Britain, you have made a difficult decision and want to be clear that the door remains open for you going forward.”
🚨 BREAKING: Chris Kaba allegedly shot a gang rival in front of revellers at an east London nightclub six days before he was killed by a police marksman
A court order prevented the media from reporting this revelation until the conclusion of Martyn Blake’s trial
Kaba’s family sought to suppress reporting of his previous convictions, gang associations and his alleged involvement in the nightclub shooting to avoid prejudicing a jury at his inquest
Mr Justice Goss, who presided over Blake’s trial, rejected the family’s application at the Old Bailey this morning to extend the reporting restrictions