Letter from 19 organisations says a cap would help to protect democracy, weeks after £9m donation to Reform UK Ministers should legislate to cap political donations to “rebuild voter confidence” in democracy, campaigners have said before the introduction of a landmark elections bill. The government is being urged to show more ambition as it prepares to publish legislation early next year that will extend the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds. Continue reading...

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Ahmed al-Ahmed has been hailed as a hero after tackling one of the alleged gunmen during Sunday’s attack

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Brandon Kramer’s documentary complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonising divisions

Labour and the Conservatives have made seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show.

The Doha attack signals that Benjamin Netanyahu will press forward hard on all fronts, writes Jeremy Bowen.

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’ The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painful” inability to respond to the war on Gaza and ensuring humanitarian disaster. In her most extended condemnation yet of the Israeli government, von der Leyen criticised plans for illegal settlements that would split the occupied West Bank in half, as well as incitement of violence by extremist Israeli ministers, as a “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution”. Continue reading...

Police have launched an investigation into a new Banksy artwork depicting a judge attacking a protestor with a gavel.

A video shared widely online falsely claims that a new policy of ‘no ID no food’ will be coming to UK supermarkets this month.

Money Saving Expert founder calls for tougher penalties to prevent growing menace of AI-enabled fraud

Liberal Democrats are backing British farmers against the Conservatives' efforts to undermine their futures.

Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is facing fresh questions over his independence after a cache of leaked files revealed he gave extensive support to Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser when Johnson was prime minister. The files shed light on how the media executive, who at the time was vice-chair of the Associated Press news agency, worked behind the scenes with Johnson as his premiership was engulfed by a series of scandals. Continue reading...

Attempts to cross Channel from France to UK have been particularly high for several days, say French authorities Four people including two children have died in two separate incidents while trying to cross the Channel to the UK in the last 24 hours, while three others are missing in a third incident. On Tuesday night off the coast of Sangatte, France, three people lost their lives while travelling on a dinghy with 38 people on board. Three others are missing after an incident in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, France, on a boat with 115 people on board. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Victoria McCloud says court undermined her rights to a fair trial when it refused to hear her evidence The UK’s first transgender judge has launched a case against the UK in the European court of human rights challenging the process that led to the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex. The retired judge Victoria McCloud, who is now a litigation strategist at W-Legal, is seeking a rehearing of the case, arguing that the supreme court undermined her article 6 rights to a fair trial when it refused to hear representation from her and did not hear evidence from any other trans individuals or groups. Continue reading...

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new direction

June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride…

Labour is under pressure to act on the Nuked Blood scandal after a video of ministers' broken promises was seen by 3 million people