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Sketch The Prime Minister was under pressure over lobbying by David Cameron, but managed to dodge questions about why his government has referred Holyrood legislation to the Supreme Court YOU can just picture the conversations behind the scenes ahead of this week's PMQs. "How can we make people care about this grubby David Cameron business?" asks Keir Starmer. "Is it going to cut through with the English public, who are busy getting drunk in beer gardens and going wild in the aisles of Primark?" "Don't worry, I've got a plan," pipes up an adviser. "There are only two things the English pu...

The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room. Deaf campaigners are now spearheading three separate legal cases against the government in connection with its continuing refusal to provide BSL interpreters at vital televised briefings. Supporters of the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign have been trying for the last year to persuade the government that it must provide an interpreter at its pandemic briefings, a...

Advertisement Nearly all of the fifty constituencies in England that are lagging behind in the Covid vaccine roll-out are Labour, MailOnline can reveal.  NHS England figures show just 66.83 per cent of over-65s living in Birmingham's Ladywood area had received their first dose by February 28.  It was followed by Camberwell and Peckham (67.43 per cent) and Westminister North (68.74 per cent) in London, where uptake is known to be lagging behind the rest of the country. The constituencies have been held by Labour since at least 2010 and one has been red since the 1970s. The data analysed by M...

Last modified on Fri 5 Feb 2021 15.47 EST Young people are at risk of becoming unemployable and turning to crime amid partial school closures and rising joblessness, in a spiral that could lead to social unrest, the crime commissioner for England’s second biggest force has warned. Covid was “oiling the wheels of violence”, David Jamieson, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands, said in an interview with the Guardian. “I think we’ve got a tsunami, which we’re holding back at the moment. If we don’t address the issues of people coming off furlough and then j...

A recall of Parliament will be sought over the festive period if a Brexit deal needs to be approved, Jacob Rees-Mogg has confirmed. The Commons Leader announced no business is currently scheduled for the House of Commons in the week beginning December 21. But he told MPs: “Subject to the House’s decision later, we will rise for the Christmas recess at the close of business today but MPs will recognise that talks with the European Union continue. “Should a deal be secured, it is the Government’s intention to request a recall in order that Parliament may pass the necessary legislation.