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Rishi Sunak says he didn't let Suella Braverman "off the hook" when it got here to how she dealt with her dashing ticket.The prime minister determined to not launch a proper investigation into his dwelling secretary following experiences she requested civil servants if they may discover methods for her to do a pace consciousness course both privately or with out being seen by the general public. Ms Braverman later accepted a superb and penalty factors on her driving licence.Appearing on ITV, Mr Sunak was requested whether or not the occasions of the previous week had irritated him and been a "distraction".The prime minister stated he "didn't let her off the hook" - and that he spent "time going through" what occurred. Politics newest:Labour assaults Braverman no present in Ho...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy mentioned Wednesday he was sending his negotiators to the White House and he anticipated a breakthrough on a deal to chop spending and lift the debt restrict. ...

Net migration rose to 606,000 within the 12 months to December 2022, official statistics present.The determine overtakes the earlier post-war excessive of 504,000 within the 12 months to June final 12 months - and comes regardless of a Tory 2019 manifesto dedication to "bring overall numbers down". Net migration is the annual variety of folks arriving within the UK when each immigration and emigration are taken into consideration.The figures, revealed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning, present that complete long-term immigration was estimated at round 1.2 million in 2022, whereas emigration was 557,000.Most folks arriving to the UK final 12 months had been non-EU nationals (925,000), adopted by EU (151,000) and British (88,000), the ONS stated. However,...

House Republicans have known as on the FBI director to temporary them on the progress of the greater than two-year-old investigation of pipe bombs positioned close to the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee a day earlier than the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol. ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis grew to become an official 2024 presidential hopeful on Wednesday, submitting paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring his candidacy for the Republican nomination. ...

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel has denied to Congress that he retaliated in opposition to a whistleblower who accused federal prosecutors of defending Hunter Biden in an investigation of tax evasion. ...

NEWS AND OPINION: The mainstream press is usually all dressed up with nowhere to go — however not this week. The press may be very busy making predictions and mulling the probabilities that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would possibly finish upin the White House after the 2024 presidential election. ...

The Labour Party has accused the federal government of "breaking promises"  on migration as official figures are anticipated to verify that numbers have elevated.Sir Keir Starmer kicked off Prime Minister's Questions by asking what number of work visas had been issued to overseas nationals final yr - a query Rishi Sunak dodged. The Labour chief mentioned the quantity stood at 1 / 4 of one million in 2022, and that figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) because of be launched tomorrow "are expected to be even higher".Labour assaults over Braverman - politics newestSpeaking within the Commons, the Labour chief mentioned : "The prime minister stood on three Tory manifestos, each one promised to reduce immigration. Each promise broken." Mr Sunak is battling disconten...

The House on Wednesday handed Republican laws rejecting President Biden’s scholar debt forgiveness, whereas failing to override his veto of a bipartisan effort to reimpose tariffs on Chinese photo voltaic corporations. ...

Disadvantaged kids threat being worse off underneath the federal government's childcare reforms, two nationwide charities have claimed.The plans, which have been unveiled in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's price range earlier this yr, embrace a £4.1bn enlargement in free childcare to supply 30 hours per week for working dad and mom with kids as younger as 9 months outdated in England. It comes on prime of present provision for these with three and four-year-olds.But Coram Family and Childcare (CFC) and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) mentioned, even with the additional funding, the adjustments "risk worsening outcomes for disadvantaged children" and have been "unfairly targeted towards higher income families".In a report on Thursday, the charities mentioned the "complex and opa...