Three senior politicians including the Conservative leader in Wales, Paul Davies, have apologised over a drinks event in a Welsh parliament building at a time when pubs were banned from serving alcohol on their premises under Covid laws. Davies, along with the Tory chief whip in the Senedd, Darren Millar, and the party’s chief of … Read more
Ministers will be able to approve the import of animal and agricultural products of a lower standard than currently permitted in the UK, after attempts to amend the trade bill failed. The government has repeatedly vowed not to allow the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef, but has refused to sign those pledges into … Read more
The Scottish parliament has rejected a controversial bill from Westminster that potentially allows undercover agents to commit crimes, after Labour MSPs again ignored Keir Starmer’s policies. Scottish Labour’s MSPs voted alongside the Scottish National party, Scottish Greens and the Lib Dems to refuse legislative consent by Holyrood for the so-called “spy cops” bill after a … Read more
The government has narrowly defeated a move requiring the government to reconsider any trade deal with a country found by the high court to be committing genocide. The measure, backed by religious groups and a powerful cross-party alliance of MPs, was defeated by 319 to 308. The move giving the domestic courts a new role … Read more
The UK chief executive of Universal Music, the home of stars including Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and the Beatles, has said streaming deals are designed to benefit the biggest artists – as it emerged it can take more than 1m streams to make £1,000. David Joseph also told MPs that greater effort was needed to … Read more