Jeevun Sandher, the Labour MP for Loughborough, told the BBC that Britain is "the country of Churchill and Sadiq Khan," "Elgar and Stormzy," and "churches, mosques, football stands."
Stephen Nott, who has 30 convictions for 69 offenses, was given a suspended sentence last week for burgling a North Shields holiday flat. He told the court he claims £3,000 a month in Universal Credit, and later told the Mail he also gets £750 in disability payments and donates £100 a month to Labour.
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has officially challenged Chuck Schumer for the leadership of the Senate Democrats, announcing on Friday that he is running for Senate Majority Leader.
Mamdani plans to break up the NYPD's Strategic Response Group, which handles civil unrest, major public events, and counterterrorism, raising immediate concerns about who will actually maintain order when riots involving far-left activists break out.
The Met's Directorate of Professional Standards is investigating a WhatsApp group used by officers in its East Area command, after messages allegedly included racist remarks about white people. Twenty-two officers have been placed on restricted duties. The force says that, at this stage, there is no indication the activity meets the criminal threshold.
Mohammed Alfatih, 40, reported to have been a bodyguard to Ismail Haniyeh, was granted asylum by David Cameron's government in 2015 and citizenship under Boris Johnson and Priti Patel in 2020. A Birmingham jury has now convicted him of unlawfully wounding a bailiff. Germany wants him extradited over an alleged plot to attack Jewish targets — a plot he has not been tried for.
Britain's foreign-born population has risen 55 per cent since 2015 to 13.1 million, or 19 per cent of the population, according to the OECD's International Migration Outlook, published on Thursday. The foreign-born share rose by six percentage points, the largest increase in the G7, though Germany was close behind and the United States and Germany added more people in absolute numbers.
Zia Yusuf demanded an apology from Chris Philp at Piddington on Friday, saying the village "would not be in this mess" if the Conservatives had secured the borders after "four consecutive elections." The clash came after Angela Rayner was reported to have approved a 1,256-place camp for single adult men nearby. A Home Office spokesman said a final decision to proceed has not been taken. Philp called Yusuf "disingenuous" and did not apologise.
A Restore Britain spokesman has acknowledged that James Allchurch, jailed for two and a half years for stirring up racial hatred, is a member of the party, while insisting he has no role in it.