ParliamentOn welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?The Leader of the Opposition takes aim at the ‘three lawyers’ she says are driving government policyBy Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read
Yair LapidYair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran‘We saw the intelligence that tells us that Iran is rushing to a bomb’, the Israeli opposition leader tells Parliament’s foreign affairs committeeBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Israel strikes IranLammy confirms one Brit injured by Iran strikes; Brits finally evacuated from IsraelGovernment continues to emphasise Britain’s lack of involvement in Iran attacksBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
ParliamentLabour’s shoddy politics on Israel risks feeding dangerous sectarianism, says Northern Irish MPThe DUP’s Sammy Wilson on what he sees as Labour’s misguided approach to Israel and his rapport with the Gaza independentsBy Lorin Bell-Cross6 min read
Israel-Iran WarForeign Office ‘dullards’ slammed for treatment of Brits stranded in IsraelThe department is accused of failing to learn from the mistakes of Covid-era repatriation effortsBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read
ParliamentExclusive: Israeli opposition leaders reject MP’s claim they backed UK sanctionsStourbridge MP Cat Eccles claimed senior figures in the Knesset had told her tough measures against far-right Israeli ministers would be ‘helpful’By Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read
IranExclusive: Israel accuses key Parliamentary committee ‘false equivalence’ with IranMPs were panned for asking the Israeli ambassador to testify alongside her Iranian counterpartBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Foreign affairs committee chair accuses Israel of ‘egging on’ Trump to derail Iran diplomacyThe foreign secretary said it was ‘no surprise’ that Israel considers Iran’s nuclear programme an existential threatBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||June 17, 2025 10:36
Starmer blasted for ‘appeasing’ Iran in response to Israeli strikes‘Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy’, the prime minister said.By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 13, 2025 10:02
Government accused of ‘two-tier trade policy’ over Israel sanctionsMinisters have imposed measures against far-right Israeli ministers, but still pursue trade talks with human rights-abusing Gulf statesBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 12, 2025 16:26
‘Let us not throw this opportunity away’, minister urges in Holocaust Memorial Bill debateThe Lords sat until 1am debating amendments to the legislationBy Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read||June 12, 2025 13:34
US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministersMarco Rubio: ‘We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 11, 2025 09:36
Hendon MP attacks ‘myths’ pushed by opponents of kosher and halal slaughterMPs debated a petition to ban the non-stun slaughter of animalsBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||June 10, 2025 10:35
‘Student union nonsense’: Labour MPs attack colleagues over inflammatory Gaza statements‘Ignorant’ language will not end the war, warned one frontbencherBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read||June 5, 2025 13:32
Speaker’s Chaplain inserts prayer for Gaza into Commons opening without mentioning hostagesOutraged MPs told the JC it was not appropriate for the Chaplain to ‘freelance’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||June 5, 2025 09:57
Lords slam MPs for ‘grotesque inaccuracy’ over Gaza baby death claimThe UN was forced to correct the figure after it was cited by humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher in a BBC interview, but not before it was repeated in ParliamentBy Jane Prinsley6 min read||May 23, 2025 14:07
