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    New department ‘puts science at the heart of government’

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The creation of a new Government department with a focus on science has been welcomed by experts from across the sector. Many UK scientists had been calling for a dedicated […] More

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    Government looking to boost powers of Computer Misuse Act

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The Government is considering giving new powers to law enforcement agencies to seize IP addresses and web domains being used by criminals to carry out offences online. As part of […] More

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    UK would be global pariah like Russia if Sunak pulls out of ECHR, Tories warn

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak has been warned that withdrawing from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) would make the UK an international pariah and put him in the same “inglorious company” […] More

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    Sunak accused of ‘abject failure’ on workers’ rights as broken promises revealed

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak’s government has been accused of “abject failure” on employment rights, as new analysis shows the Conservatives have failed to implement dozens of promised protections for workers. The Tories […] More

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    Rishi Sunak accused of ‘willy waving’ over threat to pull UK out of ECHR

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak has been accused of “willy waving” over reported plans to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (EHRC) in an attempted crackdown on illegal migration. […] More