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    Online Safety Bill to tackle ‘absurd situation’ of age limit verification

    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 Changes to the Online Safety Bill will tackle the “absurd situation” surrounding the enforcement of age limits on social media platforms, the Culture Secretary said. The Government has announced it […] More

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    Online Safety Bill to remove ‘legal but harmful’ content measures

    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 Online Safety Bill is to be amended and controversial measures that would have forced social media sites to take down material designated “legal but harmful” are to be removed. […] More

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    UK's Rishi Sunak says 'golden era' with China over

    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 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared Monday that the U.K.’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, describing China’s growing authoritarianism […] More

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    Rishi Sunak hints at U-turn over onshore wind farm ban

    Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak is believed to be close to a compromise to allow a new generation of onshore wind farms, as he battles to stave off a rebellion by Tory MPs including Boris Johnson and Liz […] More

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    Health chiefs acted to stop diphtheria outbreak at asylum centre, minister insists

    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 More than 500 people at the Manston asylum centre were vaccinated against diphtheria, the health secretary says, after controversy over their removal to hotels. Suella Braverman, the home secretary, is […] More