Courts will be given powers to stop oligarchs gagging the press under ministers’ plans MPs from all parties will unite to tighten screws on Putin’s cronies and companies Said without ability to strike out cases, libel and data protection laws could gag
David Barrett trials the Government’s state-of-the-art lie detector tests, which are now being used on terrorists A sense of stress is all part of taking a lie detector test. There is an element of theatre to the process, the experts tell me
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing tough opposition in Parliament as he battles to maintain his emergency powers in a crackdown on Freedom Convoy protesters. On Thursday, legislation upholding Trudeau’s declaration under the Emergency Act was presented in Parliament, where Conservative and Bloc
To boost their pandemic-stricken economies, the EU and US are pushing the importance of supporting home-grown industries and creating jobs locally. The European Commission is working on new legal powers to bolster the bloc’s industrial firms after decades of neglect. Eurocrats are
Mark McGowan is set to extend Western Australia’s emergency powers until 2022 to allow for more border closures and Covid restrictions By Australian Associated Press Published: 23:16 EDT, 4 May 2021 | Updated: 23:16 EDT, 4 May 2021 Western Australia is closer
Varoufakis issues warning on ‘puny’ EU recovery fund Helsinki’s five-party coalition appears to have the necessary support to pass the £650billion bailout. But the European Union has taken tough-talking action in a bid to force the government to back the legislation. Finland’s
Brexit: EU ‘damaged trust’ in UK negotiations says MEP The European Parliament reluctantly approved the Trade and Corporation Agreement on Wednesday, more than four months after the deal was agreed in December. The divorce agreement has been provisionally implemented since January 1, but
Boris Johnson today defended keeping powers to overrule his new sleaze adviser Lord Geidt despite complaints the PM being in control is comparable to ‘a thief investigating a burglary’. The PM insisted the newly-appointed ministerial standards adviser will do an ‘outstanding job’
A TV psychic to the stars has been slammed as ‘dishonest’ by a judge and hit with a £100,000 court bill after lying about losing his powers in a car crash compensation bid. Celebrity clairvoyant Maurice Amdur, who predicted Daniel Craig would
FTSE 100 powers through 7000 mark for first time in more than a year as optimism rises about a global economic recovery The last time the blue-chip index was above that milestone was in late February 2020 A month later it had