He said: “This is the cost of the Conservatives’ failure on crime. “The UK already has more people in prison than any other country in Western Europe. “And now the Government is spending an extra £4 billion because crime is rising. “These
More than 4,000 extra prison places will be created by refurbishing 16 jails, Dominic Raab confirms New blocks will be built at jails in Oxfordshire, Suffolk and Greater Manchester The plans are part of the Government’s pledge to create 20,000 prison places
The UK Foreign Secretary will speak to Antony Blinken for the first time in London this evening. The meeting comes on the eve of the G7 meeting on Tuesday and the pair are set to explore ways to strengthen the “special relationship” between
The meeting comes ahead of the first in-person summit of G7 foreign ministers, which is set to start on Tuesday. During the summit, the UK will speak to representatives from Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, France and the EU about what Mr Raab labelled
He insisted that a “careful” approach to easing virus restrictions was still needed, even with our successful vaccine rollout and a plunge in infections. Mr Raab added: “We want to get to a position at the end of June where we can
The Foreign Secretary clashed with Andrew Marr after the BBC presenter challenged the Government over promises made regarding the impact of Brexit on the Irish border. Marr pressed Mr Rabb that Northern Ireland had been assured that the Brexit protocol would find
Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr show this morning Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab stressed the importance of the UK’s contribution to the global coronavirus response. He praised the work of the country in investing in AstraZeneca research and development and went on
Dominic Raab today rejected calls to speed up the nation’s exit from lockdown as he insisted ‘we are very close now to really turning the corner’ in the battle against coronavirus. The success of the UK’s vaccination programme and falling infection numbers
In a discussion about foreign aid cuts on Sky News’ Sophy Ridge this morning, host Sophy Ridge challenged Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on why the UK was cutting 85% of its funding to the UN Population Fund UK. Ms Ridge pressed the
The Sky host pressed Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over the timescale of the UK Government pathway out of Covid restrictions. Ms Ridge pointed the news that the number of daily deaths from the virus had fallen to single figures lows. Under the