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The UK’s gambling regulator announced on Tuesday that it is charging 15 individuals with using confidential information surrounding election dates to “gain an unfair advantage in the betting market.” Many of the individuals charged are high-profile and have held public office. The Gambling Commission says that the charges were made following an investigation, launched in June 2024, into [...]

The UK House of Commons began its first reading on Tuesday of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which aims to restrict the legal age to purchase tobacco each year to create the “first smoke-free generation”. The bill was proposed under former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s government, and advanced by Parliament in April 2024. The 2023 [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content The author, a Bar Course student from City University London (GB), explores why this election could redefine Britain’s future and how the major parties plan to win over the British public. On the 22nd May, UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak called an election for the [...]

World leaders gathered in Switzerland for a two-day summit over the weekend in an attempt to create a peace plan to end the conflict in Ukraine.  The peace summit on Ukraine brought together representatives from 101 countries and international organizations with a shared goal of resolving the conflict through dialogue, global cooperation, and adherence to international [...]

The UK Government announced Thursday its latest sanction package on Russia, the first to target Russia’s”shadow fleet” of oil ships, in a bid to hinder President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund the country’s war against Ukraine. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made clear that the UK stands in support of Ukraine and that the sanction [...]

The UK’s incumbent Conservative Party has announced they intend to introduce mandatory National Service for 18-year-olds if they win the next election. In a video posted to X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the initiative as “A bold new model of National Service”, saying “Britain today faces a future that is [...]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized “wholeheartedly” to every victim of the country’s infected blood scandal after the final report of an inquiry into contaminated blood transfusions was released Monday. He cited the report’s conclusions that British authorities, including successive governments and the National Health Service (NHS), were guilty of a “catalogue of failures” and [...]

The UK Government announced on Thursday that it is updating its statutory guidance for schools and introducing age limits for sex education and sensitive topics. The press release says the decision to introduce age limits to sex education in schools comes “following multiple reports of disturbing materials being used in Relationships, Sex, and Health Education [...]

The High Court of Northern Ireland delivered a setback to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation policy by ruling that substantial sections of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) violate human rights laws and should not be enforced in Northern Ireland. Numerous provisions of the IMA were under challenge during the proceedings, and the [...]

University leaders should take responsibility for protecting Jewish students on campus, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said to vice-chancellors during an antisemitism roundtable hosted at Downing Street. Sunak met with 17 leaders of higher education institutions from England and Scotland, along with Jewish student and community groups. The meeting was convened after the proliferation of student [...]