By Martin Banks As the UK swelters under another tropical heatwave, a different kind of flow is arriving in MPs’ post trays across Westminster. Not the usual spidery letters or worthy constituency reports — but brightly coloured postcards, stamped and sent from every corner of the globe: Porto, Portland, Port Douglas… and beyond. These cards […]
The United States may ask the United Kingdom to allow American refueling aircraft to operate from Britain’s military base in Cyprus, as former President Donald Trump considers launching strikes on Iran in response to the escalating war with Israel.
By Martin Banks The Greens have greeted the “start of a journey” it hopes the UK and EU will embark on after they announced a series of agreements which aim to forge closer ties.
By Martin Banks UK PM Sir Keir Starmer, speaking ahead of a summit in London between the two sides on Monday, gave a strong signal that a youth mobility scheme could form part of a new deal with the EU.
Talks between Brussels and London for a security and defence partnership are ongoing with EU ambassadors scheduled to discuss a first draft put together by the Commission’s External Action Service next week.
The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024. On Sunday, 592 migrants in 11 boats crossed the Channel, according to figures from the […]
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and France are to work with Ukraine “on a plan to stop the fighting” with Russia – and will then “discuss that plan with the United States”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due at a summit of European leaders, two days after a fiery exchange with […]
By Martin Banks A new survey from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) says that both the European Union and Britain want closer ties.
THE UK Government has been urged to “tell the truth” about its Cypriot RAF base’s involvement in moving weapons to Israel.
By Martin Banks The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens’ Rights, which looks at issues facing EU citizens in the UK and Britons abroad, has relaunched and will meet for the first time next week.
