Politics

Published: 29 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Documents disclosed by The Guardian reveal that Boris Johnson, then UK foreign secretary, approved China’s proposal to establish a sprawling “super-embassy” in London in 2018. The approval, sent in a letter to China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, described the development as “China’s largest overseas diplomatic investment” and laid the groundwork for what would become one of the most...

Published: 29 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The collapse of the China spying case has left more questions than answers, exposing opaque decision-making at the heart of the UK Government. The recent developments, centring on national security adviser Jonathan Powell and civil servant Matthew Collins, have raised concerns over transparency, accountability, and the handling of sensitive intelligence matters. Reports reveal that just two days before...

Published: 29 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk / Reporter Name. The English Chronicle Online. The Labour Party has launched a concerted effort to push back against the adoption of the four-day workweek in local government, highlighting concerns over service delivery, public finances, and the potential for a wider public sector disruption. The campaign has begun with a direct rebuke to South Cambridgeshire District Council, the first local authority to...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A British woman detained in Iran has told her family she is “losing hope” as her ordeal drags on, following a court appearance that reportedly went badly. Lindsay Foreman, from East Sussex, has been imprisoned in Iran since January alongside her husband, Craig Foreman, both accused of espionage—charges they firmly deny. Her son, Joe Bennett, said that he...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Parliamentary scrutiny over the failed espionage trial involving Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary staffer, and Christopher Berry, an academic from Oxfordshire, has exposed significant weaknesses in how the case was handled. The hearing, conducted on Monday by the joint committee on the national security strategy, marked the first time senior officials publicly explained how the prosecution of the...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Prince Andrew has reportedly hosted disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein at his Royal Lodge residence just days before Epstein’s arrest in the United States, reigniting scrutiny of the Duke of York’s longstanding connections to the late paedophile. According to BBC reports, Epstein attended the Windsor property alongside his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as part of...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. There are a few plain facts to set down before debating small boats crossing the Channel. Personally, I believe Britain has taken in far too many immigrants over recent decades. Our ability to assimilate, integrate and support these arrivals is under strain. Housing, welfare and public services are stretched; social cohesion is fraying; and violent or hateful incidents...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Experts have expressed growing concern over Russia’s Burevestnik missile, describing it as a weapon that could disrupt international arms control frameworks and exacerbate global tensions. “This is a bad development,” Mr Lewis told The New York Times. “It is one more science fiction weapon that is going to be destabilising and hard to address in arms control.” Despite...

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. From November, up to 900 migrants are set to be housed in Army barracks under the UK Government’s latest plan to phase out the use of asylum hotels, marking a significant shift in how the country accommodates new arrivals. The Home Office has confirmed that two military facilities, one in Scotland and another in southern England, will temporarily...

Published: 27 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Home Office has come under intense scrutiny after a damning parliamentary report accused it of “squandering” billions of pounds in taxpayers’ money on asylum accommodation. The Home Affairs Committee, in a detailed investigation, found that deeply flawed contracts and repeated managerial failures left the department unable to cope with rising demand, forcing it to rely on hotels...