Politics

Published: 13 August. The English Chronicle Desk New national guidance advises police forces to consider revealing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects in high-profile and sensitive cases. The policy aims to enhance public trust and counter the spread of misinformation, following criticism from public figures such as Nigel Farage regarding police handling of some notable incidents. The guidance, effective immediately, states that officers should only release such information if there...

Published: 12 August | The English Chronicle Desk The House of Lords has come under sharp criticism from campaigners following its decision to scrap a long-standing requirement for peers to declare “non-financial interests” — a rule that has, in the past, exposed significant conflicts of interest involving high-profile figures, including a celebrated cricket legend and a noted historian. Since 2000, members of the Lords were obliged to register unpaid but...

Published: 12 August — The English Chronicle Desk The co-founder of the banned activist group Palestine Action has accused UK ministers of making “false and defamatory” statements about the organisation, claiming that their allegations contradict the government’s own intelligence reports. The controversy comes as public scrutiny intensifies over the arrest of 532 people under the Terrorism Act during pro-Palestine demonstrations last weekend. Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, criticised remarks...

Published: 12 August — The English Chronicle Desk David Lammy, the UK Foreign Secretary, is under potential legal scrutiny over a controversial plan to embed staff from multinational corporations Shell and BAE Systems within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The proposal, aimed at fostering closer ties between government and business, has raised serious concerns among campaigners who warn that it risks improper influence and conflicts of interest within...

Published: 11 August 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk The Labour government has announced a significant expansion of the controversial “deport now, appeal later” scheme, widening its reach to 23 countries as part of a broader crackdown on foreign national offenders. The policy, originally introduced by Baroness Theresa May in 2014 under the Conservative government’s “hostile environment” strategy, allows certain offenders to be deported before their appeals are heard, with...

Published: 11 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk In the face of mounting international condemnation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to clarify and defend his government’s controversial strategy for escalating military operations in Gaza during a press briefing with foreign media on Sunday. This came shortly after an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council urged Israel to reconsider its approach, reflecting deep concerns over the humanitarian toll...

Published: 11 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk On Christmas Eve 2024, 19-year-old Chloe Cheung lay in her Leeds bedroom, scrolling through Instagram when her phone began flooding with messages from old school friends urging her to check the news. To her shock, reports across East Asia revealed that Chinese authorities had placed a bounty of HK$1 million (£94,000) on her head, accusing her of endangering national security. The photograph...

Published: 11 August 2025. The English Chronicle Online Anas al-Sharif, a distinguished Al Jazeera correspondent known for his courageous frontline reporting from Gaza, was tragically killed along with four of his colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on a journalist camp outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The attack, which claimed seven lives in total, has sent shockwaves through the international journalistic community and sparked renewed condemnation of violence targeting media...

Published: 11 August 2025. The English Chronicle Online Renowned screenwriter Russell T Davies, celebrated for reviving Doctor Who and creating Queer As Folk, has voiced deep concern over the rapid deterioration of gay rights in the UK, attributing much of the setback to the growing influence of the Reform UK party and the political legacy of former US President Donald Trump. Speaking candidly about the challenges facing the LGBT community...

Published: 11 August 2025. The English Chronicle Online In a move that underscores the complexities and tensions surrounding US-Russia relations, Alaska has been selected as the venue for a highly anticipated summit between former US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The choice of this remote northern state is unusual and reflects a host of strategic considerations amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and broader geopolitical struggles. Despite...