BBC News18 hours agoOnline safety laws unsatisfactory, minister saysverified_publisherBBC News - Kate WhannelUK laws on internet safety are "very uneven" and "unsatisfactory", Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has said, following calls from campaigners to tighten the rules. On Saturday, Ian Russell, the father of Molly Russell, who took her own life at 14 after seeing harmful content online, said the UK was …
BBC News1 day agoPM should sack Siddiq over corruption claims, Badenoch saysverified_publisherBBC News - Harry FarleySir Keir Starmer has been urged to sack anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq after she was named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch posted on X on Saturday that it was time for Siddiq to be sacked, …
BBC News1 day agoMolly Russell's dad warns UK 'going backwards' on online safety and urges PM to actverified_publisherBBC News - Laura KuenssbergThe father of Molly Russell, the teenager who took her own life after seeing harmful content online, has personally appealed to the prime minister to tighten rules that protect children and has warned the UK is "going backwards" on internet safety. Ian Russell, who backed the previous government …
BBC News1 day ago'I don't like this Musk chap': Reform members say they're unbothered by spatverified_publisherBBC News - Kate WhannelEven by the standards of the Reform UK party, it has been an interesting few weeks. In December, its leader Nigel Farage flew to Florida to meet Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire, where they discussed a possible donation. On Boxing Day, it announced its membership figures had surpassed those of the …
BBC News2 days agoReeves defends China visit and hails £600m boost to UKverified_publisherBBC News - Michael RaceChancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to travel to China to improve economic ties at a time when soaring government borrowing costs threaten to squeeze UK public finances. She says she wants a long-term relationship with China that is "squarely in our national interest" and on Saturday …
BBC News2 days agoReform UK councillors resign in protest over Farageverified_publisherBBC News - Harry FarleyTen Reform UK councillors in Derbyshire say they have resigned in protest over Nigel Farage's leadership. The group said Reform was being run in an "increasingly autocratic manner" and "has lost its sense of direction" since Farage took over as leader last June. But Farage told BBC Newsnight the …
