Mukund Krishna, chief executive of the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents police constables, sergeants, inspectors, chief inspectors and special constables, has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. The day after it called for a minimum 7% pay uplift for police officers…
The Telegraph reports that the arrest follows an investigation into allegations over financial wrongdoing at the organisation. Krishna is the PFEW’s first chief executive…
Labour has today launched an “independent review into antisemitism in England’s schools and colleges.” It is to be led by David Bell, former permanent secretary at the DfE. Another review…
The DfE says it is responding to a rise in school-related antisemitic incidents which doubled in 2025 compared to pre-2023 levels. It adds: “Over a fifth of British Jewish parents also report their children have experienced antisemitism at school, on their way to school, or in the school’s vicinity, demonstrating a clear need to act now.” We shall act, by considering whether to act…
Bell’s job is to “examine how well schools and colleges are supported to handle incidents of antisemitism, including through their own policies and relevant government guidance.” His report is due in Autumn this year. He will report recommendations by Autumn 2026 as part of government’s wider social cohesion drive. Buried at the bottom is a note that the review “will not make recommendations directly relating to core schools or further education funding or workplace supply issues, which will be considered through the spending review and business planning processes.” Restricted…
UPDATE: Laura Trott questions why the review is not examining the role of the NEU:
This is welcome but any review that avoids scrutinising unions, including their role in blocking Damien Egan from visiting a school, lacks teeth. No one should be above accountability & the same urgent action is needed in our universities, where antisemitism continues unchecked. https://t.co/8ImdMtuc03
— Laura Trott MP (@LauraTrottMP) March 4, 2026
Sir Robin Wales, Labour mayor of Newham from 2002 to 2018, will become Reform’s London director of local government. Wales’ close aide Clive Furness will be Reform’s mayoral candidate in Newham. Watch along above…
The government of Mauritius has issued a communiqué spelling out its position on Iran:
Under the terms of the Chagos deal “the United Kingdom agrees to expeditiously inform Mauritius of any armed attack on a third State directly emanating from the Base on Diego Garcia.” The Mauritians will – under pressure from China and others – stir up trouble over ‘their’ territory under the terms of the deal…
If any more indication was needed that the deal should be scrapped indefinitely. It’s a hard power world…
Read the full communiqué below:
Continue reading “Mauritius Backs Iran and Demands Immediate Chagos Islands Handover”
The UK has put a block on study visas for anyone from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan. Mahmood claims they’ve been exploiting the system…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was “taking the unprecedented decision to refuse visas for those nationals seeking to exploit our generosity. I will restore order and control to our borders.” Home Office statistics show a significantly larger percentage of people from those four countries cite destitution as part of their asylum claim, and 95% of Afghans who’ve arrived in the UK since 2021 on study visas have since claimed asylum. Myanmar claims increased 16 times over and Cameroon and Sudan’s quadrupled…
Mahmood was in Denmark last week and is copying elements of the country’s model. She will deliver broader asylum reforms tomorrow with a speech at the IPPR setting out how curbing migration is in line with those “Labour values” that everyone is always talking about. Seeing as Lucy Powell and Sadiq Khan have blamed Mahmood’s hard line for Labour’s loss in the by-election, that is a battle the Home Secretary will have to have…
HMS Dragon, the Type 45 air defence destroyer vessel the government has deployed to protect RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, won’t even arrive on its shores for an entire week. British personnel in the area could be exposed for almost 14 days…
According to GB News’ Charlie Peters, the MoD expects at least a 24-hour delay before Dragon can even set sail on its 5,500 km voyage to the eastern Mediterranean. Navy First adds:
“The Navy had offered the government the option to preposition a Type 45 ahead of the attack that Trump had telegraphed for several weeks in advance, but planned NATO deployments were deemed the priority.”
HMS Duncan was originally expected to make the journey, but a maintenance and refit period meant Dragon was scrambled instead. Meanwhile RAF Akrotiri remains vulnerable to drone attacks. A shambles…
Starmer said to Robert Peston this afternoon:
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”