2022-05-31
Guardian Front Page 31st of May 2022
The Guardian reports that more Conservative MPs have called on the prime minister to step down, including former attorney general Jeremy Wright.
The Guardian reports that more Conservative MPs have called on the prime minister to step down, including former attorney general Jeremy Wright.
According to a leaked Home Office report obtained by The Guardian, the Windrush scandal stems from 30 years of racist immigration laws designed to reduce non-white populations in the UK.
According to The Guardian, ministers who breach the ministerial code will no longer have to resign or be sacked if found guilty.
The Guardian reports on the chancellor’s £15bn windfall tax u-turn.
The Guardian reports that Boris Johnson insisted he was “oblivious to excessive drinking and partying in Downing Street during lockdown” despite a report “laying bare a litany of rule-breaking behaviour”.
“Rishi Sunak is scrambling to finalize a package of measures” to alleviate the impact of the cost of living crisis, according to The Guardian.
Johnson is facing fresh allegations that he lied to MPs after photos emerged of him toasting a senior aide at a Downing Street leaving drinks event during a national lockdown. Following the event in November 2020, the Metropolitan Police fined staff for attending, but did not punish Mr. Johnson, reports The Guardian.
Approximately 400,000 children and young people are treated every month for mental health issues, according to the Guardian.
The Guardian reports that police chiefs will apologize for “racism, discrimination, and bias” within their forces in a new race plan to be launched on Tuesday.
According to The Guardian, civil servants and special advisers have responded with fury and disbelief after Scotland Yard confirmed Boris Johnson received only one of 126 fines levied for law-breaking parties at Downing Street and Whitehall.