The foreign affairs select committee is drawing up plans to examine Chinese government interference in academia as part of its inquiry into the UK’s strategy towards Beijing. MPs are broadening the scope of their investigation into the China audit, an internal government review of UK-China relations
Read more: MPs to probe Chinese state influence in UK universitiesSussan Ley has already been required to reshuffle her shadow ministry twice in her six short months as Liberal party leader. The first was to replace Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, whose refusal to apologise for incorrect and offensive claims about Indian migrants, or back Ley’s leadership, made her fron
Read more: Ley’s Leadership Threatened as Liberals Split Over Net ZeroReeves suggests benefit limits on larger families to be lifted Paul Seddon Political reporter Rachel Reeves: I don't think it's right that a child is penalised for being in a bigger family Rachel Reeves has suggested she favours removing limits on benefits linked to family size at this month's Budge
Read more: Reeves Signals End to Two‑Child Benefit CapTanzanian authorities have detained a senior official from the main opposition party, Chadema, amid a spate of arrests in connection to deadly protests during elections last week. More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to Chadema and human rights b
Read more: Tanzania detains opposition official amid post‑election crackdownViolent demonstrations broke out in Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, as the country held an election on Wednesday. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president, is expected to strengthen her grip on the country against the backdrop of rapidly intensifying repression and the exclusion of opponents from
Read more: Tanzania unrest as president nears election victoryVietnamese people who arrive in the UK by irregular means will be fast-tracked for deportation under a new agreement, Downing Street has said. After a surge in clandestine arrivals from the south-east Asian country last year via small boats and in the back of lorries, the deal is supposed to cut red
Read more: UK to fast-track deportations of irregular Vietnamese arrivalsQueensland parliament has passed laws to create the state’s first public register of some child sexual abusers, with the new legislation named in memory of child murder victim Daniel Morcombe. The move adds momentum to a campaign by Daniel’s parents, Bruce and Denise Morcombe, for a national registe
Read more: Queensland creates Daniel Morcombe child sex-offender registerState and territory disability ministers have threatened to boycott an upcoming NDIS meeting with the Albanese government after being given just two minutes to contribute to discussions. In a joint letter from all jurisdictions sent on Thursday to the health and disability minister, Mark Butler, and
Read more: Ministers threaten boycott over two-minute NDIS speaking limitKate Ellis, the former federal member for Adelaide, has been elected national president of the Australian Labor Party and will take over from Wayne Swan at the party’s national conference in Adelai...
Read more: Kate Ellis elected ALP national presidentThe centrist D66 party made huge gains in Dutch elections, likely giving it the lead in government formation as the party of far-right leader Geert Wilders lost support. With 90% of the votes counted early on Thursday, D66 and Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) were both projected to take 26 seats in the
Read more: Centrist D66 Surges, Eyes Leadership After Dutch VoteThailand is setting a regional precedent this month by giving refugees permission to work in the country in an effort to tackle aid cuts and its own labour shortages. More than 87,000 refugees living in nine refugee camps along Thailand’s border with Myanmar have been totally reliant on handouts of
Read more: Thailand lets Myanmar refugees work to ease aid and labour gapsMore than 100 business and charity leaders have called on ministers to “lead the country’s transition toward a shorter working week”, after the local government secretary criticised a council for shifting to a four-day work pattern. Steve Reed wrote to South Cambridgeshire district council, the firs
Read more: Leaders urge ministers to back England’s four-day week shift
