A village of around 350 residents. A camp for up to 1,256 men. Three thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven objections. One letter of support. And a Labour Secretary of State who used a statutory fast-track power to grant permission anyway, while the Home Office quietly admits no final decision to open the site has even been taken.
Vicky Richter · 13 November 2026Great British PAC demands answers as Labour considers sweeping changes to disability benefits, with some of Britain's most vulnerable young people potentially facing cuts to their financial support.
Vicky Richter · 13 November 2026British universities are advertising a proposed Sharia-compliant student finance scheme, designed to offer an alternative to conventional interest-bearing student loans. Some university guidance points to the current academic year, despite the Government having confirmed no implementation date. No student can yet apply, the secondary legislation required to open the scheme is not in force, and more than £365,000 of public money has reportedly been spent developing it. Great British PAC is demanding a timetable, transparent costings and a straight answer from ministers.
Vicky Richter · 12 November 2026Serving SAS officers have delivered an extraordinary warning: experienced soldiers in Britain's elite special forces are becoming reluctant to volunteer for missions where they may have to open fire, because they fear the investigation that could follow years later. There have been no refusals of orders and no hesitation under fire, but some experienced personnel are reportedly choosing to leave or not extend their service. The £58m Afghanistan inquiry has run for three and a half years without a single finding. More than two years into Labour's Government, ministers have yet to demonstrate that their response matches the scale of the problem.
Vicky Richter · 12 November 2026MORE than half a century after a former Labour Government began the forced displacement of the Chagossian people from their ancestral homeland, another Labour Government has today secured a court victory that leaves islanders who returned home facing renewed uncertainty over their future.
Vicky Richter · 12 November 2026At the eleventh hour, Britain fell silent for the men who never came home. Hours earlier, the BBC had placed photographs of dead Afghans at the top of its news coverage, framed around possible SAS war crimes. The allegations are serious and they must be examined. But on the one morning of the year set aside for restraint, the corporation owed its audience more context than it gave them, and British veterans deserve better than another decade of not knowing.
Vicky Richter · 11 November 2026Thirteen American states have warned Ed Miliband that his sanctions on Israel could cost British companies dearly: exclusion from state contracts, divestment by public funds and possible action under US trade law. The Foreign Secretary has questions to answer about what he knew and what he has done to protect British businesses.
Vicky Richter · 11 November 2026Six Spanish benches are in place on the stretch of Oxford Street Lord Khan closed to traffic, with more than 50 more to come, at about £1,540 each and a reported order value of £86,000 before freight and installation. The wider programme plans £144m of capital spending, includes public borrowing despite the Mayor's earlier confidence that third parties would provide the funding, and has not published a contract for the benches.
Vicky Richter · 11 November 2026Great British PAC accuses Labour of governing by announcement rather than delivery as the head of the Civil Service prepares to admit Whitehall is 'hard-wired' against change.
Vicky Richter · 10 November 2026Great British PAC demands answers from Chancellor John Healey after Labour abandons promised upfront savings checks while benefit overpayments reach £9.9 billion a year.
Vicky Richter · 10 November 2026A crucial judgment concerning the rights of Chagossians living on their ancestral islands will be delivered on Thursday, 12 November, in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for their future.
Vicky Richter · 9 November 2026A 200-page draft agreement committing Britain to follow EU food and farming rules as they change has been circulated to EU capitals before the full text has been made available for public and parliamentary scrutiny. Farmers, meat processors, caterers and fishermen back parts of the deal but warn the price is rules Britain cannot veto, the absence of any published impact assessment and animal welfare gains on the table. With the Brussels summit on 20 November, Great British PAC sets out what ministers must publish and guarantee before anything is signed.
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