The terrorism-related prison population has reached its highest level in the published Home Office series, with 57 per cent of those in custody classified as holding Islamist-extremist views.
Vicky Richter · 9 October 2026The Great British PAC has written to Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and submitted a Freedom of Information request over the decision to replace Churchill, Austen, Turner and Turing on our banknotes with images of British wildlife.
GBPAC Agent · 8 October 2026Spending on six major benefits rose faster than median wages in 502 of 526 constituencies across England and Wales, according to TaxPayers' Alliance analysis. Every constituency recorded an increase, while separate official forecasts put Britain's wider benefits and state pension bill on course to exceed £400 billion annually by the end of the decade.
Vicky Richter · 8 October 2026New Health Foundation modelling suggests that, if recent trends continue, the waiting-time threshold for 92 per cent of incomplete NHS referral-to-treatment pathways in England could reach almost 35 weeks by 2029, against the 18-week standard. The findings raise questions about whether Andy Burnham's Government can deliver Labour's pledge.
Vicky Richter · 8 October 2026British special forces personnel could face prosecution over alleged crimes in Afghanistan after the Ministry of Defence identified material indicating that service personnel may have committed serious offences.
Vicky Richter · 8 October 2026Donald Trump's threatened US diesel export restrictions have receded for now after the G7 agreed to an emergency release of oil stocks. But with four refineries left, more than half its diesel imported and thin reserves, Britain remains exposed to the next supply shock.
Vicky Richter · 7 October 2026Television presenter and farmer says he is looking into opening a second pub but that it would not be in Britain, as he questions why anyone would start a business in the country.
Vicky Richter · 6 October 2026Lambeth is set to become the first London council to trial a four-day week, its Green leader has confirmed, putting a borough that is struggling to balance its books at the centre of a national argument over how local government is run.
Vicky Richter · 5 October 2026The Home Secretary has said Britain is ‘not in control’ of the Channel border and that criminal gangs conduct the ‘sifting’ of migrants preparing to cross in northern France. She also said almost every woman waiting there to make the journey has probably been raped.
Vicky Richter · 5 October 2026Four of the British Army's most senior former officers have accused the Government of "duplicity" over its Troubles legislation, alleging that the legacy framework agreed with Dublin and the wider reset with Brussels are being put above the duty owed to soldiers who served in Northern Ireland.
Vicky Richter · 4 October 2026The Prime Minister has put EU membership back on the table and refused to rule out a future referendum, reopening a Brexit argument Labour had spent years trying to close.
Vicky Richter · 4 October 2026Campaigners are calling a nationwide day of protest on Saturday 14 November, urging people to gather outside their local council buildings at 10am as opposition to the Government's local government reorganisation spreads from individual counties into coordinated national action.
Vicky Richter · 2 October 2026Stories originally reported by our sister title, the Conservative Post. Join the PAC to get them first.
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