Katie Amess has raised concerns about the ongoing risks faced by UK politicians, five years after her father, Sir David Amess MP, was fatally stabbed during a constituency surgery. She questioned whether sufficient changes have been implemented to safeguard elected officials.
Nigel Farage is under renewed scrutiny from the parliamentary standards watchdog following his by-election victory in Clacton, with an investigation reopening into a previously undisclosed £5 million donation. The Standards Commissioner is examining whether Farage breached transparency rules by not declaring the substantial sum from Arron Banks in a timely manner.
State-owned Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow is preparing to cut approximately 150 jobs, a quarter of its workforce, as work on the second CalMac ferry, Glen Rosa, concludes. This follows the yard's nationalisation in 2019 after a protracted dispute over cost overruns and delays on the two vessels.
