Archive of July 2014
Pro-Gaza demo on Westminster Bridge as outrage grows over school bombing
75-foot banner unfurled along Westminster Bridge, as outrage grew over the Israeli bombing of a UN school in Gaza
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Prison book ban: Grayling faces flood of books as campaigners step up protest
Chris Grayling faces prospect of being flooded with books, after the Howard League asks its supporters to mail them to the justice secretary
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Western opinion 'rapidly turning against Israel' foreign secretary admits
Admission comes as news emerges of the bombing of another UN school, leading to at least 15 deaths
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No need for revenge porn law, peers say
Current laws will do - but director of public prosecutions needs to offer new guidance
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Exodus: One in six Scots would leave country under independence
Seventeen per cent of Scottish adults would consider leaving the country if it becomes independent after the referendum in September
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Privatisation admission shows Grayling misled the Commons
New evidence emerges that Chris Grayling misled the Commons when he denied that a lottery system was used to move probation staff to private firms
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Govt blockaded as protestors take Gaza fight to Whitehall
Department for Business blockaded over its continued military contracts with Israel, as UK abstains from UN war crimes vote
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UK government approved supply of lethal chemicals to Syria
Government attacked for 'irresponsible' decision to approve licences.
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Boris Johnson's estuary airport unlikely to be shortlisted by Airports Commission
European environmental directives set to scupper Johnson's scheme.
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'Ripe for the courts': Emergency surveillance law faces legal challenge
Liberty initiates a legal challenge to the emergency surveillance legislation the government forced through the Commons last week
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Tory support plunges following reshuffle
Series of polls fail to detect any post-reshuffle bounce.
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Nick Griffin ousted as BNP leader
Griffin replaced by disgraced former teacher Adam Walker.
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Police forces spend millions subsidising gun owners
Government blocked plans to raise fees on guns.
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Recovery not 'firmly rooted', Clarke warns
Ken Clarke says Britain is a "long way" from having an economy with "sustainable levels of growth and all that".
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MH17 diplomacy: Grim and determined, Britain confronts Russia
Britain has embarked on a massive diplomatic offensive against Russia in the wake of the MH17 crash, led by David Cameron insisting the crisis is a "challenge to be met and mastered".
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Grayling's 'discriminatory' legal aid test grinds to a halt
Thousands of legal documents and residency forms are withdrawn at the last minute, after Chris Grayling's plans to restrict legal aid to long-term British residents was blocked by the high court
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Baptism of fire: Hammond faces twin crises in first days as foreign secretary
Phillip Hammond's promotion to foreign secretary is hit by twin crises, as the world is stunned by the shooting down of flight MH17 and Israel's ground invasion of Gaza
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Flushing out the truth: Here's how Michael Gove got stuck in the toilets on his first day as chief whip
Michael Gove's reputation appears to have disappeared down the pan, after a chat with a Labour backbencher meant he got stuck in the toilet on his first day as chief whip.
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Emergency surveillance bill puts public at risk of cyber criminals
Customers' personal information could be more vulnerable to cybercrime if the emergency surveillance law is passed, industry experts warn
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Truss sticks with badger cull plans
Queen guitarist Brian May has declared his willingness to end the "polarisation" of debate over the badger cull, following the appointment of Liz Truss to Defra.
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PM faces peers' wrath over reshuffle 'crisis'
Angry peers could summon David Cameron to give evidence before their constitution committee if he refuses to make the new leader of the Lords a full Cabinet member.
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Peers raise fears of Drip power-grab
Prospect of a Lords rebellion against the government's emergency surveillance law grows, after influential committee of peers raised concerns
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Bonfire of the moderates: Cameron shifts Tories firmly to the right
David Cameron switches off the life support of One Nation Conservatism, as he culls the remaining moderates in senior government positions
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Devastating blow to Grayling as judges halt his legal aid reform
Humiliating blow as Chris Grayling is prevented from turning legal aid into "an instrument of discrimination" by judges
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As the reshuffle dominates headlines, May forces through surveillance bill
Government takes advantage of press attention on reshuffle to force through emergency surveillance legislation
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