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Clarke: I wouldn't rule out becoming PM

Ex-chancellor says he'd be willing to lead "a government of national unity" to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

Posted at 10:49 15 Aug

Homophobic attack drove Alfie to seek law change

The ex-Wales rugby star wants homophobic abuse on the pitch to be subject to the same laws as racism.

Posted at 15:26 13 Aug

Ministers expect no-deal challenge next month

No 10 assumes the EU will wait for MPs to try and block a no-deal before engaging in further talks.

Posted at 13:22 13 Aug

Brexit legal challenge to be heard in September

A group of politicians want the courts to rule out suspending parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit.

Posted at 17:19 12 Aug

Have the residents of Lampedusa got compassion fatigue?

Is the rise of the Italian right-wing League party, a protest against the migrant arrivals

Over the past few years on PM, we’ve taken a close look at the migration crisis through the eyes of the small Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

People there have spent years helping and offering aid to the thousands of migrants who were brought to safety on by search and rescue vessels. But there is a paradox here, the number of migrants arriving on Italian soil so far this year is down by 98 per cent, compared to 2016, yet feelings about migration are running higher than ever.

In the European elections, Matteo Salvini's right-wing nationalist League party took first place in Lampedusa.
In part one of a series, Emma Jane Kirby has returned to the island to try to find out why.

(Photo: Migrants being rescued in the Med   Credit: EPA)

Posted at 12:13 12 Aug

Pro-independence party 'would target unionist seats'

Wings over Scotland: Pro-indy party 'would target unionist seats'

A pro-independence blogger considering creating a new political party says his aim would be to increase the number of pro-independence list MSPs at Holyrood.

Posted at 15:56 8 Aug