Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen had her UK ETA cancelled after a Finnish Supreme Court conviction for a 2004 church pamphlet setting out biblical views on marriage.
Archbishop Richard Moth has urged Catholics and others to petition MPs to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its second reading on 11 September 2026.
Sir Keir Starmer announced 26 new life peerages on 16 July 2026, including 16 for Labour.
Liz Truss chaired the first CPAC Great Britain conference in London, addressing free speech, borders, economic reform and institutional capture by left-wing thinking.
Italy's lower house passed the electoral reform bill by 217 votes to 152 on 16 July 2026 despite an earlier narrow defeat on preference voting.
House of Commons rose for summer recess on 16 July 2026 after blocking a Conservative motion to extend sitting by one day
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted ministers from over 65 countries to address the resurgence of far-left political terrorism.
The House of Commons Defence Committee launched an inquiry on 16 July 2026 into the UK’s resilience under Nato Article 3 obligations and the promised Defence Readiness Bill.
Eight men aged 54 to 73 face 34 charges including 17 counts of rape for alleged child sexual exploitation in Newport, Abergavenny and Swansea between 1985 and 1996.
Bol Chuol, 27, and Charun Magok, 19, both Sudanese, were jailed for piloting dangerously overcrowded small boats across the English Channel.
Three asylum seekers who arrived by small boat were jailed for a predatory rape on Brighton beach in October 2025.
Keir Starmer declared the end of his political journey during his final PMQs on 15 July 2026, receiving a standing ovation from Labour MPs.
