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Andrew Gwynne, Britain's minister of public health, said the government is considering "tightening up the hours of operation" of bars… The post Brickbat: Closing Time appeared first on Reason.com.

The group were accused of overstaying their permitted leave and breaching visa and immigration bail conditions

Prisons minister James Timpson has defended the government’s controversial scheme to free some prisoners after serving 40 per cent of their sentence

After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony. The remote Indian Ocean archipelago will continue to host a US military base, but Chagossians exiled to make way for the base in the 1960s and 70s are questioning whether the deal…

Labour says it is committed to other ‘overseas territories’, but why? These colonial-era dreams are costing the country dear, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Energy system operator expects winter power supplies to outstrip demand by almost 9% this year

Letters: Readers including a Bet365 employee respond to an article on how its founder, Denise Coates, became Britain’s richest woman, and express concerns over the impact of its success

Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch recently caused controversy by claiming that while she was born to a middle-class family, she “became working class” when working in McDonald’s to earn money while she was in college. In fairness to Badenoch, having a diversity of experience is an admirable attribute for an MP…

Joan Hannington became one of Britain's most accomplished jewel thieves and some people might be wondering if she ever went to prison