Sajid Javid

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’

The Guardian - UK 4 min read

Shamima Begum is a blot on Sajid Javid’s copybook

Brief letters: Citizenship | Apostrophes | Duvets | World Cup | Going Trumpless

The Guardian - UK 2 min read

‘It could be a shoe or a stick’: Sajid Javid on being beaten by his father, petty crime – and turning his life around

As a young teenager, Javid and his brother were caught stealing from slot machines, arrested and held in a cell. His future hung in the balance. How did he get from there to the top of UK politics?

The Guardian - UK 15 min read

Sajid Javid calls on Nigel Farage to apologise for alleged schoolboy racism

Reform leader’s remarks wrong and lack of formal apology ‘disturbs me’, former Tory chancellor says

The Guardian - UK 4 min read

European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship

Begum’s lawyers argue she was child trafficking victim when she travelled to live under IS in Syria in 2015

The Guardian - UK 4 min read

Top European court demands answers from UK over stripping of Shamima Begum’s citizenship

ECHR has asked the Home Office about the decision, after she travelled to join Islamic State as a teenager

The Independent UK 5 min read

Major new dentistry plan vows to ‘end the postcode lottery’ for treatment

The changes are anticipated to benefit millions of patients

The Independent UK 6 min read

Sajid Javid told Boris Johnson he was Dominic Cummings’ ‘puppet’

Former chancellor also says Johnson was ‘least well briefed’ of the PMs he had served

The Guardian - UK 4 min read

Voices: Rachel Reeves risks becoming the ‘Chino Chancellor’ – chancellor in name only

COMMENT: By hiring Treasury second-in-command Darren Jones to work with him in No 10, with a new high-powered team of economic aides, Keir Starmer has effectively downgraded his chancellor, says Simon Walters

The Independent UK 4 min read

What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?

On a cold, wet November evening, Issa Mohamed Omar and more than 30 other men, women and children set off from their informal camp near the northern French port city of Dunkirk. They walked through the darkness in near-silence for around two hours, until they reached the beach from where…

The Conversation 34 min read