Politics UK

🚨 NEW: One of Britain's biggest unions emailed thousands of CEOs demanding to “recruit” workers just 3 minutes after the new workers' rights laws took effect

The law allows unions to request workplace access and contact all workers, whether they're union members or not

🚨 BREAKING: A British citizen is among six people killed in the Polish mass shooting

🚨 NEW: The Government's "Black Sky" contingency plans for a national water or power blackout

- Around 100 BBC staff would be deployed to run an emergency RM radio studio stocked with enough food, water and fuel to keep it running for 3 days

- The BBC would broadcast pre-written Government scripts through the studio, including how to ration water, what to do if toilets stop working and which food to eat first (see scripts below)

- Radio masts would switch to diesel generators to keep broadcasts going for up to 72 hours without electricity

- BBC teams would use satellite phones to stay in contact, with agreed meeting points and backup arrangements if those phones stop working

- They would also report from emergency centres across the UK using satellite-equipped BBC vehicles to help keep information flowing to the public

- Emergency services would have alternative ways to communicate if mobile phone networks stopped working

- The Government is putting £70m towards aircraft that could restore mobile phone and internet coverage across the UK for over a week

🚨 NEW: The Church of England has warned that the Government’s proposed ban on conversion therapy could "criminalise prayer"

Under the proposed law, people could face up to 5 years in prison for attempting to change or suppress someone's sexual orientation or gender identity

🚨 NEW: Small boats are now deploying from the Netherlands to avoid patrol boats in the English Channel