The US has warned that Keir Starmer’s government may need to reconsider Britain’s controversial hate speech laws if it hopes to secure a trade deal.

A woman at the heart of the free speech battle around abortion clinic buffer zones has been convicted

The US State Department has warned the UK over its criminalisation of free speech in abortion buffer zones, in a highly unusual move.

The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education watchdog for failing to protect free speech in the case of gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock.

A retired church minister will be hauled before the courts in Northern Ireland this week after preaching an open air sermon in an abortion "buffer zone".

US President JD Vance has criticised European countries, warning free speech is under threat. He cited the example of British man Adam Smith-Connor who was prosecuted and convicted for praying silently outside…