Exclusive: government analysis reveals unmet financial needs of many people needing to self-isolate Why Leicester, Blackburn and Bradford have been hit hard by Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A “perfect storm” of low wages, cramped housing and failures of the £22bn test-and-trace scheme has led […]
Month: February 2021
Labour leader to claim that poorer people have been disproportionately hit because Tories ‘weakened foundations of society’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Keir Starmer will use a major speech on Thursday to claim that the coronavirus pandemic has hit the UK disproportionately hard because 10 years […]
Company says it has made decision ‘with a heavy heart’ in response to proposed media bargaining code Latest: Facebook blocks health departments, charities and its own pages in botched Australia news ban Live updates from the Australia politics blog Facebook has followed through on its threat to ban Australians from […]
EU work permit regulations could scupper productions like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The National Theatre is shelving plans to tour productions to mainland Europe due to uncertainty over work permits because of Brexit. Before travelling to work in a number of EU countries, many working […]
Exclusive: 100 public figures sign letter criticising Radio 4 Woman’s Hour segment with Zara Mohammed More than 100 public figures, including the Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi, the Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Naz Shah, and the comedian Deborah Frances-White, have signed an open letter to the BBC criticising Radio 4 […]
Officials warn of treacherous travel conditions as icy winter storm heads to America’s north-east Ferocious winter weather sweeping across large parts of the central and southern US has brought record-breaking cold temperatures, left millions without power and killed at least 21 people across multiple states. Continue reading…
Children’s commissioner Anne Longfield to criticise government as out of touch in departing speech Ministers are out of touch and “institutionally biased” against supporting children and families, while Britain is being put to shame by measures unveiled by President Joe Biden in the US, the children’s commissioner for England will […]
Ira Rosen says Bannon had ‘great frustrations with Trump’ Bannon ‘spoke of removing president with 25th amendment’ US politics – live coverage Former White House strategist Steve Bannon thought Donald Trump was suffering from early-stage dementia and campaigned covertly to remove him from office via the 25th amendment, according to […]
European Space Agency aims to take on 26 people for missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars European space chiefs have launched their first recruitment drive for new astronauts in 11 years, with particular emphasis on encouraging women and people with disabilities to join missions to the Moon and, […]
Smuggled footage from daughter of sheikh says she is hostage in villa surrounded by police The daughter of the ruler of Dubai, who tried to flee the emirate in 2018 but was forcibly returned, has used a smuggled phone to send a series of secret video messages taken over the […]