PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flights Boris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August, after […]
Month: August 2021
Shadow work and pensions secretary expected to propose taper rate reduction that will be first element of social security overhaul Labour will promise on Monday to overhaul the universal credit system by allowing low-income workers to earn more without seeing their welfare payments cut, in a move potentially costing billions […]
UK scheme could also illuminate reinfection rates and immunity across different variants, say experts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Antibody tests are to be offered widely to the UK public as part of a new programme which a leading scientist said could lead to targeted booster […]
Government’s plan to use ‘blue’ fossil-fuel hydrogen alongside green version raises concern, say campaigners Opting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050, according to an analysis of government data. The figures show […]
Tory MPs celebrate demise of a ‘hugely expensive white elephant’ while other northern leaders dismayed Northern leaders have reacted with dismay to further claims that HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds may be scrapped, while some “red wall” Tory MPs celebrated the mooted demise of a “hugely expensive white elephant”. All […]
As deaths are reported in crush at Kabul airport, Keir Starmer leads calls for Dominic Raab to resign over UK’s ‘complacent’ response Afghanistan is facing an “absolute catastrophe” involving widespread hunger, homelessness and economic collapse unless an urgent humanitarian effort is agreed in the wake of the US withdrawal, world […]
Cross-border gunfire earlier on Saturday seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza late on Saturday, the military said, in an escalation of hostilities after earlier cross-border gunfire seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians, including two critically. The injuries […]
Workers on rapid delivery service see pay slashed as company’s profits skyrocket Drivers delivering groceries for Ocado are earning less than the minimum wage, the Observer can reveal. The drivers, who deliver orders for the online retailer’s rapid delivery service, Ocado Zoom, were previously guaranteed an hourly wage of £14. […]
Labour party leader says he might move away from his 10 campaign pledges Keir Starmer has told Labour that it has to modernise and become “the party of the next 10 or 20 years” if it is to stand a chance of winning the next election, as he vowed to […]
Peer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protests A government extremism adviser has admitted during a private meeting that it is wrong to label Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters as “extreme”, despite the home secretary, Priti Patel, condemning the group as “criminals” who threaten the […]