MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his political reputation on attempting to fix the […]
Month: September 2021
Channel 4’s Grenfell: The Untold Story will include previously unseen recordings of pleas to former MP and landlord executive Previously unseen footage of Grenfell Tower residents pleading with their MP and landlord to end their mistreatment in the months before the 2017 disaster is to be broadcast for the first […]
Country will once again be officially known as an Islamic emirate, as at least two people killed in protests The Taliban have announced an all-male caretaker government including an interior minister wanted by the FBI, on a day when at least two people were killed by violent policing of street […]
Third of headteachers had to slash their budgets last year due to insufficient funding, survey finds Cash-strapped schools in England have been forced to cut support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) after nearly a third of headteachers said they were forced to slash their budgets last […]
Police claim plans for end-to-end encryption will stop officers being able to access ‘incisive intelligence’ Facebook’s plans to allow encrypted messaging across all its platforms could prevent the detection of up to 20m child abuse images every year, a senior investigating officer has claimed. Rob Jones, the director of threat […]
PM will tell mutinous MPs healthcare system is in crisis and they ‘cannot expect it to recover alone’ Boris Johnson will tell mutinous MPs that the healthcare system is in crisis and they “cannot expect it to recover alone” as he faces a growing red wall rebellion over tax rises. […]
Government source says UK wants to ‘create space for talks to happen without deadlines looming’ Plans for post-Brexit checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland have been suspended indefinitely by the UK after negotiations with the EU reached a stalemate. Grace periods designed to ease the transition into new trading […]
RNLI lifeboat charity experiences especially busy day after recent run of bad weather halted crossings Hundreds of people have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel, as several charities said the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan showed why people risk their lives to flee. It followed a first day […]
The actor was best known for his role as Omar Little in the HBO series, and also starred in Boardwalk Empire The actor Michael K Williams, best known for his role as Omar Little in The Wire, has died at the age of 54. Confirming his death to the Hollywood […]
Cancellation of all but clinically urgent blood tests in England owing to shortage of bottles sparks anger GP surgery staff are facing abuse from patients who are “angry and upset” that their blood test has been cancelled because of the NHS-wide chronic shortage of sample bottles. “Patients are angry when […]