Exclusive: Foreign Office said guards would be given right to come to Britain, but evacuation attempt failed Just one of the team of 125 British embassy guards who were promised help to leave Afghanistan by the Foreign Office has made it to the UK. Faiz is in quarantine in a […]
Month: September 2021
Growing backlash from cabinet ministers and MPs after leaks about plan for national insurance rise Boris Johnson is expected to make a final decision over the weekend about whether to press ahead with his controversial social care funding plan, in the face of a growing backlash from cabinet ministers and […]
Official vaccine advisers consider margin of benefit too small to support vaccination of entire age group Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers could for the first time defy the advice of their official vaccine advisers and push ahead with Covid jabs for all 12- to 15-year-olds, […]
• Order responds to call by victims’ families suing Riyadh • Full record to be released over six months after review Joe Biden has announced the wholesale review and declassification of files from the investigation into the 9/11 attack, in response to intense pressure from Congress and victims’ families currently […]
Lee Cain says pandemic exposed a communications system ill equipped for the 21st century Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s former director of communications has blamed a lack of expertise in Whitehall for the government’s struggle to get its message across in the early days […]
Mark Sedwill also attacks west’s withdrawal as a ‘bad policy, badly implemented’ Britain and its allies have no coherent plan to deal with the huge refugee crisis expected to follow the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former cabinet secretary has warned. Mark Sedwill, a former ambassador to Afghanistan and senior […]
Source suggests government will expedite manifesto-busting 1p rise before party conference season Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A manifesto-busting 1p increase in national insurance contributions for workers and employers could be used for a post-Covid boost for the NHS and to address long-term social care funding. […]
Deaths and damage spanned huge areas in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland The death toll from floods and tornadoes in the US north-east rose past 40 on Thursday, as authorities continued to digest the full impact of the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Ida struck Louisiana last Sunday, […]
• Missiles thrown at players and reports of monkey chants• FA asks Fifa to investigate allegations of racism Gareth Southgate called for Fifa to take strong action after Hungary fans targeted Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham with monkey chants during England’s 4-0 victory in Budapest on Thursday night. Hungary have […]
Possession could be criminalised as home secretary vows to ‘take tough action’ on use of laughing gas Possession of nitrous oxide, one of the most popular drugs among 16- to 24-year-olds, could be criminalised after the home secretary ordered experts to review its effects. Priti Patel said she was ready […]