Offer to lift up to 50% of customs checks aims to turn page on troubled relationship with Boris Johnson What next for the Northern Ireland protocol? The EU will offer to remove a majority of post-Brexit checks on British goods entering Northern Ireland as it seeks to turn the page […]
Month: October 2021
Scientists urge urgent investigation to ensure that people are not being given false negative results Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scientists are calling for an urgent investigation after dozens of reports of people testing negative using gold-standard Covid PCR tests, despite testing positive on rapid lateral […]
Renewed commitment to coal could scupper Britain’s aim to secure global phase-out pact at climate summit China plans to build more coal-fired power plants and has hinted that it will rethink its timetable to slash emissions, in a significant blow to the UK’s ambitions for securing a global agreement on […]
Legislation raises government’s borrowing limit to $28.9tn Hard-fought House vote passes entirely along party lines The US House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government’s borrowing limit to $28.9tn, putting off the risk of default at least until early December. Democrats, who […]
Sussex chapter of the UCU urges university to undertake investigation into ‘institutional transphobia’ Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor targeted by activists for her views on gender identification, has said she fears her career at Sussex University has been “effectively ended” by a union’s call for an investigation into transphobia. Sussex’s […]
Early handling and belief in ‘herd immunity’ led to more deaths, Commons inquiry finds Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s early handling of the coronavirus pandemic was one of the worst public health failures in UK history, with ministers and scientists taking a “fatalistic” approach that […]
Chancellor on track to impose a package of manifesto-busting tax increases at this month’s budget, says IFS Rishi Sunak is poised to usher in cuts worth £2bn for government departments tasked with meeting the Tories’ flagship “levelling up” agenda, despite planning for the biggest tax raid in a generation. The […]
PM’s spokesperson says Treasury and BEIS officials looking at ways to help manufacturers Splits have emerged at the heart of Downing Street after No 10 lined up behind Kwasi Kwarteng in his extraordinary cabinet row with the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, over whether to bail out firms struggling with energy costs. […]
FSO Safer has been abandoned since 2017 and loss of its 1.1m barrels would destroy Yemen’s fishing stocks The impact of an oil spill in the Red Sea from a tanker that is rotting in the water could be far wider than anticipated, with 8 million people losing access to […]
The leader of the nuclear-armed country says there is ‘no basis’ to believe US actions are ‘not hostile’ during military exhibition The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has blamed the US for tensions on the peninsula, state media has reported, calling it the “root cause” of instability. Kim […]