Prime minister faces backbench rebellion over controversial plans to scale back the cap Boris Johnson has been warned not to take the support of his MPs for granted, as he faces a backbench rebellion over controversial plans to scale back the social care cap after a tumultuous fortnight at Westminster. […]
Month: November 2021
Address to annual conference of business leaders will place fiscal discipline at heart of party’s appeal Keir Starmer will make a pitch to win over Britain’s business leaders by promising a Labour government will not simply “throw cash at” the country’s problems. Speaking to the CBI’s annual conference in the […]
Governing body says Peng spoke to its president for 30 minutes after growing demands for assurances of her safety The Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she was safe and well in a video call on Sunday, the International Olympic Committee has said, amid growing international demands for assurances that […]
A ‘person of interest’ is in custody after a red SUV was driven into festive marchers, leaving ‘some fatalities’ and more than 20 injured Several people have been killed after a vehicle was driven at speed through a Christmas parade in a town in Wisconsin, police have confirmed. A red […]
Conservatives are coming up with extreme ideas to placate voters angry at lack of border controls post-Brexit Conservative MPs are urging ministers to send people travelling to the UK by small boats to offshore centres as far away as the Falkland Islands as concern grows that the party is losing […]
MPs from north of England vent rage in emergency call with minister Gillian Keegan amid backbench fury at costs faced by less well-off pensioners Senior Conservatives on Saturday urged Boris Johnson to ditch plans that would see many of England’s poorest pensioners paying more for their social care – or […]
The American businesswoman, and the prime minister’s ex-lover, is to let officials at London City Hall see extracts from her diaries A fresh inquiry has opened into Boris Johnson’s relationship with Jennifer Arcuri after the US businesswoman dramatically agreed to assist officials, paving the way for the prime minister to […]
Diversity report alleges that the FA’s referee system is obstructing black and Asian people from reaching elite levels of the game English football has been rocked by a fresh racism scandal after black and Asian referees revealed the scale of abuse and prejudice that, they say, is holding them back. […]
Chinese state media released video of Peng apparently at a tennis match on Sunday morning amid widespread scepticism that she is free and well Fresh video of missing tennis star Peng Shuai was posted by Chinese state media on Sunday morning, amid growing global pressure for Beijing to provide verifiable […]
Joel Glazer agrees to decision after 4-1 loss to Watford Parting of ways set to be termed as mutual agreement Manchester United’s board decided to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjær at an emergency meeting on Saturday night and Joel Glazer, the co-chairman who heads the American family’s ownership, has agreed to […]