Experts say 80% price cap increase will plunge people into destitution and cause avoidable deaths Millions of households are bracing for a winter catastrophe of rising energy bills that experts say will plunge people into destitution and cause an increase in avoidable deaths without urgent government support. After Britain’s energy […]
Month: August 2022
Exclusive: London mayor claims ‘bias’ behind Tom Winsor inquiry finding ex-commissioner treated unfairly An official inquiry will find that the mayor of London wrongly ousted Cressida Dick as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, the Guardian has learned. The findings come from a special commission conducted by Sir Tom Winsor, the […]
Extensively redacted affidavit used to justify the search of the ex-president’s Florida resort was unsealed on Friday The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this month after speaking to a significant number of witnesses and finding probable cause that national defense information and evidence of obstruction existed at […]
The boys, thought to be brothers, were on holiday at the Eiserbachsee in Simmerath, near Aachen German police say they are investigating the death of two British boys who drowned in a lake in western Germany on Thursday evening. The boys, aged seven and nine, were pulled from the Eiserbachsee […]
Keir Starmer praises an ‘unrivalled social democratic thinker’ who was vital to party regaining power in 1997 Keir Starmer has paid tribute to former Labour politician Giles Radice, after reports he has died aged 85. The party leader praised the peer and former MP as a “wise and kind man” […]
Ofgem announcement will ‘strike fear’ into hearts, says Rachel Reeves, amid accusations of profiteering at oil and gas firms The energy regulator is set to approve a record increase in household bills on Friday as pressure mounts for an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis. The industry […]
Warning comes after the last regular line supplying electricity to Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was temporarily cut Russia-Ukraine war: see all our coverage What we know on day 184 of the invasion Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the world narrowly avoided a “radiation disaster” as the last regular line […]
Truss remained loath to ‘bung money’ at those struggling to afford spiralling bills, Sunak said millions may be forced into destitution Liz Truss has doubled down on her reluctance to “bung more money” at those who will struggle to afford spiralling energy costs this winter while Rishi Sunak said millions […]
Interview with health secretary interrupted by woman who accuses him of ‘doing nothing’ about ambulance waits The health secretary has been confronted outside a hospital by a woman who angrily criticised the government for doing “bugger all” to fix record-high ambulance wait times. During an interview with broadcasters in central […]
Conservationists welcome successful breeding season but say birds remain at risk of being illegally killed Nearly 120 rare hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, the highest number for more than a century, England’s conservation agency has said. Natural England and its partners recorded 119 hen harrier chicks […]