Opponents condemn ‘hot air and waffle’ in planned speech amid reports that people will be able to use housing benefit to buy homes Boris Johnson will try to reset his beleaguered premiership on Thursday with a speech on housing and the cost of living that was condemned by opponents as […]
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Police detain man on drugs and weapons charges but say too early to link arrest directly to disappearance in Amazon of Dom Phillips Authorities in the Amazon investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous advocate have yet to find any evidence of a crime three days after […]
Unscripted question appears to catch foreign minister off guard in Turkey, where he was discussing plans for a grain export corridor from Ukraine What we know on day 106 of the invasion A Ukrainian journalist took advantage of a visit to Ankara by the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, to […]
Zero-growth warning for UK as petrol prices surge and OECD says Britain will be weakest economy in G7 next year Boris Johnson’s attempt to reset his troubled premiership has received a double blow after petrol prices had their biggest daily rise in 17 years and a leading international thinktank said […]
Katharine Birbalsingh says aim is to move away from fixation on small minority of rags to riches tales The new head of the Social Mobility Commission will call for a move away from the fixation with rags to riches tales of “caretaker’s daughter goes to Oxbridge and becomes a top […]
High-profile MPs back demand from Adam Smith Institute to reduce tax burden and ease cost of living crisis Senior Conservatives from across the party have renewed calls for Boris Johnson to implement urgent tax cuts as Downing Street played down the prospects of a shift in policy. A string of […]
Workers to strike on 21, 23 and 25 June over possible job cuts at Transport for London and national rail network Rail workers are to strike for three days in late June, in a move that is likely to halt much of the national rail network across Britain for a […]
Ukrainian forces fight to stave off Russian attacks in Sievierodonestk as 800 civilians reportedly take refuge in a chemical factory in the city Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
Research by Royal College of Nursing suggests racism is ‘endemic’ in health and care White nurses are twice as likely as black and Asian colleagues to be promoted in the NHS, with minority ethnic staff overlooked due to structural racism, according to research. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said […]
Alessandra Sampaio, whose husband Dom Phillips was last seen in the Amazon on Sunday, makes appeal in tearful video message The wife of the British journalist who has vanished in a remote corner of the Amazon with a celebrated Indigenous expert has issued an emotional plea for Brazilian authorities to […]