In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, rumors of job cuts swirl and employees report being left in the dark Twitter is facing fresh uncertainty amid a growing exodus of top management and reports that mass layoffs and major changes to the platform could be coming within […]
Year: 2022
Former inmate, who claimed to be only man to escape from Strangeways, joined paper at 60 and worked to expose cruelty of prison system Eric Allison, who became the Guardian’s prison correspondent aged 60 after spending much of his life in jail, has died. He had been recently diagnosed with […]
Inspectorate uncovers widespread vetting failures with officers cleared to join after committing serious crimes Defective vetting and failures by police leaders have allowed a “prevalent” culture of potentially thousands of officers who are “predatory” towards women to join and stay in the ranks, a damning official report has concluded. Officers […]
Exclusive: Whitehall officials have ‘war gamed’ Programme Yarrow, a blueprint for coping with outages for up to a week The government has “war gamed” emergency plans to cope with energy blackouts lasting up to seven days in the event of a national power outage amid growing fears over security of […]
Defeated president speaks after two days but fails to congratulate opponent and does not explicitly say he respects result Brazil election: how Lula won the runoff against Bolsonaro Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has broken his almost two-day silence over his defeat in Sunday’s presidential election – but refused to […]
Exclusive: ‘Growth visas’ policy leak could have influenced markets and breached market abuse laws, letter to FCA argues Suella Braverman has been referred to the financial service watchdog by Labour over claims she may have breached market abuse laws, as the home secretary also faced growing criticism for her “car […]
Mette Frederiksen, the incumbent PM, can form government though may face dilemma over picking leftwingers or moderates as partners Denmark’s left-leaning bloc will maintain a slim majority in parliament after all votes in a general election were counted, paving the way for another term for the incumbent prime minister, Mette […]
Home secretary says she never blocked hotels for refugees and was not to blame for overcrowding at refugee centre Suella Braverman has insisted she was not to blame for the crisis at Manston refugee centre, as she attempted to shore up her precarious political position by aggressively ramping up her […]
Reports that Musk will let go of 25% of its workforce, or nearly 2,000 employees, come as tech billionaire overhauls company Elon Musk has appointed himself CEO of Twitter and dissolved its board of directors, it was revealed in a company filing on Monday, as Twitter employees brace for extensive […]
Exclusive: Labour Together leader calls for ‘laser-sharp focus’ on voters and for party’s priorities to be made clear Keir Starmer has been urged to get Labour on a general election footing with a “laser-sharp” focus on wooing voters with a small number of key pledges that demonstrate the party’s priorities […]