Exclusive: Forecasts predict exports will fall to £707bn next year and target will not be reached until 2035 Ministers have been accused of leaving a “record of failure and broken promises” as internal forecasts show Britain will be 15 years late in achieving its £1tn annual export target after being […]
Month: January 2023
Motive for attack remains unclear as police identify gunman who killed at least 10 people at LA-area dance studio The suspect in a deadly mass shooting at a Southern California dance studio on Saturday night died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sunday morning. The motive for the attack, which […]
Annalena Baerbock makes clearest signal yet that European allies could deliver German-made hardware Germany would not “stand in the way” of Poland sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine, foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said, in what appeared to be the clearest signal yet from Berlin that European allies could deliver the […]
People with severe disabilities and chronic conditions struggling in cost of living crisis, research shows Soaring energy bills are forcing people with severe disabilities and chronic health conditions to choose in extreme cases between “eating or breathing” as they struggle to navigate the cost of living crisis, research shows. According […]
Labour asks watchdog to examine recruitment process after reports Richard Sharp helped former PM with personal finances Labour urges inquiry into claim BBC chair ‘helped Boris Johnson’ Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance in Ukraine on Sunday as he denied any conflict of interest over his role in appointing a […]
Embattled Tory party chair reveals he made ‘careless but not deliberate’ error over multimillion-pound share sale Nadhim Zahawi was battling to save his political career on Saturday night after he finally admitted reaching a tax settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) following an “error” over a controversial multimillion-pound shareholding […]
Sole nominee secures Labour endorsement for prime minister, with Carmel Sepuloni as deputy, and incumbent’s last engagements on Tuesday Chris Hipkins will be New Zealand’s next prime minister following a formal vote that endorsed him as Jacinda Ardern’s successor after her shock resignation on Thursday. New Zealand will also swear […]
More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England More than 3,000 people joined one of the UK’s largest ever countryside access protests on Saturday on the Dartmoor estate of a wealthy landowner who won a case ending […]
Students beaten and thrown out of dormitories amid crackdown on protests against President Dina Boluarte Scores of police raided a Lima university on Saturday, smashing down the gates with an armoured vehicle, firing teargas and detaining more than 200 people who had come to the Peruvian capital to take part […]
Move follows bishops’ refusal to back gay marriage while blessings to be on voluntary basis for clergy Sandi Toksvig has said she will be meeting the archbishop of Canterbury for coffee, after bishops this week refused to back gay marriage but said civil partnerships could be blessed in church. “Quick […]