Boris Johnson’s allies continue campaign to discredit Partygate inquiry run by departing civil servant Senior Conservatives have launched a bid to stymie Labour’s “unprecedented” hiring of outgoing civil servant Sue Gray, amid claims the rules for departing senior officials had been breached. Conservative MPs demanded the appointment be blocked for […]
Month: March 2023
Friends and family question police handling of case after three people found dead and two badly injured Families and friends have expressed anger that it took up to 46 hours to find five people in the wreckage of a car crash that left three of them dead and two seriously […]
Global study shows significant shift in UK attitudes on matters such as casual sex and assisted dying The UK has overtaken Canada, Germany and Australia to become one of the world’s most socially liberal nations towards divorce and abortion, the latest wave of a global study has revealed. Significant increases […]
Research compared development of children of heterosexual couples with those of lesbian and gay parents The children of same-sex couples fare just as well, if not better, than those of heterosexual couples, research has shown. While data on so-called “sexual minority families” is limited, the UK’s Office for National Statistics […]
February figures from BRC highlight impact of cost of living crisis on British economy before budget UK consumers sharply cut back their spending in February as soaring living costs damaged household finances, retailers have warned, despite strong sales of jewellery and fragrances for Valentine’s Day. Highlighting the impact of the […]
Prime minister’s proposed legislation aimed at stopping Channel crossings branded ‘a joke’ by a former minister Rishi Sunak is facing criticism that his proposed laws on small boat crossings will be unworkable and lead to tens of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution being locked up. The prime minister […]
Cabinet secretary warned Matt Hancock that public unlikely to follow then PM on Covid isolation rules Simon Case, the most senior civil servant in the government, described Boris Johnson as “nationally distrusted figure” and warned that the public were unlikely to follow rules around isolation if they were set out […]
Passengers in some parts of the network face far higher mark-ups to travel at busy times Train fares in England and Wales to rise by 5.9% despite poor service Campaigners are calling for an end to the “peak fare rip off”, where commuters in some parts of the country face […]
Duke and Duchess of Sussex yet to confirm attendance at crowning of King Charles III in May Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have received an invitation to King Charles’s coronation, a spokesperson for the couple indicated on Sunday, but will not yet confirm publicly whether they will attend. The […]
Yellow warnings for snow across part of Scotland, possibly leading to the coldest temperature of the year so far on Monday Yellow warnings for snow across parts of Scotland have been brought forward as Arctic air moves over the country and down to northern England, possibly leading to the coldest […]