Leader says party must ‘change our culture’ as it faces bigger task in government than his predecessor Labour will have to offer voters at the next general election a radical vision that “goes further and deeper” than Tony Blair’s government because of the scale of the crisis facing the country, […]
Month: May 2023
Daniel Penny, a former marine who surrendered to police in New York, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty The man who killed Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold while on a subway in New York City has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the […]
Moscow statement is first admission that Ukraine is successfully recapturing ground around eastern city Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia’s defence ministry has said some of its troops have fallen back “to more advantageous defensive positions” near a reservoir north-west of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The […]
Impact of Bank of England’s decision to hike rates to 4.5% will be felt mostly by young families, thinktank says Soaring interest rates will cost UK mortgage holders £12bn in extra payments, according to a leading thinktank which said the impact will be felt mostly by young families. In a […]
Conservative Democratic Organisation founded by ex-PM’s allies insist it only wants party to be more accountable At the inaugural conference of a group promising to restore grassroots control to the Conservatives and ensure that the party’s MPs can never again impose their own leader, one pivotal figure is notable by […]
Work and pensions secretary says his successor will have to ‘grasp nettle’ of bringing forward rise to 68 Ministers will have to “grasp the nettle” on bringing forward the rise in the state pension age to 68 in the first couple of years of the next parliament, Mel Stride, the […]
The current owner did not reveal the identity of the person, divulging only that she would start in six weeks’ time Twitter’s CEO, Elon Musk, said on Thursday that he has found a new chief executive for the social media platform and that she will be starting in about six […]
Mirror hired investigators to pose as Prince Michael of Kent’s accountant, phone-hacking trial hears Piers Morgan authorised the illegal blagging of a prince’s private bank details when he was editor of the Daily Mirror, it has been alleged at the high court. Prince Michael of Kent’s personal financial records were […]
Fireball ‘100 times the size of the solar system’ thought to have been caused by gas being sucked into supermassive black hole It started as an unremarkable flicker in the night sky. But closer observations revealed that astronomers had captured the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed, an event thought to […]
DUP MP Sammy Wilson calls on US president to ‘show us some respect’ after Biden says he wanted to ensure UK kept its Good Friday commitments An MP from Northern Ireland’s biggest pro-UK party has condemned Joe Biden after the US president made contentious remarks about his recent visit to […]