Home secretary will tell National Conservatism conference that Britons should train as HGV drivers, butchers and fruit pickers Thousands of Britons should be trained to drive trucks, work in the meat industry and gather crops rather than filling vacancies with foreign workers, Suella Braverman will tell Conservative activists on Monday. […]
Month: May 2023
President faces serious challenge in elections that could see runoff vote against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in two weeks’ time Report: election could go to second round as Erdoğan attempts to claim victory The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has tweeted to his supporters after polling stations closed: “The voting process has […]
Star of Goodness Gracious Me thanked Bafta for ‘seeing us’ as she accepted lifetime achievement award • TV Baftas 2023: the full list of winners The TV industry needs more diversity, “not just in front of the camera but in the writers’ rooms, in makeup vans and around tables where […]
Exclusive: Victim speaks of feeling violated by hospital doctor incident that expert says is evidence of ‘systemic’ flaw in England ‘I felt anger, fear and horror that she had obtained my data’ The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor accessed and […]
Business and trade secretary to meet Swiss counterpart on Monday to boost trade between two ‘services superpowers’ Kemi Badenoch will fly to Switzerland on Monday for talks with her Swiss counterpart on a new post-Brexit trade deal, describing the two countries as “natural trading partners”. The business and trade secretary […]
Ex-ministers attack Rishi Sunak’s leadership as pro-Johnson wing calls for lower taxes Rishi Sunak was losing control of an increasingly anarchic Tory party on Saturday as former cabinet ministers openly criticised the direction of policy under his leadership and dozens of backbench MPs plotted a new rebellion over Brexit. Amid […]
Young voters demand change but military-appointed senate poses hurdle to a non-establishment candidate becoming prime minister Thais are voting on Sunday in an election that could lead to the defeat of the military-backed leader who has ruled Thailand for almost a decade. However, a skewed election system means the shape […]
The UK was hosting the event on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine and saw Loreen triumph with Tattoo Sweden has won the 67th Eurovision song contest in a helter skelter show that spanned chintzy Europop, anti-war protest and a continent’s support for Ukraine. The Swedish singer-songwriter Loreen started the […]
Measures being introduced in August labelled ‘deeply regressive’ and research suggests nurses and teachers could be among the worst affected • Read more: Martin Lewis: ‘Don’t call it a loan, this is a graduate tax’ The government’s student loan reforms will benefit the country’s best-paid graduates at the expense of […]
Pat Cullen raises stakes in dispute with government after nurses reject earlier offer of 5% The head of the Royal College of Nursing union has called for a double-digit pay rise for nurses in England, raising the stakes in the long-running dispute with the government. Pat Cullen, the general secretary […]