Mobile on-the-spot screening initiative begun in 2018 hailed as having ‘turned a huge corner’ Growing numbers of poorer people are being diagnosed early with lung cancer after the NHS began on-the-spot chest screening in the back of trucks at supermarkets and health centres. Lung cancer is the third most common […]
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No 10 adviser urges political appointments in a radical plan following crisis over bullying Radical plans to bring in more “politicisation” of Whitehall by allowing ministers greater powers to appoint their own civil servants – including some with overt political affiliations – are being considered by the government’s own adviser […]
Wildlife presenter urges people to join action on climate crisis during mass protest supported by more than 200 organisations Wildlife presenter Chris Packham has made a rallying call for “every last person who cares” about the planet to join Extinction Rebellion after thousands took part in a demonstration on Saturday. […]
PM blamed both Dominic Cummings and his wife to disguise his own reluctance to take difficult decisions, author claims Boris Johnson fell out with his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings after growing tired of being treated like a “young and inexperienced king” who needed to be kept in order, Michael […]
Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military honour in 1966 for an act of gallantry The last remaining Gurkha recipient of Britain’s Victoria Cross has died in Nepal at the age of 83. Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military decoration by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1966 […]
Josep Borrell says safeguard would show Europe’s commitment to the ‘absolutely crucial’ area European navies should patrol the disputed Taiwan Strait, the EU foreign policy chief has said, echoing earlier comments stressing how crucial Taiwan is to Europe. Josep Borrell wrote in an opinion piece in the Journal Du Dimanche […]
Sources say PM did not ask deputy to go despite bullying inquiry finding he engaged in ‘abuse or misuse of power’ UK politics: live updates Dominic Raab has been forced to quit as deputy prime minister after Rishi Sunak begrudgingly accepted an official inquiry that found his close ally bullied […]
Dominic Raab has quit over bullying findings that he dismisses as a ‘Kafkaesque saga’ – here is how the UK front pages are covering it Dominic Raab has resigned as deputy prime minister after an official report found he had bullied civil servants. Let’s look at the reaction on the […]
Five-month investigation into claims against ex-deputy PM upheld complaints of intimidation and abuse of power UK politics live – latest updates Raab quits as report criticises ‘unreasonably aggressive conduct’ A five-month investigation into bullying claims about Dominic Raab led to the deputy prime minister and justice secretary quitting on Friday […]
The deputy PM was oiled and ready to take the initiative. He’d make sure to depart as gracelessly as possible Dominic Raab hadn’t had the best of nights. His sleep had been broken by repeated nightmares. Him being nice to people. In one he had even dreamed he had befriended […]