MPs take no further action as Partygate parliamentary proceedings conclude Boris Johnson’s allies have avoided being punished over the parliamentary Partygate inquiry after MPs endorsed a report that found they sought to interfere in the process but an attempt to make them face further action failed. Penny Mordaunt, the House […]

Metropolitan police name Nuria Sajjad, eight, as second victim of impact in south-west London on Thursday A second child has died after a Land Rover crashed through a school fence in south-west London on Thursday. The Metropolitan police named the girl as eight-year-old Nuria Sajjad. Continue reading…

Unison says some workers given substandard accommodation and 80-hour weeks and forced to repay recruitment fees Care operators have been accused of “shocking abuse” of migrant workers who are allegedly being forced to pay back thousands of pounds in recruitment fees, housed in substandard accommodation and asked to work 80-hour […]

George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and Britain A leading Tory Brexiter on Sunday calls on ministers to reopen the UK’s borders to tens of thousands of young workers from EU nations in order to […]

Observer investigation raises concerns about the influence of drugs companies in shaping patient care in services that use their products Pharmaceutical giants are pouring tens of millions of pounds into struggling NHS services – including paying the salaries of medical staff and funding the redesign of patient treatment – as […]

Woman empties bag of orange confetti from union jack bag over former chancellor The wedding of former chancellor George Osborne has been disrupted by a protest from environmental group Just Stop Oil. About 200 people, including a number of well-known politicians and journalists, gathered in the Somerset village of Bruton […]