Exclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general election Senior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a rise in government borrowing costs not seen since the chaos of the Liz Truss mini-budget, the Guardian can reveal. Such is […]
Month: April 2024
Peter Smith is in intensive care after suffering damage to an arm, leg and hand and puncture wounds to abdomen A British tourist who was seriously injured in a shark attack off a Caribbean island is “aware of what is happening and can communicate” in intensive care, his wife has […]
Worried MPs have concocted five-point plan of quick measures aimed at showing that the party cares about public’s priorities Rishi Sunak is braced for a bruising week as Tory rebels flaunted plans for a 100-day “policy blitz” to secure quick wins if the local election results prove disastrous for the […]
ABI reports annual jump of £157 in first quarter of 2024 but says 1% increase on previous quarter indicates rises are easing The average price paid for comprehensive motor insurance in the UK was about a third (33%) or £157 higher in the first quarter of this year than a […]
Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, the Guardian can […]
Exclusive: Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’ ‘I’m resigning as a Tory MP and crossing the floor. Only Labour wants to restore our NHS’ A Tory MP and former health minister has staged a dramatic defection […]
Investigation finds groups hosting Islamophobic attacks on London mayor Sadiq Khan, white supremacist slogans and antisemitic conspiracy theories Conservative party staff and activists are secretly operating a network of Facebook groups that have become a hotbed of racism, misinformation and support for criminal damage. An investigation has identified 36 groups […]
Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses • Read more: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’ A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in […]
Ex-movie mogul is at New York City department of correction for tests, his lawyer said, and will be transferred to Rikers Island The disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized in New York City for a series of tests, his lawyer said. Weinstein’s hospitalization comes after the New […]
UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern Ireland An increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed. In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor […]