Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of government The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government. During a press […]
Month: May 2024
Usyk wins split decision 115-112, 113-114, 114-113 Fury knocked down in critical ninth round in Riyadh Oleksandr Usyk is the first undisputed world heavyweight champion this century after he defeated Tyson Fury, in a compelling fight, on a split decision in the early hours of Sunday morning. Usyk added Fury’s […]
Head of Church of England Justin Welby tells Observer that ending policy would lift thousands of UK children out of poverty The Observer view: Labour must tackle this scourge Gordon Brown: People haven’t woken up to this Torsten Bell: We can easily end child poverty Justin Welby, the archbishop of […]
In latest Opinium poll, only 16% say accepting rightwing Tory MP’s defection was the right move – against 33% who see it as a mistake More voters believe Keir Starmer was wrong to allow a rightwing Tory MP into Labour than think it was the right move, after anger from […]
Former chancellor, who was one of those who urged Johnson to go, says Tories should have realised ‘Twitter was not the country’ Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said he and his Conservative colleagues were wrong to force out Boris Johnson as prime minister in 2022. Johnson resigned after less than […]
‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed. More than 134,000 people who care for […]
Exclusive: Experts call for higher taxes and tougher regulation as research shows cost to NHS, other public services and economy The cost of alcohol abuse is laid bare in a new study that shows £27bn a year being spent in England on the health and social harms of drinking. The […]
Samantha Power says barely 100 trucks of aid a day enter Gaza, far less than 600 needed to address threat of famine Humanitarian assistance has begun to arrive in Gaza along a US-made pier, but the US aid chief said the new sea corridor could not be a substitute for […]
Chancellor also criticised for ‘dodgy dossier’ on Labour plans as he aims to make low tax a key election issue Jeremy Hunt has been accused of exaggerating the Conservatives’ economic record and presenting a “dodgy dossier” on Labour’s spending plans, as he moved to put low tax at the heart […]
Authorities confirm 46 cases and warn of weeks-long disruption as firms in Brixham hit by cancellations before school half-term Cases of an illness caused by a microscopic parasite in a Devon harbour town could continue for a further two weeks, experts said, with businesses predicting thousands of pounds of losses […]