Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe due to lack of governance’ Explainer: UK environmental protections dropped since Brexit Vital legal protections for the environment and human health are being destroyed in post-Brexit departures from […]
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Sources say no decisions taken but Keir Starmer could abandon plan if it is deemed damaging to election chances Senior Labour officials are to hold crunch meetings on the future of the party’s pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment, amid reports Keir Starmer is preparing to ditch […]
Prospect of close combat in overpopulated area ‘deeply concerning’, say aid officials, while Gaza’s largest functioning hospital may have to close As Israeli forces have moved further into southern Gaza, airstrikes and close-combat fighting are approaching areas crowded with more than a million people seeking refuge from the destruction across […]
Exclusive: Obesity and remote working among causes of surge in cases, as official data shows almost a million cannot work Five ways to avoid neck and back pain ‘You’re on your own’: the misery of being out of work with back pain Britain is facing a major health crisis fuelled […]
Ex-PM backs disgraced former US president ahead of election, saying he ‘won’t ditch the Ukrainians’ Boris Johnson has backed Donald Trump ahead of November’s US presidential election, saying his return to the White House could be “just what the world needs”. In his weekly Daily Mail column, the former prime […]
With polls predicting electoral disaster for Tories, chancellor says ‘economy would be more successful if we had more competitive taxes’ Jeremy Hunt has dangled the prospect of big tax cuts in his March budget, in what is seen as one of the last opportunities for the Conservatives to claw back […]
Federal police say the latest suspect is considered right-hand man to alleged mastermind of the murders Brazilian police have arrested another suspect over the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, the justice and public security minister, Flávio Dino, has announced. Phillips, a British journalist, and Pereira, a Brazilian Indigenous […]
PM rebuts White House by saying all territory west of Jordan River would be under Israeli security control Middle East crisis – live updates Israel’s prime minister has told the Biden White House that he rejects any moves to establish a Palestinian state when Israel ends its offensive against Gaza, […]
Sébastien de Montessus of Endeavour Mining was sacked this month over allegations of a multimillion-dollar ‘irregular payment’ The gold producer Endeavour Mining is to clawback more than $29m in pay and awards after firing its chief executive this month for alleged “serious misconduct” over allegations of a multimillion-dollar “irregular payment”. […]
Sister of headteacher who killed herself welcomes new direction but says single-word judgments impede real reform Ofsted is to urge schools to “pause” inspections that appear to be damaging the mental health of their staff, as part of its formal response to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. The schools […]