MP will now sit as independent after admitting passing details to someone he met on dating app William Wragg has resigned the Conservative party whip days after admitting to giving out colleagues’ personal phone numbers to someone he had met on a dating app. Wragg, who represents Hazel Grove, will […]
Foreign secretary says Britain’s position on export licences is ‘unchanged’ after reviewing latest legal advice Middle East crisis – live updates David Cameron has confirmed the UK government will not suspend arms exports to Israel after the killing of seven aid workers in an airstrike on Gaza last week, as […]
Leading consultant paediatrician says unproven treatments and ‘toxicity’ of trans debate damaging outcomes Key findings Analysis Thousands of vulnerable children questioning their gender identity have been let down by the NHS providing unproven treatments and by the “toxicity” of the trans debate, a landmark report has found. The UK’s only […]
Foreign secretary’s intervention comes as pressure grows on ministers to reveal legal advice over Gaza conflict David Cameron will set out the UK’s reasoning for continuing to export arms to Israel on Tuesday as ministers face ongoing pressure to disclose the official legal advice on the trade. The foreign secretary […]
Gordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millions Veterans of the last Labour government have called on Keir Starmer to put a new Sure Start-style programme at the heart of his election manifesto after research showed its transformational impact on poor children. Gordon […]
Tory MP resigns committee roles after apology for role in parliamentary sexting scandal The Conservative MP who divulged colleagues’ personal phone numbers to someone he met on a dating app as part of a parliamentary sexting scandal has stepped down from two Commons roles, it has been reported. William Wragg […]
Habibur Masum was previously charged with assault and threatening to kill 27-year-old who was stabbed to death in Bradford on Saturday A woman who was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram in Bradford city centre has been identified, as it emerged her suspected attacker is on […]
If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads and hoping this is an El Niño-related hangover rather than a symptom of worse-than-expected planetary health. Global surface […]
Survey of more than 12,200 workers across UK suggests widespread abuse and lack of confidence in reporting incidents NHS staff are being shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and sexually assaulted at work, a survey of thousands of workers has uncovered. A study of more than 12,200 nurses, ambulance […]
Drawdown after four months of fighting in Khan Younis coincides with new ceasefire talks Israel has pulled all of its ground troops out of southern Gaza for “tactical reasons”, the country’s army has said, raising questions about the future direction of the war as Hamas and Israeli delegations travel to […]