Mother of girl who died after hospital failed to admit her to intensive care says policy would make it easier for patients and families to seek advice from senior doctor Ministers are considering introducing Martha’s rule in England to make it easier for patients and their families who believe their […]
PM accused of cutting back repair efforts when he was chancellor, as education secretary apologises for claim colleagues failed to act The school buildings crisis is threatening to engulf Downing Street, with Rishi Sunak accused of slashing the budget for repairs while his education secretary was caught claiming colleagues had […]
Decision will ease some pressure on UK homebuyers and people seeking remortgage deals HSBC and NatWest have announced a fresh round of mortgage rate cuts and Britain’s remaining large lenders are expected to follow suit in a move that will ease some of the pressure on hard-pressed Britons. HSBC said […]
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood to be interviewed about upcoming LP Hackney Diamonds on Wednesday The Rolling Stones are set to release details of their first studio album of original material since 2005, an LP called Hackney Diamonds. The surviving members of the band, now in their 70s […]
Exclusive: Sources believe deal will not be struck before meeting with Narendra Modi at G20 summit Rishi Sunak has ruled out a quick-fix trade deal with India, making it impossible to get an agreement over the line in time for this week’s G20 summit in Delhi – and possibly even […]
Chancellor had pledged to ‘spend what ever it takes’ on concrete crisis but repair costs will come from existing education budget Jeremy Hunt has been accused of abandoning children disrupted by the concrete crisis in schools after the government admitted there will be no extra cash for the education budget […]
Ministers hope to make it easier for councils to pass planning applications for new turbines in move that has Labour support Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to revoke the ban on building new onshore windfarms in order to head off a row with Conservative MPs for the second time. Ministers […]
President says war against Russia requires a new approach as he dismisses Oleksii Reznikov in favour of Rustem Umerov Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced his intention to replace his defence minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s defence establishment since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. […]
Exclusive: Expert repeats call to review indefinite sentences such as Thomas White’s, whose family says now suffers from psychosis Number of offenders with IPP sentences recalled to prison soars A UN torture expert has called the case of a man driven to psychosis after being jailed in the UK for […]
Senior civil servant says ‘many alerts’ crossed education secretary’s desk, but UK government was more concerned with saving money A senior civil service whistleblower has told the Observer that Tory ministers and their political advisers were “dangerously complacent” about crumbling school buildings constructed with aerated concrete, and that they were […]