Marine Accident Investigation Branch condemned for slow progress in determining how last November’s tragedy occurred Bereaved families who lost relatives in a mass drowning in the Channel a year ago have criticised the UK body investigating the tragedy for a lack of progress in determining how and why dozens of […]

Minister’s insistence he referred all offers to civil service channels appears at odds with previously released email correspondence UK politics live – latest news updates Michael Gove is facing mounting pressure to fully explain his role in the government’s award of large PPE contracts to a company that was first […]

Royal College of Nursing announces unprecedented action, likely to to be first in a series of strikes by NHS staff over winter The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced its members will stage national strikes – the first in its 106-year history – on 15 and 20 December, with […]

Government watchdog says £3.5bn aid in 20 years to 2020 failed to achieve aim of stabilising Afghan government The UK’s £3.5bn aid to Afghanistan between 2000 and 2020 was implicated in corruption and human rights abuses and failed to achieve its primary objective of stabilising the country’s government, an assessment […]

Support for LGBTQ+ rights and defiance of Fifa by team in Qatar Sleeves of warm-up kit and some players’ boots have rainbows A World Cup of protest and rancour has taken another incendiary turn with Germany’s players covering their mouths with their hands to suggest they had been gagged by […]

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing criticised after Awaab Ishak died from black mould exposure Michael Gove is to cut off £1m funding to the Rochdale housing association where two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from prolonged exposure to black mould, saying failing providers would not get future funding. The levelling up secretary said Rochdale […]