GMB, Unison and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy take up offer of talks after government concessions Three health unions have agreed to call off strike action planned for next week and enter into pay talks with the health secretary, Steve Barclay, after the government made significant concessions in an attempt to […]
Privileges committee document intended to help ex-PM prepare for questioning contains wealth of new information UK politics live – latest news updates Key Partygate messages from inside No 10 Boris Johnson faces a battle for his future in parliament after a cross-party committee found there was significant evidence he misled […]
Oil has been created using olives from two groves on Mount of Olives, and a formula dating back centuries The fragrant chrism oil that will be used to anoint King Charles during his coronation in May was made sacred in Jerusalem on Friday. A ceremony took place in the Church […]
Then health secretary tried to get support of then cabinet secretary, according to leaked WhatsApp texts Matt Hancock expressed disdain for Rishi Sunak’s flagship Treasury initiative, “eat out to help out”, during the Covid pandemic, according to the latest cache of leaked WhatsApp messages. The messages show the then health […]
Leaked WhatsApp exchanges from then health secretary to top civil servant in 2020 reveal concerns over enforcement of rules Matt Hancock told Britain’s most senior civil servant they would need to “get heavy with the police” in order to enforce lockdown rules during the Covid pandemic, leaked messages have revealed. […]
The NPC, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, will gather this weekend to approve far-reaching changes, and Xi’s unprecedented third term as president Xi Jinping is preparing a profound overhaul of China’s government and party institutions at this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber-stamp parliament, which begins its annual session on Sunday. […]
Comments come as official inquiry finds agency missed ‘significant opportunity’ to prevent 2017 atrocity The families of victims of the Manchester Arena attack accused MI5 of a “devastating” failure after an official inquiry found the agency missed a “significant opportunity” to stop the deadliest terror plot in Britain since the […]
Pair also charged with concealing birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after infant was found dead on Wednesday A couple have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after the remains of a baby were […]
Negative comments by former PM and senior unionists suggest revised Northern Ireland protocol has not won over key figures Rishi Sunak’s hopes of ending years of Brexit infighting with a revised deal for Northern Ireland have suffered a double blow as Boris Johnson came out against the plan while pressure […]
Select committee accuses government of wilfully obscuring facts around ‘unsustainable’ trend As much as a third of the heavily cut UK overseas aid budget is now being spent on housing refugees in the UK, the international development select committee says in a report today. Describing the trend as unsustainable and […]