Pioneering leader receives Powerlist award, with other names listed including Michaela Coel and Stormzy Dame Sharon White, the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership, has been named the UK’s most influential black person. White topped the 2023 Powerlist, an annual list that aims to provide professional role models […]
Former intelligence select committee chief warns issue threatens to undermine confidence in sharing sensitive information Suella Braverman is under pressure to answer fresh questions about alleged “security breaches”, as a former head of parliament’s intelligence and security committee warned the row threatened to undermine officials’ confidence in sharing sensitive information […]
Mikel Arteta says player on loan at Monza ‘seems to be OK’ One person dead in incident in Assago area The Arsenal defender Pablo Marí, who is on loan at Monza, is in hospital after being stabbed in a Milan supermarket. One person was killed and five injured, including Marì, […]
Prime minister abandons fracking and refuses to guarantee pensions triple lock or defence spending rise Rishi Sunak has dismantled what was left of Liz Truss’s legacy on his first full day as prime minister, abandoning fracking and refusing to guarantee the pensions triple lock or a defence spending rise. Any […]
Opposition call for inquiry as Braverman is reappointed home secretary six days after resigning over security breach Rishi Sunak’s decision to reappoint Suella Braverman six days after she was forced to resign for a security breach is facing fresh questions after a former Conservative minister claimed the home secretary was […]
New PM doubles down on remarks at garden party about changes that moved funding towards Tory heartlands UK politics live – latest news updates Rishi Sunak’s boast at a Tunbridge Wells summer garden party of undoing Labour policy that “shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas” to give more […]
Exclusive: ‘Policy vacuum’ on livestock emissions amid pressure from industry lobbyists blamed for failings Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases hit record high The EU is on track to break a promise to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 made due to a “policy vacuum” on livestock emissions, […]
As crises and party management problems loom, PM must act quickly to try to reverse Tories’ poor poll ratings Rishi Sunak is inheriting a hefty in-tray of issues, with several looming crises and party management problems piling up as he takes the reins as prime minister. Given he was out […]
Former business secretary tells opponents of bill they are fighting a Brexit battle all over again The former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg launched a scathing attack on opponents of legislation he has tabled to sweep away EU law, telling them they are fighting a Brexit battle all over again. Rees-Mogg […]
UK front pages offer their assessments of the prime minister’s new cabinet and outline the scale of the challenges ahead Rishi Sunak’s sudden return to the top of British politics and the unveiling of his new cabinet dominates the UK front pages on Wednesday. The Guardian headlines “PM’s reshuffle gamble […]