Ex-ministers attack Rishi Sunak’s leadership as pro-Johnson wing calls for lower taxes Rishi Sunak was losing control of an increasingly anarchic Tory party on Saturday as former cabinet ministers openly criticised the direction of policy under his leadership and dozens of backbench MPs plotted a new rebellion over Brexit. Amid […]
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Measures being introduced in August labelled ‘deeply regressive’ and research suggests nurses and teachers could be among the worst affected • Read more: Martin Lewis: ‘Don’t call it a loan, this is a graduate tax’ The government’s student loan reforms will benefit the country’s best-paid graduates at the expense of […]
The UK was hosting the event on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine and saw Loreen triumph with Tattoo Sweden has won the 67th Eurovision song contest in a helter skelter show that spanned chintzy Europop, anti-war protest and a continent’s support for Ukraine. The Swedish singer-songwriter Loreen started the […]
Pat Cullen raises stakes in dispute with government after nurses reject earlier offer of 5% The head of the Royal College of Nursing union has called for a double-digit pay rise for nurses in England, raising the stakes in the long-running dispute with the government. Pat Cullen, the general secretary […]
Conservative Democratic Organisation founded by ex-PM’s allies insist it only wants party to be more accountable At the inaugural conference of a group promising to restore grassroots control to the Conservatives and ensure that the party’s MPs can never again impose their own leader, one pivotal figure is notable by […]
Impact of Bank of England’s decision to hike rates to 4.5% will be felt mostly by young families, thinktank says Soaring interest rates will cost UK mortgage holders £12bn in extra payments, according to a leading thinktank which said the impact will be felt mostly by young families. In a […]
Moscow statement is first admission that Ukraine is successfully recapturing ground around eastern city Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia’s defence ministry has said some of its troops have fallen back “to more advantageous defensive positions” near a reservoir north-west of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The […]
Daniel Penny, a former marine who surrendered to police in New York, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty The man who killed Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold while on a subway in New York City has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the […]
Leader says party must ‘change our culture’ as it faces bigger task in government than his predecessor Labour will have to offer voters at the next general election a radical vision that “goes further and deeper” than Tony Blair’s government because of the scale of the crisis facing the country, […]
Mirror hired investigators to pose as Prince Michael of Kent’s accountant, phone-hacking trial hears Piers Morgan authorised the illegal blagging of a prince’s private bank details when he was editor of the Daily Mirror, it has been alleged at the high court. Prince Michael of Kent’s personal financial records were […]