At least five other people taken to hospital with injuries as result of blaze in block of flats in Newham A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman died in a fire at a block of flats in east London, police have said. At least five […]
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Exclusive: John McFall says upper house is in danger of falling ‘out of sync’, amid controversy over Johnson and Truss choices The House of Lords needs more independent, expert peers, the lord speaker has warned, amid growing controversy over plans by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss to pack the chamber […]
Rishi Sunak to take no further action after inquiry criticises but clears former chief whip of breaching rules Allies of the Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani have said they fear a “cover-up” of Islamophobia within the party after the former chief whip was cleared of rule-breaking over claims he said Ghani’s […]
Rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon and second Israeli raid on al-Aqsa mosque stoke fears of further escalation Israeli jets hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in retaliation for rocket attacks it blamed on the Islamist group Hamas, as tensions following police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque […]
Ahead of the coronation of King Charles III, the Guardian’s Cost of the crown series exposes the entrenched secrecy around the royal family’s money and wealth How much money will the coronation of King Charles III cost the British public? What tax rate will our new king pay on his […]
Investigation reveals King Charles and the late queen’s income from duchies grew sixteenfold during Elizabeth’s reign King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II have received payments equivalent to more than £1bn from two land and property estates that are at the centre of a centuries-old debate over whether their […]
Sir Mark Rowley vows to ‘lift the stone’ – but says rooting out every unfit police officer could take years Scotland Yard is battling its biggest corruption crisis since the 1970s, its commissioner has warned, as new evidence emerged of the widespread bungling of sexual and domestic abuse claims against […]
The trouble with the monarchy is not that it is too powerful but that it is utterly useless, a worthless vacuum shrouded in ceremony “Not My King,” say the yellow T-shirts of the anti-monarchists TV cameras may swerve around in the coronation crowds. But he is our king, willy-nilly, like […]
Human rights groups and Tory council criticise move to house 500 men on Bibby Stockholm vessel in Portland port The Home Office is on a collision course with a Conservative council and MP, as well as human rights groups, after confirming it will house about 500 asylum seekers on a […]
Exclusive: leading heart experts urge BMA to exempt staff working on critical care units in England ‘As a cardiac surgeon, I am extremely concerned about risks to patients of junior doctors’ strike’ Critically ill patients “will inevitably die” because hospitals are having to cancel surgery as a direct result of […]