Tory minister, who denies any wrongdoing, reported for incident in hotel bar during party’s conference The trade minister Conor Burns was sacked from the government and suspended as a Conservative MP after he was seen touching a young man’s thigh in a Tory conference hotel bar, it has been claimed. […]
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MP asked by Liz Truss to step down as trade minister and has party whip removed Follow the latest developments A senior Conservative minister, Conor Burns, has been sacked from the government after an allegation of “serious misconduct” relating to his behaviour at this week’s party conference. Truss asked him […]
Chancellor must top up budgets or face industrial action and further recruitment issues, thinktank warns More than 100,000 public sector workers would lose their jobs this year if the government refuses to fund higher than expected pay awards for nurses, doctors, teachers and care workers, according to the Institute for […]
City beat 19 others to host 67th contest after Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed staging event in Mariupol was not possible The Eurovision song contest will be hosted by Liverpool next year after it beat 19 other cites to stage the event on behalf of war-torn Ukraine. The annual extravaganza will be […]
Up to 30 people hurt, with some airlifted from scene in Creeslough in Donegal, while search for survivors continues Irish police have confirmed there have been three fatalities in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal, as the emergency search operation continues at the site of the blast. […]
Predictions handed to chancellor expected to paint gloomy picture for UK economy amid sweeping tax cuts Kwasi Kwarteng has been handed independent forecasts on the state of the UK finances that are expected to show a hole of more than £60bn left by his sweeping tax cuts and a sharply […]
Energy companies urged to prioritise at-risk consumers, including those on dialysis, as National Grid warns of rolling blackouts Rolling power cuts enforced this winter if gas supplies run extremely low could endanger thousands of people who use life-saving machines at home, health leaders have warned. They spoke out after National […]
In his starkest assessment yet, US president says world is the closest it has come to nuclear catastrophe in sixty years Follow our coverage of the Ukraine war Joe Biden has warned the world could face “Armageddon” if Vladimir Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon to try to win the […]
Exclusive: Free Market Forum suggests scrapping free childcare hours and abolishing corporation tax A free-market thinktank with close links to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng has drawn up a blueprint of “slash and burn” ideas that could form the basis of the government’s supply-side reform programme to be set out […]
Famous figures including Elton John accuse Associated Newspapers of ‘gross breaches of privacy’ Doreen Lawrence and Prince Harry are among a list of famous figures launching legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail over the alleged misuse of their private information, including an accusation relating to the placing […]