PM believed to be in Greece on second summer break in three weeks amid ‘zombie’ government accusations Politics live: latest updates Downing Street has admitted that Boris Johnson will not be working on his holiday unless he is needed urgently, after he faced criticism for taking a second break abroad […]
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Keir Starmer says people won’t pay ‘a penny more’ and that plan would reduce inflation Keir Starmer has put a beefed-up £8bn windfall tax on energy company profits at the heart of a new plan to stop people having to pay “a penny more” on fuel bills this winter. The […]
Government policy amounts to ‘keeping fingers crossed’ rather than acting to adapt to changing climate, says infrastructure chief England is failing to invest in the water networks needed to avoid a future of recurrent serious droughts, with current policies amounting to the government “keeping [its] fingers crossed”, the UK’s infrastructure […]
Ralph Henry Reese, co-founder of project that offers exiled writers refuge, says attack should serve as wake up call – and call to action Moments before Salman Rushdie was nearly murdered at a public event in western New York on Friday, he had signed up to become a roving envoy […]
As farms look further afield for labour, investigation finds Kent pickers saying they struggle to pay fees charged by unlicensed brokers Indonesian labourers picking berries on a farm that supplies Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Tesco say they have been saddled with debts of up to £5,000 by unlicensed […]
Data shows just 43,000 EU citizens received visas for work, family, study or other purposes in 2021 The number of EU citizens moving to the UK has plunged since Brexit closed the doors to low-paid workers, according to a report. The dramatic decline in migration from the EU has hit […]
CPS decision to stop criminalisation of women under fast-track justice procedure is further humiliation for UK’s biggest police force Prosecutors have dramatically halted attempts by the Metropolitan police to criminalise people for attending the vigil for Sarah Everard in another humiliating blow for Britain’s biggest force. The Crown Prosecution Service […]
100 years after the discovery of the tomb of the boy king, a previously unpublished letter backs up long-held suspicions Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, was long suspected by Egyptians of having helped himself to treasures before the vault was officially opened. But while rumours […]
Exclusive: Labour calls for the price cap to remain at £1,971 as charities warn Tory leadership candidates of catastrophic impact on the cost of living The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, is to call for a ban on crippling energy price rises this autumn in a move that would save the […]
Amber heat warning in place in parts of England and Wales, and very hot weather expected over rest of weekend Wildfires could continue to break out across the UK this weekend, as the Environment Agency (EA) warns that the drought in England could persist into next year. The Met Office […]