Half of women without access live in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, says global research More than 160 million women worldwide who need contraception are unable to access it, according to the largest study of its kind. There has been a huge increase in contraception use globally since 1970, driven […]
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Only two candidates are left in the race to be next leader of the Conservative party. Our panellists tell us who they think will win I could always tell we’d miss Penny Mordaunt when she was out. No, just kidding. There was a sliver of danger, had she or Tom […]
Analysis: in the most unpredictable leadership race in years, MPs’ vote was closer than final two would have liked Politics live: latest updates The campaign team of Liz Truss say it was “never in doubt” that she would get to the run-off in the leadership vote. But many would have […]
Former prime minister Theresa May refused to clap for Boris Johnson during his standing ovation as he exited his final PMQs. May did not join the applause for the outgoing PM after he signed off by saying ‘Hasta la vista, baby’. May and Johnson clashed frequently in recent years, with […]
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to face off after Penny Mordaunt is voted out, as party members prepare to pick PM Politics live: latest updates Conservatives are braced for a “blue on blue dogfight” as Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss enter a six-week battle to become the UK’s next prime […]
Kit Malthouse, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, says ‘impacts of climate change are with us now’ The UK must learn to live with extreme weather, a minister has said, as the government was accused of going missing “while Britain burns”. Hundreds of firefighters battled fires across England as temperatures […]
Unions warn many workers will quit teaching, nursing and social care rather than take real-terms pay cut Public sector unions raised the prospect of widespread strikes in schools and hospitals after being told millions of their workers are to receive below-inflation pay rises. Ministers announced the pay rises on Tuesday, […]
Packed lunches and secondary school food contain most calories as rising food costs begin to bite Public health experts have called for an urgent cap on ultra-processed food at schools after research found the products made up nearly two-thirds of the average UK school lunch. Across primary and secondary schools, […]
Among proposals to ‘reset the dial’ on women’s health are training for doctors and hubs across the NHS Key areas of England’s women’s health strategy Is strategy enough to reset the dial? Ministers have vowed to tackle decades of “systemic” and “entrenched” gender health inequality in England with plans to […]
Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss now look to be fighting each other to take on Rishi Sunak in membership vote Politics live: latest updates Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are locked in a tight race for a chance to become prime minister, alongside Rishi Sunak, as polling seen by the […]