Between 30 and 40 staff reportedly gathered on 17 November 2020 to mark the final press briefing conducted by James Slack Details have emerged of what appears to be another alcohol-fuelled social event inside Downing Street during lockdown, one that was seemingly not investigated by police or the official civil […]
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Sir Philip Barton castigated along with Dominic Raab in damning report by MPs into UK’s chaotic exit The senior civil servant in charge of the Foreign Office should consider his position after presiding over a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that betrayed UK allies, put lives in danger, showed a total […]
UK accused of agreeing to Iran’s ‘unlawful’ request that she sign false statement as condition of her release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has accused the UK Foreign Office of being complicit in forcing her to sign a letter of false confession to the Iranian government as part of the last-minute terms of […]
Images obtained by ITV News reveal table strewn with bottles at leaving do for a senior aide in November 2020 Boris Johnson is facing fresh claims of lying to MPs after photos emerged of him toasting a senior aide at a Downing Street leaving drinks event during a national Covid […]
Focussing on carbon dioxide alone will not keep world within 1.5C limit of global heating, warn scientists Cutting methane sharply now is crucial, as focusing on carbon dioxide alone will not be enough to keep rising temperatures within livable limits, scientists have warned. CO2 is the greenhouse gas most responsible […]
Cross-party group aiming to shore up support for NI protocol is welcomed in Dublin, but DUP meeting expected to be frosty Unionists have responded with scorn and scepticism to a US congressional delegation that is attempting to shore up support for the Northern Ireland protocol. The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) […]
Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 days Public health officials are to announce more UK monkeypox cases on Monday, as efforts ramp up to contain the first multinational outbreak of the virus that has led to cases in […]
While elite gather in Davos, charity calls for wealth tax after rich benefit from soaring energy and food prices The fortunes of food and energy billionaires have grown by $453bn over the past two years owing to soaring energy and commodity prices during the pandemic and Vladimir Putin’s war in […]
Hotline was expected to handle 3,000 calls a week, but took fewer than that in five months Labour has accused the government of an obscene waste of money, after it emerged that an export hotline set up to help businesses took fewer than 3,000 calls in its first five months […]
Experts say many others are denied help, and ‘relentless’ rise in demand could overwhelm NHS Analysis: evidence of a crisis is stark A child psychiatrist on leaving CAMHS More than 400,000 children and young people a month are being treated for mental health problems – the highest number on record […]