Openness is central to our democracy but I don’t want to lose another colleague to a violent death I’m in shock. So is every MP. It feels like Jo Cox’s murder was only moments ago. Many of us cried to see her sister Kim Leadbeater courageously take the seat Jo […]
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Local people and colleagues struggle to come to terms with death of ‘extremely supportive’ MP Children were among those laying flowers on Friday night at the church where David Amess had been holding a constituency surgery, as residents and colleagues in Leigh-on-Sea struggled to come to terms with the killing […]
Exclusive: As action against ex-Corbyn staffers looms, falling membership is also hitting finances Labour is spending significantly more of its cash on fighting its legal battles than on political campaigning, sources have told the Guardian, after lawyers for the party opened a new front in the party’s legal turmoil this […]
Researchers looked at 2010-2015 when Cameron cuts to NHS and social care were starting to bite Austerity cuts to the NHS, public health and social care have killed tens of thousands more people in England than expected, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers who analysed the joint […]
British Medical Association says blueprint could exacerbate GP shortage and see many leave the profession GP leaders have warned that giving patients guaranteed face-to-face appointments could lead to a crippling exodus of family doctors already exhausted by the pandemic and despairing of being “pilloried” by ministers. The profession’s key bodies […]
Microsoft chief digital officer heads Powerlist 2022, with Netflix vice-president and Emmy and Oscar winners also named Jacky Wright, the businesswoman named as the UK’s most influential black person, has called for “monumental shifts” to ensure Britain is a more equal place to live. Wright, the London-born corporate vice-president and […]
Exclusive: UK institution was in line for huge donation but has paused talks due to concerns Gulf state used hacking software The University of Cambridge has broken off talks with the United Arab Emirates over a record £400m collaboration after claims about the Gulf state’s use of controversial Pegasus hacking […]
Manchester City, Norwich and Brighton keen to help Chief constable Mark Roberts says response is ‘disappointing’ Manchester City, Norwich and Brighton are the only Premier League clubs to have accepted an invitation to work with the police to try to stop online racism, the Guardian understands. In July, the chief […]
Hazrat Wali, 18, who came to UK two years ago, attacked near sports field where children were playing rugby A teenage Afghan refugee was stabbed to death on a sports field in south-west London in front of schoolchildren playing rugby. The victim, named as 18-year-old Hazrat Wali, from Notting Hill, […]
Austrian Alps salt miners had a ‘balanced diet’, with an analysis of bronze and iron age excrement finding the earliest evidence of cheese ripening in Europe It’s no secret that beer and blue cheese go hand in hand – but a new study reveals how deep their roots run in […]