Traffic light system to be used cautiously despite European plan to let in Covid-vaccinated tourists from June Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britons’ summer holiday plans were given a major boost on Monday, as the EU confirmed vaccinated travellers will be able to fly to Europe […]
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Fawcett Society says more needs to be done to encourage women into politics More needs to be done to encourage women into politics, the UK’s leading charity for gender equality has said, as data reveals that just one-third of candidates in this week’s English council elections are women. Research by […]
Application cost cut comes after ministers decided against self-identification plan The cost of applying for a gender recognition certificate has been cut from £140 to £5 as part of changes the government says will make applying for one “simpler and much more affordable”. The move comes after ministers decided last […]
Leader of Scottish Conservatives says PM should ‘of course’ quit if he has not been honest about payments for Downing Street refurb One of the UK’s most senior Conservatives has broken ranks and called for Boris Johnson to resign if he breached ministerial rules over the refurbishment of a Downing […]
Ciaran Martin criticises post-Brexit attempts to ‘redesign’ UK based on old notion of English sovereignty The United Kingdom’s unity faces being destabilised by “flag-waving unionism” from English nationalist politicians, one of the most senior officials to emerge from Northern Ireland’s traditionally Catholic community has warned. Ciaran Martin, who created the […]
Two police officers injured in ugly clashes Thousands of supporters gather outside Old Trafford Manchester United’s game with Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday was postponed after a planned peaceful protest outside the stadium by fans angry with the club’s owners, the Glazers, spilled into chaotic and violent scenes as […]
Foreign secretary says it is ‘difficult to argue against’ suggestion the dual national is being held state hostage Iran’s treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe amounts to torture, the British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said, as the Foreign Office downplayed an Iranian state TV report saying Britain would pay a £400m […]
Bergman, 24, had been in Israel to train as a rabbi before dying at Mount Meron A British man who died in a crowd crush at a Jewish festival in Israel has been named as Moshe Bergman. The 24-year-old from Salford, Manchester, had been in the country to train to […]
Stories of Conservative sleaze appear to be having an impact as Keir Starmer faces his first electoral test as Labour leader on 6 May Labour has slashed the Tories’ poll lead in half as more voters conclude that Boris Johnson is corrupt and dishonest ahead of this week’s bumper set […]
Critics of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill say it would curb the right to protest Thousands of protesters have marched through central London against the new police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, in the biggest protest under the “kill the bill” banner to have taken place so far. […]