Plan includes funding for universal preschool, free college and childcare State of the union style speech to tout his accomplishments Includes an appeal to working-class voters on economic recovery plans White House announces sweeping plan for childcare and pre-school 3.51am BST Scott, who has just wrapped up his speech, offered […]
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Letter signed by 170 cultural figures seeks a ‘unilateral and open offer’ to rejoin EU ahead of Holyrood elections European leaders are being urged to make an “unilateral and open offer” to Scotland to rejoin the EU should it vote for independence in a future referendum, in a letter signed […]
Foster says she will stand aside as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister a month later Arlene Foster has announced she is stepping down as leader of the Democratic Unionist party and Northern Ireland’s first minister after a sudden internal party revolt. Foster issued a statement on […]
Government defeats amendment aiming to stop fire safety costs being passed on to leaseholders, but Lords vote means new Commons showdown Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders living in unsellable and potentially dangerous high-rise homes will continue to face fire safety bills of up to £100,000 each after MPs again voted […]
Union body says 15,000 people of working age have died from Covid in England and Wales Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Trades Union Congress is calling for an immediate public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic, insisting it should examine whether workers were […]
Johnson faces growing disquiet after allegations he was loaned £58,000 from party funds while being seen to personally foot the bill Boris Johnson is being urged by senior Tories to come clean about the funding of his flat refurbishment as it emerged that a former Labour chancellor refused to join […]
Several Northern Ireland assembly members sign letter calling for leadership contest Arlene Foster is facing a revolt from Democratic Unionist party (DUP) members that threatens to topple her as party leader and first minister of Northern Ireland. Multiple DUP assembly members signed a letter on Tuesday calling for an unprecedented […]
Ressa has been subject to sustained campaign of gendered online abuse and has been targeted by Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte The UN’s cultural agency has awarded its annual press freedom prize to Philippine journalist Maria Ressa whose reporting has made her a target of her country’s judiciary and online hate […]
Continuing UK’s nuclear deterrent would probably require help of an allied country, defence expert says Trident could be forced to the US or possibly France if Scotland became independent because there is no alternative port immediately available elsewhere in the UK, according to a retired admiral responsible for Britain’s nuclear […]
Officials ‘surprised and puzzled’ by lack of paperwork for failed banker at centre of lobbying scandal A failed financier at the centre of a Downing Street lobbying scandal had no contract to work for the government despite spending years inside No 10 under David Cameron, a committee of MPs has […]