Conservative motion to strike down plan is defeated but more than 50 Labour MPs abstain UK politics live – latest updates MPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners in England and Wales, with a significant number of Labour MPs abstaining. After a […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ trust tells inquest highly vulnerable Aviva Otte was given nutritional product containing deadly bacteria An NHS trust has admitted that a highly vulnerable baby died because of contaminated feed that it gave her, after denying that for more than a decade. At an inquest on Tuesday, […]
Figure is largely in addition to £7.8bn committed since Russia’s invasion, says National Audit Office report Britain has donated arms and equipment to Ukraine that would cost £2.71bn to replace, largely in addition to the £7.8bn committed by prime ministers since Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to a National Audit Office […]
Emergency services said 20 tents caught fire in attack that Israel said targeted a Hamas command centre Israel-Gaza war – follow the latest developments At least 40 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on a tent encampment designated as a humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, Gaza officials said early […]
American actor starred in films including The Great White Hope and The Lion King, and won two Tony awards in prolific stage career James Earl Jones: a life in pictures James Earl Jones, the actor whose beautifully sonorous tones gave voice to Star Wars’ principal villain Darth Vader, has died […]
Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs that axing allowance for all but poorest pensioners will help plug £22bn hole in finances The chancellor has faced down would-be rebels in a private meeting of Labour MPs ahead of the crunch vote on the government’s controversial plan to scrap the winter fuel allowance. […]
Media regulator describes change as a ‘generational shift in the balance of news media’ Online platforms have overtaken TV channels as the most popular sources for news in the UK, according to figures described as a “generational shift” in viewing habits. More than seven out of 10 UK adults (71%) […]
Changes proposed after as many as 750,000 people may have been excluded from 2024 election due to lack of documents Ministers should expand the ID that people can use to vote, the elections watchdog has recommended, after a report found as many as 750,000 people might not have voted in […]
Dozens said to be considering abstaining from Tuesday’s vote over pensioners’ payments, as PM says dealing with dissent is ‘matter for chief whip’ As many as 50 Labour MPs could refuse to back the government’s controversial plan to cut the winter fuel allowance, despite Keir Starmer urging back benchers to […]
Findings by Transparency International UK point to ‘more than coincidence or incompetence’, says chief executive A landmark study has uncovered corruption “red flags” in government Covid contracts worth more than £15bn – representing nearly one in every three pounds awarded by the Conservative administration during the pandemic. The analysis, billed […]