Report from official inquiry due to present findings in what has been described as biggest treatment disaster in history of NHS A long-awaited final report from the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal is expected to call for those responsible to face prosecution, the Guardian has learned. The official […]
‘More than three years after end of transition period, it is still not clear when full controls will be in place’ Post-Brexit border checks will cost UK businesses £470m a year, the government’s public spending watchdog has said. Plans to bring in border checks on goods coming from the EU […]
Police at Gablecross police station declared detainee dead early on Sunday and have referred incident to police watchdog A man in his 30s has died while in custody at a police station in Swindon, Wiltshire police said. He had been in custody at Gablecross police station since Saturday morning, and […]
Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of government The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government. During a press […]
Usyk wins split decision 115-112, 113-114, 114-113 Fury knocked down in critical ninth round in Riyadh Oleksandr Usyk is the first undisputed world heavyweight champion this century after he defeated Tyson Fury, in a compelling fight, on a split decision in the early hours of Sunday morning. Usyk added Fury’s […]
Head of Church of England Justin Welby tells Observer that ending policy would lift thousands of UK children out of poverty The Observer view: Labour must tackle this scourge Gordon Brown: People haven’t woken up to this Torsten Bell: We can easily end child poverty Justin Welby, the archbishop of […]
In latest Opinium poll, only 16% say accepting rightwing Tory MP’s defection was the right move – against 33% who see it as a mistake More voters believe Keir Starmer was wrong to allow a rightwing Tory MP into Labour than think it was the right move, after anger from […]
Former chancellor, who was one of those who urged Johnson to go, says Tories should have realised ‘Twitter was not the country’ Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said he and his Conservative colleagues were wrong to force out Boris Johnson as prime minister in 2022. Johnson resigned after less than […]
‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed. More than 134,000 people who care for […]
Exclusive: Experts call for higher taxes and tougher regulation as research shows cost to NHS, other public services and economy The cost of alcohol abuse is laid bare in a new study that shows £27bn a year being spent in England on the health and social harms of drinking. The […]