Tourist coach catches fire after coming off the road and falling near railway lines in Mestre, northern Italy At least 21 people have died and 18 were injured after a tourist coach crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy. The coach was carrying a group of tourists who […]
Home secretary uses populist speech at Tory conference to attack Human Rights Act and ‘luxury beliefs’ of liberal-leaning voters Suella Braverman has warned of a “hurricane” of mass migration and attacked the “luxury beliefs” of liberal-leaning people in a populist speech aimed at cementing her position as a standard-bearer of […]
Diesel up by more than 8p to 163p in September and petrol by 4.5p to 152p amid global oil production cuts The price of diesel in the UK has shot up at one of its fastest rates in more than 20 years – while retailers have been accused of charging […]
Chief scientific adviser in 2020 found the ex-PM ‘completely inconsistent’ in his evidence to the Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic was described as “bipolar” and “completely inconsistent” by Sir Patrick Vallance, the Covid inquiry has heard. The government’s then chief scientific adviser acknowledged his frustration in […]
Exclusive: PM claims he has changed phone since running the Treasury and did not back up the messages Rishi Sunak has failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor to the Covid inquiry despite the high court ruling that ministers should disclose their communications for scrutiny. […]
Far-right congressman files motion after expressing outrage at speaker’s bipartisan effort to avoid government shutdown Congressman Matt Gaetz, a hard-right Republican of Florida, introduced a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker on Monday, expressing outrage over the Republican leader’s successful efforts to avoid a government shutdown this weekend. […]
Anger over scrapping of Manchester leg of infrastructure projects risks derailing Tory party conference Rishi Sunak has become embroiled in a bitter row with regional politicians, the transport industry and members of his own party as he prepared to announce the cancellation of the multibillion high speed rail line to […]
Average food basket down by 0.1% amid fierce supermarket competition, says the British Retail Consortium Food prices dropped in the UK in September for the first month in almost two years, according to retail industry figures, offering consumers some respite amid the cost of living crisis. The British Retail Consortium […]
Justice secretary to tell conference he will introduce ‘Jade’s law’ later this year to protect families from jailed abusers New powers to stop people who have killed their partners from gaining parental rights to surviving children will be introduced before the end of the year, the justice secretary will say. […]
Rishi Sunak’s hopes of united front flounder with MPs and even ministers challenging policy and jockeying for position Rishi Sunak is struggling to hold together his fractured party as the first day of the Conservative conference saw attempts at a united front collapse into rival groups battling over tax, culture […]