Exclusive: ‘Eye-watering’ pay for Gordon Sanders comes despite inspectors finding multiple breaches of rules at his firm’s homes A multimillionaire dementia home boss paid himself at least £21m in five years despite inspectors finding multiple breaches of staffing, safety and leadership rules, with residents left in dirty incontinence pads and […]
Disney heiress and actor Mark Ruffalo among ‘patriotic millionaires’ who addressed world’s elite at Davos More than 200 members of the super-rich elite are calling on governments around the world to “tax us, the ultra rich, now” in order to help billions of people struggling with cost of living crisis. […]
Nicola Sturgeon says her government will ‘vigorously defend’ legislation by seeking judicial review of decision UK politics live – latest news updates The UK and Scottish governments appear set on a court battle on constitutional powers after Westminster ministers formally blocked a law passed by Scotland’s parliament creating a self-identification […]
CRLN Network draft proposal designed to address confusion in existing law around issue of consent A new criminal offence of intentionally deceiving a person into engaging in sexual activity should be created to address confusion in the law around consent, legal experts and lawyers have said. The new offence of […]
UK ministers to use provisions in Scotland Act to block legislation making it easier for transgender people to self-identify Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the Scottish parliament that would make Scotland the first part of the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who want to […]
Thousands of schools set to close as NEU members plan mass strike on 1 February, followed by regional stoppages Thousands of schools in England and Wales are set to close in February after teachers voted to strike, union leaders have announced, as nurses also prepare for further stoppages. Action by […]
Campaigner says fact that former officer got away with ‘horrific crimes’ for so long is terrifying PC David Carrick revealed as serial rapist ‘I can kill you’: officer terrorised women over two decades The scores of offences committed by the Metropolitan police firearms officer David Carrick expose “a deeply rotten […]
Shift marks the start of a long period of population decline as China wrestles with demographic time bomb China’s population fell last year for the first time since 1961, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of population decline. The country had 1.41175 […]
Scientists say phenomenon coupled with growing climate crisis likely to push global temperatures ‘off the chart’ The return of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year will cause global temperatures to rise “off the chart” and deliver unprecedented heatwaves, scientists have warned. Early forecasts suggest El Niño will return […]
Plans aimed at preventing tactics such as ‘slow marching’ are part of Rishi Sunak’s public order crackdown Police are to be given powers to shut down protests before any disruption begins under Rishi Sunak’s plans for a public order crackdown, which aim to prevent tactics such as “slow marching”. Sparking […]