Young voters demand change but military-appointed senate poses hurdle to a non-establishment candidate becoming prime minister Thais are voting on Sunday in an election that could lead to the defeat of the military-backed leader who has ruled Thailand for almost a decade. However, a skewed election system means the shape […]
The UK was hosting the event on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine and saw Loreen triumph with Tattoo Sweden has won the 67th Eurovision song contest in a helter skelter show that spanned chintzy Europop, anti-war protest and a continent’s support for Ukraine. The Swedish singer-songwriter Loreen started the […]
Measures being introduced in August labelled ‘deeply regressive’ and research suggests nurses and teachers could be among the worst affected • Read more: Martin Lewis: ‘Don’t call it a loan, this is a graduate tax’ The government’s student loan reforms will benefit the country’s best-paid graduates at the expense of […]
Pat Cullen raises stakes in dispute with government after nurses reject earlier offer of 5% The head of the Royal College of Nursing union has called for a double-digit pay rise for nurses in England, raising the stakes in the long-running dispute with the government. Pat Cullen, the general secretary […]
Leader says party must ‘change our culture’ as it faces bigger task in government than his predecessor Labour will have to offer voters at the next general election a radical vision that “goes further and deeper” than Tony Blair’s government because of the scale of the crisis facing the country, […]
Daniel Penny, a former marine who surrendered to police in New York, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty The man who killed Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold while on a subway in New York City has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the […]
Moscow statement is first admission that Ukraine is successfully recapturing ground around eastern city Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia’s defence ministry has said some of its troops have fallen back “to more advantageous defensive positions” near a reservoir north-west of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The […]
Impact of Bank of England’s decision to hike rates to 4.5% will be felt mostly by young families, thinktank says Soaring interest rates will cost UK mortgage holders £12bn in extra payments, according to a leading thinktank which said the impact will be felt mostly by young families. In a […]
Conservative Democratic Organisation founded by ex-PM’s allies insist it only wants party to be more accountable At the inaugural conference of a group promising to restore grassroots control to the Conservatives and ensure that the party’s MPs can never again impose their own leader, one pivotal figure is notable by […]
Work and pensions secretary says his successor will have to ‘grasp nettle’ of bringing forward rise to 68 Ministers will have to “grasp the nettle” on bringing forward the rise in the state pension age to 68 in the first couple of years of the next parliament, Mel Stride, the […]