Experts say loss of 50,000 workers exposes ‘absolute crisis’ facing system still reeling from impact of Covid and Brexit The social care workforce has shrunk for the first time in almost a decade despite rising demand and bed congestion in hospitals fuelled by a lack of care places. England is […]
Exclusive: Tory MPs warn PM she would lose vote on increasing benefits only in line with earnings rather than inflation Liz Truss is teetering on the edge of performing another big U-turn as Tory MPs warned she would lose a vote on delivering a real-terms cut to benefits while new […]
Guardian analysis of hundreds of documents also finds complaints of rodents, bed bugs, overcrowding and fire safety issues Raw sewage leaking into a living room, rodents, bed bug and mite infestations, overcrowding and fire safety issues make up just some of the complaints levelled at rogue landlords in tribunal filings […]
Russian president claims Ukrainian special forces behind explosion on Kerch bridge Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates What we know on day 228 of the invasion Vladimir Putin has blamed Ukraine directly for the blast at a vital bridge linking Russia and Crimea, describing the weekend attack as “act of terror” carried […]
Musk, the world’s richest person, suggested giving China some control over the island to resolve the cross-strait dispute China Taiwan tensions explained Taiwanese politicians have dismissed comments from Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, that allowing China to have some control over the island would resolve the cross-strait dispute, urging […]
Kim Jong-un said his forces were “completely ready to hit and destroy targets at any time from any location” North and South Korea tensions explained in 30 seconds North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests demonstrated its ability to carry out strikes with tactical nuclear weapons, its leader, Kim Jong-un, […]
Ukrainians relish show of Russian vulnerability after explosion on supposedly untouchable 18-mile prestige structure An explosion has crippled the heavily guarded bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland, a hated symbol of Russian occupation and key logistics link for Russian troops in southern Ukraine, in the latest heavy blow to […]
Search teams comb through debris after blast at Applegreen service station outside village of Creeslough Ireland is in mourning after the death toll from the explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal rose to 10, including a young child and two teenagers. Emergency services continued sifting through rubble on […]
Wildlife charities, Tory former minsters and millions of ordinary people raise alarm over environment Liz Truss is facing a rural revolt against her plans to prioritise a “dash for economic growth” over nature protection and the environment. Senior party figures, including ministers under Boris Johnson’s premiership and former Tory leader […]
Tory minister, who denies any wrongdoing, reported for incident in hotel bar during party’s conference The trade minister Conor Burns was sacked from the government and suspended as a Conservative MP after he was seen touching a young man’s thigh in a Tory conference hotel bar, it has been claimed. […]