Communist party tightens grip on critics to preserve ‘perfect’ image of Winter Games A chill is blowing through Chinese civil society as activists, journalists and academics report receiving police warnings and censorship of their social media platforms in recent weeks as Beijing prepares to host the Winter Olympics beginning on […]
Measures include £200 rebate on energy bills as millions of households brace for record rise The Treasury is scrambling to complete 11th-hour plans capable of softening a national cost of living crisis, including a £200 rebate on energy bills and more help for the poorest households. No 10 and the […]
UK prime minister and Russian president agreed in phone call that ‘aggravation was in no one’s interest’, says No 10 Boris Johnson has told Vladimir Putin that he will make a “tragic miscalculation” if he invades Ukraine, in a phone call delayed since Monday and preceded by Russian insults. Putin, […]
Exclusive: sources say PM dropped in at prosecco-fuelled farewell in 2021 now being investigated by police Boris Johnson attended a prosecco-fuelled leaving do for a No 10 aide during the strict post-Christmas lockdown, which is now under police investigation, the Guardian has learned. Sue Gray’s investigation into lockdown parties this […]
Boris Johnson hopes long-awaited white paper to address regional inequality in UK will shift debate away from parties The UK government’s 12 ‘levelling up’ missions – key points Targets to reduce inequalities across society by 2030 are to be enshrined in law as part of long-awaited levelling up proposals to […]
PM joins Volodymyr Zelenskiy to spell out consequences of Russian aggression and declare UK will be judged by the level of its support A Russian invasion of Ukraine would end in a humanitarian, political and military disaster for Russia and the world, Boris Johnson has warned as he stood alongside […]
Greater Manchester police say detectives have been further granted additional time to speak to suspect Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and making threats to kill. The 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of rape and assault on Sunday afternoon after police saw […]
Influential committee reveals 43% jump in economic crime in the year from June 2019 The government has been warned by an influential group of MPs to urgently tackle a “fraud epidemic” across Britain, amid concerns about the increasing financial toll on consumers and taxpayers from economic crime. The Commons Treasury […]
Angry Tories confront Boris Johnson as report finds many of 16 lockdown events ‘difficult to justify’ Read Sue Gray’s report Today’s politics news – live updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has been left desperately trying to shore up his premiership after the Sue Gray report as detectives […]
PM draws anger from own MPs in Commons after report reveals Sue Gray examined 16 gatherings, with 12 being looked at by police Read Sue Gray’s report Today’s politics news – live updates See all our coronavirus coverage A party in Boris and Carrie Johnson’s flat is one of 12 […]