Police asked to give urgent update on investigation into reports of women being drugged via drinks or needles The home secretary has requested an urgent update from police on investigations into a spate of reports of women who believe they may have been “spiked”, the Guardian understands. Priti Patel’s intervention […]
‘Groundbreaking’ agreement criticised by UK farmers is part of 10-year plan to pivot to Indo-Pacific Britain has struck a trade deal with New Zealand, a key ally, as ministers hope to stem the country’s reliance on China – but the agreement is expected to add no value to the UK’s […]
Head of Scottish power expects only five or six providers to survive gas supply crisis The head of Scottish Power has said Britain’s gas crisis will keep driving energy bills higher until 2023, and could leave only five or six of the strongest suppliers standing. Keith Anderson, chief executive of […]
Exclusive: NHS Confederation head fears efforts to tackle backlog of 5 million patients will be derailed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers must urgently implement sweeping “plan B” winter measures or derail efforts to tackle the backlog of 5 million patients, the head of the NHS […]
Panel unanimously approves contempt of Congress citation Trump ally defied subpoena relating to 6 January insurrection The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack voted on Tuesday to recommend the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon, after he defied a subpoena relating to their inquiry into […]
Government says strategy would create 440,000 jobs, but Treasury warns taxes may need to rise to fund changes Analysis: UK’s net zero strategy has a glaring omission: Rishi Sunak The UK government’s long-awaited strategy for reaching net zero emissions falls short on ambition and is not backed up with adequate […]
Film crew say shooting was a ‘huge challenge’ and they had to learn to walk again after 12 days in orbit Their movie props floated around, sleeping was difficult and they used Velcro to keep objects in place but Russia’s first film crew in space said they were delighted with […]
Exclusive: Ali Harbi Ali received extensive support under government programme before case was closed The suspect in the killing of the MP David Amess received extensive support under the government’s Channel counter-terrorism programme before his case was closed, the Guardian has learned. Ali Harbi Ali was first referred to Prevent, […]
Calls for crackdown on threats to public figures and an end to online anonymity Boris Johnson is facing calls to enact “David’s law” to crack down on social media abuse of public figures and end online anonymity in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess. Dozens of MPs […]
Resolution Foundation finds household incomes set to fall by about 2% amid cost of living squeeze British households will be £1,000 worse off next year from a cost of living squeeze created by rising energy prices and shortages of workers and supplies caused by Covid and Brexit, a leading thinktank […]