Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, says spats are damaging the UK’s global standing Britain must rediscover the will to lead on global issues | Tobias Ellwood A senior Conservative MP is demanding an immediate end to the “unseemly and unprofessional” row between the foreign and defence secretaries […]
Structural experts have ‘unambiguously’ advised that building poses a risk and should be carefully taken down Ministers are expected to announce this month that Grenfell Tower will be demolished because of safety concerns, more than four years after the fire that killed 72 people. Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, has […]
Peers’ challenge to government may see it arguing for lower environmental standards at home while hosting global summit Ministers are facing a fortnight of showdowns with peers over weak post-Brexit green protections just weeks before the Cop26 summit on the environment. An alliance of crossbench and opposition peers has tabled […]
Exclusive: Foreign Office said guards would be given right to come to Britain, but evacuation attempt failed Just one of the team of 125 British embassy guards who were promised help to leave Afghanistan by the Foreign Office has made it to the UK. Faiz is in quarantine in a […]
Growing backlash from cabinet ministers and MPs after leaks about plan for national insurance rise Boris Johnson is expected to make a final decision over the weekend about whether to press ahead with his controversial social care funding plan, in the face of a growing backlash from cabinet ministers and […]
Official vaccine advisers consider margin of benefit too small to support vaccination of entire age group Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers could for the first time defy the advice of their official vaccine advisers and push ahead with Covid jabs for all 12- to 15-year-olds, […]
• Order responds to call by victims’ families suing Riyadh • Full record to be released over six months after review Joe Biden has announced the wholesale review and declassification of files from the investigation into the 9/11 attack, in response to intense pressure from Congress and victims’ families currently […]
Lee Cain says pandemic exposed a communications system ill equipped for the 21st century Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s former director of communications has blamed a lack of expertise in Whitehall for the government’s struggle to get its message across in the early days […]
Mark Sedwill also attacks west’s withdrawal as a ‘bad policy, badly implemented’ Britain and its allies have no coherent plan to deal with the huge refugee crisis expected to follow the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former cabinet secretary has warned. Mark Sedwill, a former ambassador to Afghanistan and senior […]
Source suggests government will expedite manifesto-busting 1p rise before party conference season Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A manifesto-busting 1p increase in national insurance contributions for workers and employers could be used for a post-Covid boost for the NHS and to address long-term social care funding. […]