Workers on rapid delivery service see pay slashed as company’s profits skyrocket Drivers delivering groceries for Ocado are earning less than the minimum wage, the Observer can reveal. The drivers, who deliver orders for the online retailer’s rapid delivery service, Ocado Zoom, were previously guaranteed an hourly wage of £14. […]
Labour party leader says he might move away from his 10 campaign pledges Keir Starmer has told Labour that it has to modernise and become “the party of the next 10 or 20 years” if it is to stand a chance of winning the next election, as he vowed to […]
Peer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protests A government extremism adviser has admitted during a private meeting that it is wrong to label Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters as “extreme”, despite the home secretary, Priti Patel, condemning the group as “criminals” who threaten the […]
Fighters tortured Hazara men to death, say witnesses, and relative of journalist killed Evidence of Taliban killings, detentions and intimidation is emerging across Afghanistan, ominously contradicting the hardline Islamist group’s promise earlier this week not to take revenge against its opponents. With reports of the Taliban going door to door […]
New curriculum will give teachers flexibility to explore topics such as relationships and hatred of women Teachers can help counteract the rise of the “incel” movement and the dangers of misogyny with school lessons on respect for women and healthy relationships, ministers believe. A government source said that Gavin Williamson, […]
Study paper says England’s progress to final ‘generated a significant risk to public health across the UK’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 9,000 Covid infections were linked to Euro 2020 football games monitored for the government’s mass events test scheme, and scientists have said […]
Police watchdog investigates why Jake Davison was put on a rehabilitation scheme and had weapon returned The Plymouth gunman was not charged or cautioned after he carried out a vicious assault in a city park last year, but instead was allowed to take part in a four-month rehabilitation scheme, it […]
• French readout of call with Biden included phrase • Macron said of Afghan allies: ‘We cannot abandon them’ The White House’s readout of a call between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron on the crisis in Afghanistan leaves out an impassioned plea from the French president that the US and […]
Exclusive: 125-strong team hired through outsourced contractor given informal notice they no longer have jobs More than 100 guards at the British embassy in Kabul have been told they are not eligible for UK government protection because they were hired through an outsourced contractor, the Guardian has learned. Most of […]
Foreign secretary’s position ‘untenable’ after claims he made himself unavailable on holiday as Afghanistan fell Dominic Raab is facing increasing pressure to resign, including from some of his own party’s MPs, after claims he effectively disappeared for more than a week while on holiday during the collapse of Afghanistan, delegating […]