Questions mount about pact’s ultimate purpose and implications for other Asean countries It was initially seen as an audacious enlistment by Joe Biden of Australia into the 21st-century struggle against China, elevating the country in the process to a significant regional military power and finally giving substance to Global Britain […]
Change to how cap is calculated is set to disproportionately hit England’s poorer pensioners Ministers have pushed through an amendment to England’s social care plans, which is set to disproportionately hit poorer pensioners, despite a sizeable rebellion from backbenchers. The change means that council contributions to care fees would not […]
Regulator puts company into special administration to rescue 1.7 million household customers Bulb Energy has gone bust and will be placed into an untested bailout process that will rely on public money to manage the fallout of the UK’s biggest energy supplier collapse yet. The company will be handed to […]
Prime minister faces backbench rebellion over controversial plans to scale back the cap Boris Johnson has been warned not to take the support of his MPs for granted, as he faces a backbench rebellion over controversial plans to scale back the social care cap after a tumultuous fortnight at Westminster. […]
Address to annual conference of business leaders will place fiscal discipline at heart of party’s appeal Keir Starmer will make a pitch to win over Britain’s business leaders by promising a Labour government will not simply “throw cash at” the country’s problems. Speaking to the CBI’s annual conference in the […]
Governing body says Peng spoke to its president for 30 minutes after growing demands for assurances of her safety The Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she was safe and well in a video call on Sunday, the International Olympic Committee has said, amid growing international demands for assurances that […]
A ‘person of interest’ is in custody after a red SUV was driven into festive marchers, leaving ‘some fatalities’ and more than 20 injured Several people have been killed after a vehicle was driven at speed through a Christmas parade in a town in Wisconsin, police have confirmed. A red […]
Conservatives are coming up with extreme ideas to placate voters angry at lack of border controls post-Brexit Conservative MPs are urging ministers to send people travelling to the UK by small boats to offshore centres as far away as the Falkland Islands as concern grows that the party is losing […]
MPs from north of England vent rage in emergency call with minister Gillian Keegan amid backbench fury at costs faced by less well-off pensioners Senior Conservatives on Saturday urged Boris Johnson to ditch plans that would see many of England’s poorest pensioners paying more for their social care – or […]
The American businesswoman, and the prime minister’s ex-lover, is to let officials at London City Hall see extracts from her diaries A fresh inquiry has opened into Boris Johnson’s relationship with Jennifer Arcuri after the US businesswoman dramatically agreed to assist officials, paving the way for the prime minister to […]