‘Systemic mismanagement’ by Home Office has led to complaints over delays and low offers to claimants Labour has called on the government to remove the handling of the much-criticised Windrush compensation scheme from the Home Office so it can be run by a neutral, independent body, after two years of […]
Embattled prime minister pressed to abandon top-down approach to government as difficult autumn nears Cabinet ministers including Rishi Sunak will this week urge Boris Johnson not to keep sidelining his ministers, as officials warn of a difficult autumn ahead with pressures over hospital waiting lists, social care reform and court […]
Rightmove data shows largest June increase since 2015 but economists suggest Covid boom may be fading Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage House asking prices have hit record levels across every region of Great Britain, according to latest figures, although some experts have questioned whether the pandemic […]
Chief scientific adviser will head new government body looking at big bets in science and technology The government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, has been asked by Boris Johnson to investigate whether the UK’s successful vaccine procurement programme can be replicated in other areas of technology. Vallance, who has […]
Half an hour before kick-off, when the team sheets were read aloud for the first time, the loudest Roman roar was reserved for the Italy manager, Roberto Mancini. On the front of Gazzetta dello Sport’s pullout last week, Mancini was mocked up in the dugout alongside Albert Einstein but a […]
Abstention rate estimated at 68%, and exit polls suggest Le Pen’s National Rally failed to get expected support Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party received what one of its own MPs called a “slap in the face” in regional and department elections on Sunday. The president and his government failed to mobilise […]
Former Speaker says party has become reactionary and xenophobic under its current leadership • The blue wall: what next for the Tories after shock defeat? John Bercow, the former Tory MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, has delivered an extraordinary broadside against Boris Johnson and the Conservative party […]
Adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 13 are among those who have not been jailed Ministers are facing demands to explain why thousands of convicted sexual offenders across England and Wales have avoided prison. An Observer investigation found that adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 13, or of […]
At the final whistle Poland’s players headed towards the stands and celebrated renewed opportunity while Spain departed to whistles, wondering how they had failed to win again and why this keeps happening to them. Even Álvaro Morata scoring the opening goal he so badly needed was not enough, a tense […]
As much as 20mm of rain could fall in an hour, with 12 flood alerts in place across England There is more heavy rain on the way, the Met Office has warned – bringing with it a risk of flash flooding in some areas. The weekend has proved to be […]