Amendments to stop building owners passing on the costs of fixing defects were defeated in a Common vote Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders living in unsellable and potentially dangerous high-rise homes could be left with fire safety bills of up to £100,000 each after MPs voted against a proposal to […]
Exclusive: Halting distribution would hit Britain badly but not significantly help EU, analysis finds Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s Covid vaccine programme faces a two-month delay in the event of an EU export ban, derailing the government’s plans to reopen the economy this summer, an […]
Demonstrators set fire to police vans, attack a station and injure several officers after clashes escalate A demonstration in Bristol against plans to give police increased powers to shut down peaceful protests has become violent, with riot police and horses deployed, officers injured and vehicles torched after a week of […]
Former prime minister said to have sent multiple messages to chancellor to access funds for doomed lender New questions are being raised over David Cameron’s attempts to lobby government on behalf of doomed lender Greensill Capital, after he reportedly contacted the chancellor’s private phone in hopes of securing special access […]
Exclusive: interview will add to view that deployment of elite SBS was ‘over-reaction’ by UK authorities Further questions have arisen over a decision to deploy special forces against a group of seven asylum seekers accused of hijacking an oil tanker after one of them told the Guardian they only approached […]
Ministers challenged over size of army as reduction of 10,000 in troop numbers expected to be announced Labour has accused the government of presiding over “a gulf between ambitions and actions” before a defence review on Monday expected to confirm a cut of 10,000 in the size of the British […]
The force upheld 119 cases among 600 complaints; they included an officer who was sacked after having sex with a rape victim An extraordinary catalogue of sexual misconduct allegations against Metropolitan police officers, including claims that one had sex with a rape victim and another assaulted a domestic abuse survivor, […]
The prime minister is under pressure to resist an ‘excess of caution’ as a third wave of infections grips Europe Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson faces mounting pressure from senior Tories to resist attempts to extend the blanket ban on overseas travel or delay […]
Snapshot of Britain will see many reject church as immoral or irrelevant, academics predict The “post-Christian era” in the UK will be cemented by data emerging from Sunday’s census which is expected to show further generational disengagement from organised religion, according to a leading academic. The once-a-decade snapshot of the […]
France 32-30 Wales Six Nations to be settled by Scotland’s trip to Paris on Friday It’s never over until it’s over. And, strictly speaking, a final line cannot yet be drawn beneath the 2021 Six Nations championship with one last Parisian tango to come next Friday. This compelling drama, however, […]