Measures under consideration include a £5bn grant for leaseholders and £2bn levy on developers Ministers are poised to announce billions of pounds in extra support to address the cladding crisis that has left homeowners bankrupt and distraught, though key questions remain over how much leaseholders will be expected to contribute. […]
Huge animals abandoned on Colombian drug lord’s hacienda zoo are loved by locals but their sheer numbers threaten environment Hippos imported illegally into Colombia for Pablo Escobar’s private zoo have gone feral in the lush tropical countryside and must be culled before their invasive presence starts to wipe out indigenous […]
Temporary accommodation at Yarl’s Wood removal centre will not be used after criticism The Home Office has abandoned controversial plans to house nearly 200 asylum seekers in what campaigners have described as a “prison-style” camp on the site of an immigration removal centre. Government officials originally planned to move the […]
Boris Johnson to announce new restrictions on UK arrivals to protect vaccine rollout Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scientists and senior MPs have renewed calls for sweeping border curbs to protect the UK’s vaccination programme against new variants as Boris Johnson prepared to introduce tougher measures […]
Royal College of Nursing survey found 15% of those polled remained unvaccinated Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Tens of thousands of nurses across the UK have not had their first coronavirus vaccine, sparking fears that they could contract Covid-19 or infect patients. A Royal College of […]
Exclusive: secretive procedure used to review laws ranging from Brexit trade deal to inheritance and land policy More than 1,000 laws have been vetted by the Queen or Prince Charles through a secretive procedure before they were approved by the UK’s elected members of parliament, the Guardian has established. The […]
Inside Culture host draws parallel between witch trials of the past and the online abuse she receives The academic and broadcaster Mary Beard has said she is frequently branded a witch in an attempt to discredit her and older women generally. Beard, who is professor of classics at the University […]
Open letter raises concerns public is being obstructed when requesting information from official files Editors of UK national newspapers are calling on the government to protect the Freedom of Information Act following criticism that the public are being unfairly obstructed when they seek to scrutinise the work of official organisations. […]
Monarch dispatched private solicitor to secure exemption from transparency law The Queen successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public, according to documents discovered by the Guardian. A series of government memos unearthed in the National Archives reveal […]
Oxford vaccine shown to have only limited effect against South African variant of coronavirus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Leading vaccine scientists are calling for a rethink of the goals of vaccination programmes, saying that herd immunity through vaccination is unlikely to be possible because of […]