For England, it was always going to be about finding the moment, the one to blow apart a tight game, to cut through so much negative tournament history – particularly at the hands of Germany. And for long spells, as the tension rose to near unbearable levels at a raucous […]
Cross-party group says prioritising speed and relaxing controls meant increased exposure to potential abuses Taxpayers will lose tens of billions of pounds to Covid-19 support schemes because the government dropped basic fraud checks and rolled out the programmes in haste, a parliamentary report has claimed. The report, published by the […]
High political stakes in NI protocol shown in research released hours before unveiling of new UK-EU deal Voters in Northern Ireland are evenly split over the need for Brexit checks on goods coming in from Great Britain, a new survey has shown just hours before a new deal between the […]
Move means hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren will no longer have to stay at home after contact with Covid case Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of thousands of pupils will no longer have to automatically isolate after contact with a positive Covid case when schools […]
TUC takes legal advice over fake leaflets as Labour MP criticises some of own party’s literature The Batley and Spen byelection has descended into allegations of dirty tricks as Labour’s campaign was targeted by fake leaflets and the party was accused by one of its own MPs of using “dog-whistle […]
Exclusive: social care minister’s use of Gmail will raise further questions after reports about Matt Hancock A third health minister, Helen Whately, used a private email account for government business, the Guardian can reveal, as the UK’s information watchdog said it was considering launching an investigation into the use of […]
Nadhim Zahawi calls for two men filmed harassing the chief medical officer in the street to be charged Footage has emerged online apparently showing Prof Chris Whitty being accosted in public, with the vaccine minister calling for the “thugs” to face charges. The video, which has been shared on social […]
Business lobby group warns failure to act will put UK’s economic recovery from Covid crisis at risk Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK’s biggest business lobby group has called on the government to relax post-Brexit immigration rules to help companies struggling with staff shortages to […]
Sir Keir Starmer queries award of Covid contracts, issuance of aide’s parliamentary pass and leak of CCTV Boris Johnson still has “huge questions to answer” in the aftermath of Matt Hancock’s resignation over his affair with a friend and paid adviser, Labour has said, as the government was urged to […]
Exclusive: over 2,000 abusive posts directed towards footballers during games, including scores of racist messages Analysis: why online abuse of England’s footballers is a problem for us all England’s footballers have been subjected to sustained abuse online during their matches at Euro 2020, an exclusive analysis by the Guardian can […]