Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says
Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strikeLabour will be …
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Friday briefing: What the Covid inquiry reveals about the NHS – and why it should worry us
In today’s newsletter: Bereaved families say the latest findings confirm long-standing concerns about capacity, care and political choicesGood morning. Yesterday …
More than 70 UK councils failed to issue single fine for littering last year
Exclusive: Lack of enforcement is allowing people to drop rubbish with complete impunity, says Clean Up BritainScores of councils across …
People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood
Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest …
Father of meningitis victim, 18, tells of family’s ‘immeasurable’ devastation
Michael Kenny’s daughter Juliette, a sixth-former at a school in Kent, died one day after showing symptomsThe father of an …
Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires
About a quarter of prison places are unsafe, Ministry of Justice admitsThe government has reneged on a pledge to make …
Meningitis vaccine eligibility expanded after Kent outbreak rises to 27
Anyone who was at Club Chemistry in Canterbury from 5 March to 15 March advised to get antibiotics and vaccinationThe …
Farage called for release of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and praised effort to free drug trafficker
Reform UK leader was paid to make remarks about imprisoned rapper and ex-Honduran president in Cameo videosNewly unearthed Nigel Farage …
Miami vs. SMU: How they compare off the basketball court
Mar. 17—It will be a test between two high-scoring offenses Thursday when the Miami University RedHawks (31-1) take on the …
XAI is being sued by teens who say Grok created CSAM using their photos
xAI, which is already facing multiple investigations around the world over widespread reports that Grok repeatedly created sexualized images of …
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Hummus and pet grooming also join list of goods and services used to help judge the impact of rising pricesBusiness …
Labour MPs have no reason to oppose new welfare reforms, says minister
Pat McFadden unveils £1bn youth employment scheme and appeals to backbenchers who rebelled last yearUK politics live – latest updatesLabour …
‘Green shoots’ in drive to cut number of women in England and Wales prisons
Prisons minister says more women should be diverted away from jail – and new board aims to bring about that …
Margareta Magnusson, Swedish ‘death cleaning’ author, dies age 92
Magnusson’s 2017 bestseller The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning turned the Scandinavian decluttering practice into a global phenomenonSwedish author …
Plans to cut NHS international workforce appear overambitious, say MPs
Health service in England has saved more than £14bn hiring from overseas, report says, as doubt is cast on aim …
Inquiry launched into HMRC anti
Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroadThe UK’s public spending watchdog has …
More than 100 Labour MPs call on PM to stop assisted dying bill being blocked
Letter sent to Starmer claims ‘small number of peers have been using procedural tactics’ to stymie its progressMore than 100 …
Fewer Britons giving to charity, study says, with donations down by £1.4bn
Charities Aid Foundation says giving no longer a ‘deeply embedded cultural norm’ amid rising cost of livingBritain is rapidly losing …
London’s Burning actor John Alford, 54, dies in prison
Alford, who also appeared in Grange Hill, was jailed for eight and a half years in January for sexually assaulting …
Global food supplies could be badly hit if Iran war drags on, says fertiliser boss
Yara’s Svein Tore Holsether says it would be ‘catastrophic’ if the strait of Hormuz was closed for a year The …