Live updates: Ofgem boss says price rises beyond what ‘any of us thought would happen’ and many will be affected by companies going bustMinisters explore ways to cut soaring energy bills for poorest householdsBritain’s hopes of early post-Brexit trade …
Brazil’s health minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless Johnson
Marcelo Queiroga sat close to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss at New York meetingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Brazilian health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, has tested positive for Covid and gone into isolation, 24 hours af…
New Unite leader skips Labour conference to prioritise work disputes
Sharon Graham is believed to be first in the job to miss annual event but says it is ‘definitely not a snub’The new leader of Unite will miss Labour’s annual conference, saying she needs to prioritise her job of sorting out industrial disputes.Sharon G…
Climate activists face prison for blocking M25 after injunction granted
Government wins high court ruling to deter Insulate Britain’s motorway-blocking protestsEnvironmental activists blocking the M25 face possible imprisonment after National Highways was granted an injunction against their protests, the transport secretar…
It’s shocking to see so many leftwingers lured to the far right by conspiracy theories | George Monbiot
It’s not just anti-vaxxers. The themes of resisting power and regaining control of our lives have been cynically repurposedIt’s an uncomfortable thing to admit, but in the countercultural movements where my sympathies lie, people are dropping like flie…
UK pensioners short-changed by more than £1bn, says watchdog
Human error and outdated IT contributed to underpayments, with most affected likely to be womenMore than £1bn-worth of UK state pensions has been underpaid due to repeated human errors that were almost inevitable amid complex rules and outdated IT sys…
British Rail logo designer appalled by green makeover ‘mess’
Gerry Barney says updated branding, to be used by Great British Railways, uses too many coloursThe designer of the familiar British Rail logo has warned against government plans to revamp the symbol and dismissed an attempt to give it a green makeover…
Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?
Alcohol’s allure was powerful when we were growing up and those born after us consume far less. Now booze is falling out of fashion, is it time to assess old habits?My first job in journalism was editing a free magazine called Rasp. In 1995, we ran a c…
Ministers have no clear plan to tackle child poverty, say cross-party MPs
Committee calls for robust cross-departmental anti-poverty strategy to tackle growing problemMinisters have no clear plans to tackle rising child poverty, while a lack of focus and leadership has hindered efforts to reduce the numbers of youngpeople li…
米英豪3カ国がフランスを「裏切った」本当の理由。対中包囲網に小型原子炉輸出という国益
アメリカ・イギリス・オーストラリアが対中包囲の新たな安全保障枠組み「AUKUS」を創設。同時に、オーストラリアがフランスと締結済みだった大規模な潜水艦建造契約を「裏切り」と批判されても破棄した理由が見えてきました。
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