Government accused of failing to effectively communicate £20 reduction with many families unaware of imminent cutLabour has accused the government of failing to prepare struggling low-income families for October’s £20-a-week cut in universal credit pay…
Geronimo the alpaca given 24-hour reprieve
Owner receives word that officials will not try to enforce warrant before 5pm on FridayGeronimo, the condemned alpaca, has been granted another 24-hour reprieve, with its owner claiming the UK government hopes she will carry out its “dirty work” and pu…
Extremely vulnerable in UK must urgently get booster shots, say campaigners
Government’s vaccines watchdog has cast doubt on start date for Covid jab booster programmeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCampaigners for clinically extremely vulnerable people have called for urgent government action to en…
Not enough turkeys for Christmas due to Brexit, poultry producers warn
Government urged to relax UK immigration rules after one in six jobs left unfilled since EU departureUK poultry producers have warned that serious staff shortages caused by Brexit could mean there are not enough turkeys to go round this Christmas.This …
「何も残されていなかった」バイデン政権の関係者、混乱に満ちたアフガニスタン撤退をめぐり前政権を批判
「（トランプ政権は）撤退の期限を5月に設定した一方で、どのようにして撤退を実行するのか、各機関協力のプランはなかった」
Britain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul airport within days
Exclusive: Whitehall and security sources worry they will not be able to continue emergency evacuationsAfghanistan live news: latest updatesBritain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul international airport within days, putting it at risk of closure a…
Seamus Jennings on Priti Patel’s approach to refugees — cartoon
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Kwasi Kwarteng intervenes in takeover bid of UK defence firm Ultra Electronics
Competition regulator to look at whether merger with US private equity-owned Cobham is national security riskThe takeover of the British defence firm Ultra Electronics by a US private equity company will be investigated on national security grounds, af…
Downing Street hints pensions triple lock will be watered down
Boris Johnson’s spokesperson has said there are concerns about tying state pensions rise to earningsDowning Street has given its strongest signal yet that the pensions triple lock will be watered down because of the recent surge in average earnings, wh…
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s foreign policy: a lethal vacuum | Editorial
Parochial complacency define the prime minister’s view of the world, leaving him unequal to the crisis in AfghanistanThe prime minister told parliament on Wednesday that Britain was prepared for the fall of Kabul and also that it could not have been f…