Exclusive: abusive practice should also be outlawed in health bill to protect women, say gynaecologistsThe government’s pledge to outlaw virginity testing will be undermined unless fake surgery touted as “virginity repair” is also banned, the Royal Col…
‘Saddam Hussein’s spies in London laid a trap – and sent my son Farzad to his death’
Nosrat Bazoft, mother of the Observer reporter executed by the tyrant in 1990, reveals for the first time how the unreported theft of a briefcase of documents on a secret Iraqi weapon may have sealed her son’s fate.Leaning back in a loose cotton shirt …
Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from Labour
Leftwing film-maker claims move by party is because he would ‘not disown those already expelled’The veteran leftwing film-maker Ken Loach has said he has been expelled from the Labour party.Loach, whose films are regarded as landmarks of social realism…
The Gospel of Philip K. Dick & thepostarchive
The Gospel of Phillip K. Dick from thepostarchive, the latter of which is an incredible and ongoing labor of love compiled by a self described ”NB PoC trying archivist collecting between and through institutions.” Wherein you can find for now, among s…
Councils seek funds to fight rise in children’s type 2 diabetes in England and Wales
Local authorities urge minister to step up investments to meet target of halving childhood obesityCouncils are calling for more support to meet the government’s target of halving childhood obesity after recording an “extremely worrying” 60% increase in…
Ministers launch review to weed out ‘cowboy’ Covid travel test firms
Sajid Javid cuts price of NHS test and trace package for international arrivals by a fifthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have launched a review of the misleading costs of Covid travel tests from “cowboy” providers…
Labour values are meaningless without policies | Letters
Labour must work on more than just its messaging: it must convert its principles into convincing policies, writes Dr Norman Brady, while Philip Wood says the party’s future lies with the neglected under-40sProf Alan Finlayson is right to question Labou…
UK watchdog vows to help fight rip-off Covid test firms
CMA commits to providing the government with advice and data on the PCR testing marketCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK’s competition watchdog said it is ready to help the government take rapid action against covid test…
Priti Patel appoints ex-Taxpayers’ Alliance head as new aide
Jonathan Isaby joins Home Office as home secretary’s new communications private secretaryPriti Patel has appointed the former head of a hard-right anti-tax pressure group and former editor of a conservative blog to a government role in the Home Office,…
If we really value our freedom, repealing Covid police powers won’t be enough | Owen Jones
From voter ID rules to restrictions on protest, repressive measures are on the UK government’s post-pandemic agendaAs a bewildered country blinks in the tentative daylight of freedom, after nearly a year and a half of unprecedented restrictions, a wide…