Labour leader tells Guardian flexible working is one of few good things to have come out of pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters, civil service leaders and employers are “wrongheaded” to be trying to make people…
Nicola Sturgeon ‘hiding behind PM’ on Cambo oilfield, say climate groups
Campaigners criticise first minister for not demanding end to North Sea drilling in letter to Boris JohnsonNicola Sturgeon has been criticised by climate campaigners for failing to call for the new Cambo oilfield to be blocked because of the climate cr…
Ten years after the English riots, the government is still in denial about racism | Chloe Peacock
As in 2011, anti-racist protests are being criminalised – while nothing is done to address injustices for black communities Last week marked a decade since an undercover Metropolitan police officer, known only by his codename V53, shot and killed Mark …
UK ambassador angers Iran with ‘insulting’ embassy photo gaffe
Russian counterpart tweets photo of pair in chairs sat in by Churchill and Stalin in 1943 when Iran was occupiedThe new British ambassador to Iran has landed himself in hot water by posing alongside his Russian counterpart in chairs sat in by Winston C…
Fairness will be key to successfully tackling the climate crisis | Larry Elliott
Just as inequality fuelled the pandemic, it could wreck plans to cut emissionsThe message from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change could hardly be clearer. Business as usual means global temperatures will rise by more than 1.5C above pre-indu…
Overconfident and rebellious – Johnson will rue the day he made a Tory party in his own image | Martin Kettle
Clashes over the climate crisis and Covid are revealing deep divisions in government. A time of reckoning is approachingCompared with the fate of the globe, that of Boris Johnson is infinitesimally trivial. Yet the two things are interconnected. In Nov…
David Cameron urged to address reports he made $10m from Greensill
Labour says if figure is wrong as ex-PM’s spokesperson has suggested, then he should set record straightDavid Cameron is under growing pressure to answer further questions about his involvement in Greensill Capital, given he reportedly made up to $10m …
School results in Scotland dip slightly after year of disruption
Pupils achieve record A grades but attainment gap between the most deprived and affluent students widensA-level results day – live news and reactionScottish pupils have achieved record A grades alongside a slight fall in the overall pass rate, but the …
Covid contracts: inquiry to look into use of WhatsApp, says ICO
Information commissioner confirms Lord Bethell’s use of messaging app will be investigatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed it will look into the private use of WhatsApp and …
Jamaica calls for deportation flight from UK to be halted over Covid fears
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight after outbreak among those due to be onboardCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Jamaican government has called on the Home Office to halt a controversial deportation flight …