Labour says 47% less spent on grassroots facilities, wasting chance to build on success of 2012 London Olympics Labour has accused the Conservatives of squandering the London 2012 Olympic legacy by slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half sin…
Keir Starmer’s aide warns: Labour has lost touch with target voters
Strategy chief issues stark message to UK opposition leader, but adds that waning support for Boris Johnson provides opportunityMillions of voters who Labour must win back if it is to regain power have little idea what the party stands for or why it wo…
It’s not Covid that’s damaging British trade. It’s Brexit
Report after report is reaching the same conclusion: exporters, including many in the red wall, will be suffering for a long timeBrexit is beginning to take its toll. Trade with the EU is suffering and foreign investment is heading south. Neither trend…
In the footsteps of George Lansbury: lost radical who led an East End rebellion
Poplar’s Labour mayor, who went on to lead his party, was jailed in his fight for social justice 100 years agoKings and queens are immortalised in statues, prime ministers are remembered with official portraits, but an opposition leader best known for …
The RNLI deserves better than Nigel Farage’s contempt | Tim Adams
The rescue service has a long and glorious history of saving the lives of people, wherever they come fromA couple of weeks ago, I was at Lizard Point in Cornwall. The old lifeboat station below Britain’s most southerly cliffs has long since been replac…
Labour will end the UK’s bogus system of different employment statuses | Andy McDonald
A new deal for working people has never been more urgent. To start with, we’ll ensure all employees have the same rightsFor many UK workers, insecurity is not a new problem, but one that the pandemic has both exposed and deepened. The weakness of emplo…
Labour calls for PM to explain ‘advisory board’ for wealthy Tory donors
Secretive club gives members regular access to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for ‘political updates’Labour has called for Boris Johnson to explain the existence of a secretive “advisory board” for wealthy Conservative donors who have received regular a…
UK Covid live: 29,622 new cases reported as R number falls slightly
Latest updates: new cases reported as latest ONS figures suggest rise in infections; R number drops to between 1.1 and 1.4Man pleads guilty to assault after Chris Whitty accosted in parkUK minister seeks to calm row over France travel curbsKeir Starmer…
世界のワクチン供給マップ。アフリカに進出する中国・インド、世界に幅利かせるアストラゼネカ
世界ではさまざまなワクチンが開発され、接種が進められている。WHOのデータをもとに、世界に供給されているワクチンマップを作ってみると、先進国と途上国の格差が見えてきた。
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Lack of quarantine at England’s borders ‘risks havoc of Covid variants’
Labour and medical experts question reliance on vaccination status and tests for arrivals from Europe, the US and elsewhereCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOpening England’s borders to let millions of people arriving from the…