Defence secretary says ‘support is for short-range and clearly defensive weapon capabilities’Britain is supplying Ukraine with new light anti-tank weapons “in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia”, the defence secretary has annou…
Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backerThe Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr has told a court she believes the multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks may have been …
BBC funding ‘up for discussion’, says Nadine Dorries, as licence fee frozen
Culture secretary confirms fee will remain at £159 until 2024, but softens stance on its permanent abolitionThe culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has confirmed that the BBC’s funding will be frozen for the next two years – but has softened her stance …
Boris Johnson lied about lockdown party, Dominic Cummings claims
Johnson told MPs he did not realise 20 May 2020 event was social gathering but ex-aide says PM was urged not to allow itCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDominic Cummings has accused Boris Johnson of lying after No 10 denied t…
Climate crisis could wipe 1% a year off UK economy by 2045, say ministers
Global heating of 2C would cause billions in damage each year by 2050, according to risk assessmentThe climate crisis will wipe at least 1% a year off the UK’s economy by 2045 if global temperatures are allowed to rise by 2C, the government has said.Mo…
Unilever’s bid for GSK consumables isn’t quite the shocker it seems | Nils Pratley
This could be a long campaign and, despite all the difficulties, there is a logic to the proposalEven a Marmite reaction – some loving it, some hating it – would have been better from brand owner Unilever’s point of view. Unfortunately, almost everybod…
UK man jailed for rape in 1990 after DNA match on another crime
Paul Shakespeare’s attack on an 18-year-old woman in Cheltenham left her so traumatised she did not tell her familyA man has been jailed for raping a teenage woman more than three decades ago after he was arrested last year for an unconnected crime and…
Ruth Davidson speaks of fears over disclosure of mental health history
Former Scottish Tory leader says she almost did not run for post in 2011 because of concerns that medical records would come outThe former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said she almost did not run for the position because she feared he…
UK households facing ‘fuel stress’ will treble to 6.3m – thinktank
Middle-income families will also find it hard to cope with new energy cap in April, says thinktankThe number of households suffering from “fuel stress” – those spending at least 10% of their family budgets on energy bills – is set to treble to 6.3m ove…
TUC says more than 250,000 workers self-isolating ‘without decent sick pay’
Those on low or no sick pay face ‘impossible choice’ between hardship and potentially spreading virusMore than 250,000 workers were self-isolating last month without decent sick pay or any sick pay at all, a trade union study has suggested.The Trades U…