MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his pol…
Tory MPs urge Priti Patel to return migrants who attempt to enter UK illegally
Suggestion to home secretary condemned as breach of UN convention on human rightsConservative MPs have urged the home secretary, Priti Patel, to send back immediately anyone including children who boards an illegal crossing of the Channel from France.T…
UK weather: parts of England could hit 30C before arrival of thunderstorms
Central and eastern areas forecast to be hottest as conditions nudge towards heatwave thresholdTemperatures exceeded 30C (86F) in some southern parts of the UK on Tuesday, before thunderstorms were expected to descend on the south-west.The mercury hit …
What has Boris Johnson announced in his social care plan?
The PM has revealed the first outlines of a shake-up also intended to help the NHS recover from CovidPolitics live: Boris Johnson confirms rise in national insuranceBoris Johnson has given the first outlines of what Downing Street is billing as a once-…
‘Regrettable’ that only two paramedics at fatal cage fight, says coroner
Concerns after Saeideh Aletaha left alone following knockout, as medics returned to ringside in SouthamptonA coroner has raised concerns that only two paramedics were on duty for a cage fight at which a mixed martial arts enthusiast suffered fatal head…
Coal from planned Cumbria mine may go outside UK and EU, inquiry told
Opponents say document contradicts company’s claim it will principally supply industries closer to homeThe coal extracted from the planned Cumbrian mine may go further overseas, rather than be used in Britain and the EU as the company has claimed, the …
More money for the NHS is overdue, but there’s not nearly enough to fix social care | Andy Cowper
Boris Johnson promised to solve the crisis. But the government’s meagre funding won’t deliver the change that is neededAndy Cowper writes a weekly column for Health Policy InsightBoris Johnson today announced the government’s new plan for social care. …
Nicola Sturgeon starts work on a new push for Scottish independence
First minister unveils legislative programme including referendum and policies agreed with GreensNicola Sturgeon has told civil servants to start making a new case for independence, which offers people “an informed choice on Scotland’s future” in the S…
Wainwright prize for nature writing goes to James Rebanks for English Pastoral
Award comes during booming year for nature books, with sales over the last two months reaching £2.8mJames Rebanks’s story of his family’s farm in the Cumbrian Fells, English Pastoral, has won the Wainwright nature writing prize, praised as a “seminal w…
Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage
Wastewater plants in England and Wales offered waiver because of impact of lorry driver crisisSewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, it has emerged.T…