Sport England reveals that in some regions a third of children are active for less than 30 minutes a daySuccessive Tory-led governments have been accused of squandering the sporting legacy left by the 2012 Olympics in London, amid evidence that falling…
Tory values? Urination, urination, urination | Stewart Lee
Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen knows the real reason for empty shelves is working-class people going to universityDid the Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen cultivate lagoons of urine in his rural Leicestershire constituency? In 2014, the Environment Agenc…
Labour increases pressure for ‘cronyism’ inquiry into Tory co-chair Ben Elliot
Opposition writes to committee on standards in public life over claims he blurred business and political interestsLabour is intensifying its demands for an inquiry into the activities of the Conservative party’s co-chair after claims that he ran a secr…
Britain’s Covid experts Neil Ferguson Sage are under attack, but they are just doing their jobs
Those who attack Neil Ferguson and Sage’s pandemic predictions only expose their ignorance about science• Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageIt feels like open season on Professor Neil Ferguson right now. Sections of the medi…
Jeremy Corbyn could be reinstated as Labour MP under leftwing challenge to Starmer
Local party branches are being lobbied to back conference move to reinstate whip to the former leaderSupporters of Jeremy Corbyn have drawn up an “urgent” plan that would hand party members the powers to reinstate the former leader as a Labour MP.In a…
Bailiffs called in to at least 280,000 homes over council tax debt
Local authorities also asked for thousands of people’s benefits to be reduced to clear arrearsLocal authorities in England referred at least 280,000 households to bailiffs over council tax debt in the first year of the pandemic, and asked for more than…
NHS waiting lists could top 15 million in four years without major rise in capacity
Overspend of at least £5bn likely, says Nuffield Trust – but cabinet is deeply split over size of future funding settlementThe waiting list for NHS care in England could rise to 15 million people in the next four years without a significant increase in…
George Eustice defends decision to cull alpaca Geronimo as ‘arduous but necessary’
Environment secretary says bovine tuberculosis test used on animal ‘over 99% accurate’Environment secretary George Eustice said it is an “arduous but necessary endeavour” to cull animals that test positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB), as he defended …
Heavy rain causes flooding in south-east England and Scotland
Met Office warns of severe downpours across Northern Ireland, north Wales, northern England and ScotlandParts of the UK have faced rain and localised flooding this weekend, but forecasters have said drier and sunnier weather could be possible by the en…
Dissident Pakistani exiles in UK ‘on hit list’
Critics of country’s military told by Met police of plots against them as security forces fear there may be an attack in BritainPakistani exiles living in London who have criticised the country’s powerful military have been warned that their lives are …