India’s daily Covid cases saw the slimmest daily rise in one-and-a-half-years despite recent large festivals such as Diwali as vaccination and antibody levels riseSlovakian prime minister Eduard Heger considers 3-week lockdownGermany issues warning: ‘v…
E.ON and Octopus are less than smart over my meter mix-up
I switched to Octopus, but E.ON is still charging me for gasI moved house at the end of March and applied to transfer our new electricity and gas accounts to our old supplier, Octopus.While the electricity switch was fine, moving the gas account has sl…
Students who have lived in UK since childhood denied loans – report
Exclusive: Young migrants face Student Finance England tactics worse than ‘hostile environment’Thousands of students who have lived in the UK since childhood are being subjected to a regime described as even harsher than the Home Office’s “hostile envi…
Getting jabs to the unvaccinated has never been more critical | Andrew Pollard and Brian Angus
With vaccinated people receiving their boosters, the horrors of Covid are now restricted to those who won’t or can’t have a jabCovid patients in ICUs now almost all unvaccinated, says Oxford scientistMore than ever before, we must look behind the repor…
Covid patients in ICU now almost all unvaccinated, says Oxford scientist
Exclusive: Prof Sir Andrew Pollard says most of those infected who are fully vaccinated will experience only mild symptomsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 is no longer a disease of the vaccinated, the head of the Oxf…
UK politics live: PM’s social care plan ‘about helping very well off’, says former Tory pensions minister
Latest updates: Ros Altmann says plan only helps the wealthy, MPs are due to vote on social care proposals tonightBoris Johnson praises Peppa Pig and loses place in rambling speechUK minister refuses to rule out people having to sell homes to fund care…
Hogging the limelight: how Peppa Pig became a global phenomenon
Boris Johnson threw spotlight on show that has run for 17 years and been exported to 118 countriesTo many families taking their excited children to Peppa Pig World, the most surreal aspect isn’t the pastel-hued streets or the giant cartoon animals mill…
MPs should not use personal companies to avoid tax, says Starmer
Labour leader’s comments come after an investigation had found that at least 10 MPs had done soKeir Starmer has indicated he would bar MPs from using personal companies to reduce the tax they pay on second jobs, saying he would stop any Labour MPs from…
Sarah Everard: former prosecutor to lead inquiry into rape and murder by police officer
Dame Elish Angiolini to examine policing failures that allowed Wayne Couzens to attack 33-year-oldThe Home Office inquiry into the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer will be chaired by Dame Elish Angiolini, formerly Scotland’s top pro…
Multiculturalism in the UK was rejected long ago | Letters
Bethan Benwell says it was actually New Labour that first turned its back on the findings of Lord Parekh’s report, while Martin Rose wonders if the phrase British Asian is itself a token of non-acceptanceIt is true that Lord Parekh’s report and its vis…