Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators also finds record inflation and travel nearing pre-Covid levelsUK business confidence collapses as fears of ‘stagflation’ growOpinion: what government has to do to get economy movingThe number of daily new…
England’s NHS and care services need 1.1m extra staff by 2031, finds study
Health Foundation says government must spend up to £86.4bn more on services to maintain standardsThe NHS and social care services in England will need more than 1.1 million extra staff over the next decade to keep up with growing demand, research sugg…
‘Red wall’ Tories call on Rishi Sunak to cut business rates
MPs elected in former Labour heartlands in 2019 say tax reform is needed to stem high street closuresConservative MPs in “red wall” seats have urged the chancellor to cut business rates, days after Labour announced it would abolish the tax and overhaul…
Home Office, Foreign Office and MoJ worst for openness, finds report
Research into government transparency by leading thinktank shows some departments release far less information than they shouldThe Home Office, the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Justice have been named as the worst-performing government department…
Flu and Covid jabs safe to be given at same time, study finds
Clinical trial on joint flu, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccinations reported only mild to moderate side-effectsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFlu jabs are safe to give at the same time as the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid vaccin…
Stephanie Grisham book sheds light on Trump’s bizarre brushes with world leaders
Memoir reveals Trump once discussed strength of kangaroos in meeting with UK PM – one of the few European leaders he likedBoris Johnson once devoted a considerable part of a meeting with Donald Trump to discussing how strong kangaroos are, as the Briti…
Greg Gilbert, frontman with indie band Delays, dies aged 44
Singer, whose band reached UK Top 20 with debut 2004 album, had documented illness due to bowel cancer in visual art and poetryGreg Gilbert, frontman with British indie rock band Delays, has died of bowel cancer at the age of 44.He had been diagnosed i…
Sarah Everard’s killer might have been identified as threat sooner, police admit
Details of indecent exposure claims emerge as ex-Met officer Wayne Couzens is given whole-life sentencePolice have accepted they may have had enough clues to identify Wayne Couzens as a threat to women before he raped and killed Sarah Everard.Couzens w…
Martin Rowson on the end of furlough – cartoon
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Kate Wilson: after spy cops case the Met is beyond redemption
The woman at the centre of a human rights claim against police gives her response to the rulingIt is 10 years since I first sat down with a group of eight women to discuss bringing an assault case against the Metropolitan police. We were reeling from t…