Report by MPs says government’s response to Covid was ‘one of the worst ever public health failures’
The UK has one of the world’s highest death tolls from Covid, with more than 138,000 deaths
Basit Mahmood
Amnesty International warns of “unprecedented programme of rights reversal” by the government
“Ordinary people have fought hard and often bitter battles to achieve these rights – and we mustn’t let them be struck out by politicians who think they are merely getting in their way.”
5 major crises facing the UK as Boris Johnson jets off to holiday in Spain
Industry leaders have warned that factories face closure within days without government help.
Boris Johnson slammed for jetting off to ‘£25,000-a-week Marbella hideaway’ during energy crisis
“The timing couldn’t be worse. But it’s like he doesn’t even care. He’s got an 80-seat majority and he just thinks everything will be fine.”
EXCLUSIVE: Voters think police have a problem with class bias, poll finds
‘It is a reality that across the socioeconomic spectrum, working class communities are policed disproportionately, with those who are working class being identified as potentially criminal far more often than their middle class counterparts’.
EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters say police have problem with racism, poll finds
More than half of those who answered the survey also say that the police has a problem with Islamophobia (52%) compared to 26% who think they do not.
5 false claims made by Boris Johnson during his Conservative Party conference speech
We take a closer look at some of the false claims made by the prime minister during the 45-minute address.
Richard Burgon: ‘Starmer’s leadership rule changes treat members with contempt’
“If Keir had said in his leadership campaign he was going to reduce the power of Labour party members, and their democratic say, he wouldn’t have been elected leader of the Labour Party.”
Green Party leadership election round up
It’s only a matter of hours before online voting for the leadership election of the Green Party of England and Wales closes.
Andrew Neil vows never to appear on GB News again ‘after smears by channel’
Neil accused his former employer of ‘unilaterally’ cancelling an exit deal he had agreed with them and said that he ‘couldn’t be happier’ to have severed ties.