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Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:48:17 GMTBrexit news – live: ‘Limited enthusiasm’ for UK-EU deal, as new royal yacht branded ‘silly populist nonsense’
Live Brexit and UK politics updates
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:44:11 GMTMatt Hancock says ‘it doesn’t matter’ that PM called him ‘f****** hopeless’
Health secretary dismisses ‘expression in middle of challenging and frustrating period’
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:37:03 GMT‘Complete waste of time’: Ken Clarke dismisses proposals for new ‘royal yacht’ as ‘silly populist nonsense’
‘We do need money to actually improve the quality and availability of social care,’ says senior Tory
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:00:00 GMTBrexit: The Independent to host free virtual panel event on the EU referendum’s fifth anniversary
The Independent’s political commentators John Rentoul, Andrew Grice and Kate Devlin will be joined by two guest speakers, David Gauke and Lord Adonis, to discuss Brexit five years on
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:12:16 GMTLondon underground to get full mobile network by end of 2024
The first stations to be connected will include Bank, Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:54:58 GMTYoung children are having panic attacks about play dates after lockdowns
NHS England is expected to announce £40mn in funding for children’s mental health services later today
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:59:15 GMTMPs urge government to review regulations for direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Greater focus should be placed on data protection and improving advice to customers, a report finds
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:56:23 GMTGovernment urged to ‘avoid criminalisation’ of EU care workers amid concerns over settlement scheme
‘Substantial number’ are ‘still not fully aware’ of programme, organisations claim
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:55:27 GMTPaulette Wilson: Late Windrush campaigner to be honoured with blue plaque
A life-long resident of the city, Ms Wilson died unexpectedly in July 2020, aged 64.
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:54:55 GMTProposed laws to restrict ‘noisy’ protests breach human rights and must be scrapped, government told
Parliamentary committee says controversial policing bill would give home secretary ‘unacceptable’ powers
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:03:56 GMTAustralia to enjoy exports boost six times greater than UK from trade deal, experts say
Government also warned of slump in agricultural trade with EU – if food standards rules are relaxed
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:26:27 GMTSecond man arrested after BBC journalist chased by protesters
It comes after footage showed Newsnight political editor confronted by demonstrators
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 21:17:05 GMT‘Culture wars’ row over parliamentary report’s attack on use of term ‘white privilege’
White working-class pupils ‘let down’ by decades of neglect, MPs say
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:53:06 GMTGavin Williamson vows to ‘drive forward’ change to base university offers on final grades
Education secretary says government would like to make reforms ‘without legislation’
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:21:14 GMTStanley Johnson criticises son Boris’s controversial planning reforms
Prime minister under pressure to change course after defeat in Chesham and Amersham by-election
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:20:21 GMTManhunt underway for defendant who smashed his way out of court after being sentenced to jail
Incident marks second time this year someone escaped from Wood Green Crown Court dock
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:06:05 GMTCourt case over failure to investigate claims of Russian interference in UK elections
Intelligence and security committee report warned that government ‘took its eye off the ball’ over influence of Moscow
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:48:40 GMTDowning Street insiders urged to avoid misleading term ‘freedom day’
Scientists warned that there are ‘many unknowns’ ahead which make it difficult to determine how Covid will continue to impact life in the months and years to come
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:28:24 GMTRishi Sunak shared concern over Boris Johnson’s handling of Covid, claims Dominic Cummings
PM ‘totally bogged’ opportunity to save UK from repeated lockdowns, claims ex-adviser
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:04:10 GMTGracie Spinks: Mother pays tribute to daughter killed in suspected murder suicide
‘My beautiful daughter Gracie taken away from me, her dad and brother and sister and everyone who loved and cared for her’
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:21:58 GMTBoris Johnson says ‘rough winter’ could be ahead and cannot exclude ‘new horrors’
PM, however, says ‘it’s looking good’ for plan to end all remaining legal restrictions in England on 19 July
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:15:43 GMTBrexit: EU prepares to slash number of British TV programmes and films shown on the continent
Row expected to heighten tensions with the bloc
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:51:07 GMTLyme disease and ticks: Expert Dominic Dyer offers insight into how to protect yourself and your pets
Wildlife campaigner, writer and broadcaster Dominic Dyer answers your questions on how to stay protected this summer in a Q&A with Zoe Tidman
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:10:55 GMTTens of thousands of Europeans face losing benefits within days as one in six yet to apply for EU settlement
Measures to protect late applicants ‘insufficient’ to ensure people do not lose basic rights, experts warn
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:05:40 GMTBoris Johnson fails to deny plans to cut back on pensions
Concern that pledge will mean soaring bill for pensions this year
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:28:48 GMTMan who said he wanted to throw grenade at police station jailed
Mohammed Chodwhury told relatives he ‘wanted to do something serious like on the TV’
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:41:57 GMTMet Office warns of very high pollen count this week
‘Grass pollen now in peak season,’ forecast says
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:24:57 GMTAlcohol burden on Scottish ambulances ‘three times higher’ than previously thought, study shows
Paramedics have warned about impact of drink on Scotland’s emergency and health services for years
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:58:25 GMTRussell Brand ‘devastated’ after his dog mauls wallaby to death
‘Absolutely no one is blaming Russell or his dog – it’s just a horrible accident,’ neighbour says
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:40:30 GMTLive feed of the summer solstice sunrise cancelled at Stonehenge after police called
Pre-recorded video of landmark broadcast to thousands as coverage interrupted
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:20:08 GMTFour arrested after Extinction Rebellion protest at Ascot aimed at the Queen
The climate change activists say they had ‘no other choice’ but to disrupt the event
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:38:25 GMTFourth lockdown: Is UK likely to face new restrictions?
‘We may have to do further lockdowns this winter ... it really depends on whether the hospitals start to become overwhelmed at some point,’ says Dr Susan Hopkins
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:35:48 GMTBoris Johnson says ‘rough winter’ could be ahead and cannot exclude ‘new horrors’
PM, however, says ‘it’s looking good’ for plan to end all remaining legal restrictions in England on 19 July
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:27:36 GMTMatt Hancock claims Boris Johnson branded him ‘f***ing hopeless’ because he was ‘stressed’
Health secretary dismisses embarrassing attack as ‘ancient history’, saying ‘at times of stress people say all sorts of things in private’
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:19:51 GMTMatt Hancock hopes double-jabbed people won’t have to self-isolate after Covid contact
‘It’s something that I want to see and we will introduce subject to clinical advice, as soon as it’s reasonable to do so,’ says health secretary
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:48:17 GMTCharles ‘won’t let Archie be a prince’ as he plans slimmed down monarchy when he takes throne
Prince Charles will change the key legal documents to ensure that Archie cannot get the title
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:23:40 GMT‘Unlikely’ Covid restrictions will be lifted before 19 July, cabinet minister says
‘I would always err on the side of caution and I would look to 19 July,’ Kwasi Kwarteng says