More than half of doctors surveyed by the British Medical Association plan to retire before the age of 60, with most citing pension taxation as the primary reason

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Crackdown not ‘justified’, George Eustice insists – despite UK imposing 10-day isolation on arrival from EU countries

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe is “on thin ice” in its battle against the coronavirus, as the highly contagious delta variant threatens to undo progress made in reducing infections

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It comes after Dominic Cummings released texts showing the PM had called the health secretary ‘f****** hopeless’

Advertising industry ‘dismayed’ by the move, which forms part of plan to tackle obesity

The House of Commons, magistrates benches and the civil service are significantly more diverse than the royal household

It’s not the first time Mr Tarjanyi has targeted a government adviser in public

Rules pushing pregnant women and new mothers into poverty, campaigner warns

‘Story of Covid for children hasn’t yet been written,’ Sir Kevan Collins says

Restoration of once intensively used farmland, will showcase ‘alternative future’ for UK’s uplands, say WWF and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Objectors fear facility in County Durham ‘risks exposing already vulnerable women to yet more discrimination and harm’

Accounts show Prince of Wales continued to fund couple until summer of 2020

Barrister suggests Darren Dommett was ‘fabricating’ or ‘grossly exaggerating’ his disability in his NHS claim

Police appear to have denied rumours acid was thrown in her face during attack

Probation service apologises to 32-year-old victim after she bumps into abuser in public

People whose lives were torn apart when the government questioned their right to be in the U.K. have demanded that a program designed to compensate them be taken out of the hands of the agency that violated their rights

Embarrassment as move announced on referendum anniversary – after trade deal created risk of fees

Labour demands explanation for ‘appalling’ 1.6 per cent prosecution rate for rape complaints

‘The government has to take this issue seriously and support touring artists. The future of British music is at stake’

Dalian Atkinson suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and died in hospital on 15 August 2016

Exclusive: Mounting fears about safety of camp residents after locals alleged to have climbed over fence

Rob Roberts will sit as an independent after six-week suspension

Department for Education encouraging schools to celebrate ‘One Britain One Nation Day’

Polling suggests Remainers may now make up more than 50 per cent of the vote, but nation continues to be as divided as ever

Home secretary told her complaints ‘mirror’ what happening in the UK

Letter-writing ‘offers a really profoundly deep and impactful form of friendship’, one pen pal says

Special report: UK government’s hostile environment policies continue to wreak havoc upon people’s lives, they tell Nadine White on Windrush Day

‘We will not shy away from upholding international law and our rights on the sea’, Ben Wallace vows

Parliamentary committee says controversial policing bill would give home secretary ‘unacceptable’ powers

Michael Nugent spread material ‘dedicated to violent racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi ideology’

Busnesses are managing, on average, just 60 per cent of their pre-pandemic turnover under current Covid measures

White working-class pupils ‘let down’ by decades of neglect, MPs say

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Boris Johnson told to launch inquiry after cash apparently spend on polling

Paying for news remains a minority activity, with just 8 per cent saying they currently pay for any online news

Exclusive: ‘It has grown exponentially in the last five to seven years. Our caseload is going up, which comes from these things being readily easy to buy. Tech can lead people down some dark roads. It is terrifying’ 

Activists say Shell’s sponsorship of an exhibition is ‘greenwashing’

Broadcaster said she did not want to take part in what she considered to be ‘demonisation’ of trans people

Cabinet minister’s claim comes amid reports EU will offer grace period extension to suspend ‘sausage trade war’

Police forces ordered to take ‘immediate action’ to explain closure rates

Analysis: It’s five years since Britain voted to leave the EU – so what number should really have been on the side of the Vote Leave bus? Ben Chu examines the real impact of Brexit on the UK’s economy

Detectives are appealing for information following assault in Sutton, south London

Prime minister confronted with ‘maiming, blinding and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people’

After being talent scouted as a schoolboy, the former star went on to score Match of the Day’s first goal of the season before his life came to a tragic end

Refugee families who have moved to British cities under the UK’s resettlement scheme tell May Bulman how they have been able to rebuild their lives after fleeing war and persecution – and call on ministers to continue this legacy

The British government says it won’t extend the June 30 deadline for European Union citizens in the U_K_ to apply for permanent residency or risk losing their right to live and work in the U_K_ Britain’s departure from the EU last year ended the ...

Gavin Williamson also cautioned that exams were unlikely to return to normal next year

Five years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the bloc is still tied up in post-Brexit wrangling, reports policy correspondent Jon Stone