Long-standing health inequalities, economic deprivation and social disparities - as well as government bungling - all blamed in scathing new study

‘This ground-breaking change in law demonstrates our commitment to creating a fairer and more inclusive society for all’

The body was discovered by a member of the public

Latest developments from Westminster and beyond

Brussels chiefs want to make sure plans comply with Brexit agreement

Defence minister admits programme - which could eventually cost taxpayers £5.5bn - is ‘troubled’

Government expected to drop requirement for proof of vaccination to attend mass events

Ministers accused of ‘risking terrible injustice’ by refusing to lift 30 June deadline as swathes of EU nationals are unable to access Home Office helpline or find lawyers to assist with complex applications

Boris Johnson vowed Brexit minister would ‘fix’ problem - but peer insists it’s down to more junior departments

An eleventh-hour agreement is expected to be signed on Wednesday

In Trafalgar Square, Liam James finds a nervous crowd losing its inhibitions and its doubts

People in Northern Ireland are ‘highly exercised’ and ‘evenly split’ over the Brexit Protocol, an opinion poll has indicated

‘There is almost no support for black and minoritised women, male victims, LGBTQ+ and deaf and disabled victims,’ warns domestic abuse commissioner

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

Ministers hope move will persuade other nations to call time at crucial autumn Cop26 summit

‘A nasty accident has happened, two people are injured,’ clerk of the course says

The suspect has been in hospital since the shooting

‘We’re all behind you – bring it home!’ PM tweets

West Mercia PC Benjamin Monk convicted of manslaughter after Tasering former Aston Villa striker to the ground and kicking him in the head in August 2016

But minister says senior official who lost papers self-reported incident

Critics say the change shows there is ‘one rule for the rich and another for the rest’

Ian Blackford told off by Speaker in heated scenes

Dominic Raab’s phone number appears to have been online since before he was elected an MP in 2010

‘We have been short-changed’ on new Office for Environmental Protection, peers tell parliament

Mother describes travelling to give evidence as ‘punishing and exhausting’: ‘We would travel to the end of the Earth and back if that is what it takes’

Holyrood’s decision comes eight days after policy came into force

Government proposal ‘wasn’t enough to deliver the kind of recovery we need’, Sir Kevan Collins tells MPs

Disgraced former health secretary has reportedly left wife of 15 years after affair with aide revealed

‘Our hardworking public servants should not have to face this kind of intimidation on our streets and we will not tolerate it’

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

Bodies of David Spencer, 13, and Patrick “Paddy” Warren have never been found

But Momentum calls on Sir Keir to ‘consider resigning’ if Labour defeated at Batley and Spen by-election

Unions say hospitality must become a ‘high-wage, high-value sector’ to attract workers

Business group calls on ministers to ‘immediately update shortage occupations lists’ for roles including butchers, bricklayers and welders

Exclusive: ‘Convoluted’ rules leaving employers and landlords in the dark could ‘lead to discrimination and people missing out on jobs and housing’

Experts have urged Downing Street to adhere to the data and not ‘rush’ into any decisions over the lifting of Covid regulations

Court of Appeal rules murder judgment is ‘not undermined’ by any new evidence

Reducing waste while distributing excess food to those in need should be the cornerstone of any society, but with the rise of the renewable energy sector, edible food is being turned into biogas rather than family meals

UK adds sunshine islands to ‘green list’ for free travel

Health secretary’s meeting with Gina Coladangelo would have to be ‘reasonably necessary for work purposes’ to be legal

‘What they are proposing would not be legal if MPs were employees and is the reason why so few women of childbearing age are in our public life,’ says Creasy

Downing Street won’t say if important information was copied onto work accounts - one day after denying any personal email use

Jake Henderson said he would not ‘listen to people of colour’ after government coronavirus briefing

‘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

New health secretary Sajid Javid ‘confident’ that lockdown restrictions will be lifted on 19 July, despite a doubling of hospital admissions since May

Martin Hockridge, 57, admits calling Nicholas Watt a ‘traitor’ during incident but denies it was an offence

Police believe child may now be with relative in Republic of Ireland

Exclusive: ‘Government must act if their commitment to responding to sexual harassment at work is to be more than just lip service,’ says senior legal officer

‘If a man were to appoint his wife to be an executive director, you would hope that the Cabinet Office knew’

Health secretary says UK must ‘learn to live’ with virus

‘God Save the Queen’ adopted under George III and remains most enduring of patriotic songs

Kim Leadbeater is standing for the party in the seat where her sister was killed, but support is being squeezed by the arrival of George Galloway. By Colin Drury in Batley

Exclusive: Kim Leadbeater hits out at rival George Galloway who she suggests is using constituency discontent for ‘own agenda’, despite living hundreds of miles away

20 positive cases identified on single supporters’ coach which travelled London

‘Disgusting’ harassment of England’s chief medical officer condemned

‘I’m afraid changes are needed in light of this sorry saga,’ says former head of the civil service