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Supreme Court set to hear John Major compare Boris Johnson to a dishonest estate agent
In an extraordinary clash between lawyers for the former and current PM, Major’s QC Lord Garnier, a former solicitor-general, will argue that it isn’t true that the courts have no jurisdiction over Boris Johnson’s controversial move.
Boris Johnson’s school funding pledge exposed as unprecedented ‘squeeze on schools’
IFS reveal Tory education funding plans amount to an unprecedented 13 year freeze on budgets.
£3 billion of NHS hospital budget wasted on diabetes patients who manage their blood sugar levels poorly
Researchers found poor diabetes control was responsible for £3 billion in avoidable hospital treatment in 2017/18 - eight per cent of the total amount that the NHS in England spent on hospital costs
Indonesia sending back hundreds containers of waste from West
Customs officials said several Indonesian-owned companies that imported the waste must return it to the countries of origin within 90 days.
Massive ice sheet melting faster than feared – threatening coastal cities around world
Thick, impenetrable slabs are expanding so rapidly on the interior the run-off area has increased by 26 per cent since 2001
Gareth Thomas ‘would not have revealed HIV diagnosis without press intrusion’
The former Welsh rugby captain said that ‘tabloids create their own law’.
Garda Commissioner reveals Ireland moving armed police to secure border for Brexit
Commissioner Drew Harris warned about the strains on policing an upsurge in dissident attacks.
Thames Water receives 561,844 complaints in one year
Britain’s largest water supplier is getting on average one complaint a year for every ten households it serves.
‘The NHS has been destroyed and now you come here for a press opportunity’ angry dad tells Boris Johnson on hospital visit
The Prime Minister has been booed and called out for not being in Europe to try to negotiate a Brexit deal at press calls all around Britain. Now his latest confrontation with a member of the public may be the most damaging yet.