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Govt selling off HS2 land at a loss to prevent future administrations reversing its decision
That means an unelected prime minister is selling a public asset at a loss to prevent a future elected prime minister from reversing his decision.
Government advisers called Sunak ‘Dr Death’ during pandemic, Covid inquiry told
WhatsApp messages between epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds and Professor Dame Angela McLean were shared at Thursday’s hearing.
Reaction floods in to Tories’ devastating double by-election loss
'Bluntly, this is a total nightmare'
Michael Sheen to star in Nye Bevan play charting life of NHS founder
'Nye' will chart the life of the founder of NHS, who is often referred to as the politician who’s had the greatest influence on the UK without ever being Prime Minister.
This is how the electoral map would look if by-election results are replicated nationally
"For a while now it’s been clear there’s a possibility of a Conservative wipe-out at the next election and a Labour wave", Lewis Goodall said.
Israeli president publicly blasts BBC for ‘distorting the facts’
Isaac Herzog said there should be an ‘outcry’ over the corporation’s decision not to refer to Hamas as terrorist group.
Police-recorded shoplifting offences in England and Wales jump 25%
The total is higher than the pre-pandemic year of 2019/20, but below the figure for 2018/19.
40 more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said there are no education settings with confirmed Raac where all pupils are in full-time remote learning
IDF response to Palestinians being shot for throwing stones dubbed ‘chilling’
Palestinian Authority's health ministry has confirmed that two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, were shot by Israeli forces near Ramallah.