Politics
Sunak adds swimming pool to country mansion while cutting your benefits
The chancellor has defied MPs to cut six million people’s Universal Credit allowance by £20 a week.
Abandoning sensitive papers in Kabul embassy ‘not good enough’
Ben Wallace said Boris Johnson "will be asking some questions" about how the documents were left unsecure.
Under quarter of homeless housed as Covid hit given settled accommodation
Shelter said the end of lockdown “isn’t an excuse to forget about homeless people”.
Scots can have IndyRef2… if 60% want it, minister says
Scotland Secretary Alister Jack suggested 60 per cent support would represent "desire for a referendum".
‘Orwellian’: Govt orders NHS trusts to call new wings or units a ‘new hospital’
"This is proof the Tories have no intention of keeping their election promise to build 40 new hospitals."
Twitter removes ‘grotesquely racist’ Laurence Fox tweet
Owen Jones said the tweet underlines that opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement is "driven by racism."
Boris Johnson says Universal Credit claimants need to rely on their own ‘efforts’ not welfare
Conservative MPs say there are “no sensible voices calling for Universal Credit to be scrapped”.
Workers £1,000-a-year poorer after decade of Tory rule
Labour said that the average weekly wage today should be £609.40, but the actual figure is £589.70.
‘No beaches were closed’: Cretans rubbish Raab’s Afghanistan excuses
Raab faced criticism for not returning from Crete when the Taliban took control of Kabul.