Politics
Mural celebrates black blood donors as NHS calls for more in sickle cell fight
Artist Neequaye Dreph’s mural honours members of the black community who donate blood regularly, and encourages others to do the same.
Ofcom to gauge public opinion on politicians presenting TV and radio programmes
It comes as three sitting Conservative MPs currently have their own segments on the GB News TV channel, and have interviewed other Tories.
Laurence Fox set to run to become an MP in Uxbridge and South Ruislip
The bookmakers give him a 33/1 chance of getting elected.
No 10 defends partygate probe MPs after Johnson criticises ‘kangaroo court’
The Privileges Committee’s report on whether Johnson lied to Parliament with his partygate assurances could be released within days.
Johnson fires back at Sunak as the Tory infighting continues
The Prime Minister had accused his predecessor of asking him to overrule a vetting panel over his House of Lords nominations.
Labour overwhelmingly backed to take Boris Johnson’s seat
The Lib Dems, meanwhile, are clear favourites to win Mid Bedforshire after the seat was vacated by Nadine Dorries, suggesting a pact could be on the cards.
Sunak accuses Johnson of ‘not right’ peerage demands as Tory civil war continues
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his one-time Conservative ally asked him to ‘do something I wasn’t prepared to do’.
Nurses ‘struggling to live’, union leader warns amid new strike ballot
The Royal College of Nursing is currently balloting members in England on further strike action over pay.
Cost of living causing almost two million people to regularly skip meals
A YouGov poll of more than 6,000 people found 9.6 million Britons live in households classed as in ‘serious financial difficulties’.