Politics
Farming: Tories showed ‘total lack of understanding’ post-Brexit as 40,000 pigs killed & thrown away
This “disaster should have and could have been avoided”, and that the situation pig farmers find themselves in “truly is an utter disgrace”.
Watch: PM’s ‘learn from Germany’ quip ignores glaring sick pay discrepancy
Campaigner Peter Stefanovic said Johnson was "so out of touch with the reality for working people in this country".
Sinn Fein accuses unionists of ‘conflating’ identity with Brexit
Michelle O'Neill said the UK was putting the Brexit deal "in jeopardy" in an interview with Sky News.
Cost-of-living crisis: Bleak estimate for number of people sleeping rough by 2024
Core homelessness is projected to reach 270,000 by 2024 as the cost-of-living crisis begins to bite.
Vladimir Putin ‘wants return to era when empires ruled the world’
The US ambassador to the UN said "Putin wants the world to travel back in time, to a time before the United Nations".
Johnson’s Living with Covid plan ‘neglects society’s most vulnerable’
The chair of the British Medical Association said the government's plan was "ignoring the virus all together".
Covid isolation ends on Thursday and free tests end in April, Boris says
Free universal testing will finish under the plan for ‘living with Covid’ in England from April 1.
Watchdog warns Tories to drop ballot box power-grab that has ‘no precedent’ in neighbouring democracies
The Elections Bill will hand ministers the power to decide what organisations and activities are permitted during election campaigns.
Patel begs MPs to back ‘plain nasty’ anti-protest bill after Lords defeat
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would effectively ban a large number of non-violent protests.