Politics
New EU checks could cause 17-mile traffic jams at Dover, MPs warned
Logistics UK said it would be ‘very bad news’ if drivers have to leave their vehicles to undergo biometric checks.
Starmer asks ‘pickpocket’ Johnson: ‘Is everything OK?’
A heated PMQs saw the Labour leader accuse Johnson of broken promises over his social care plans.
Just 5% of Windrush victims have been compensated by Home Office
Some applicants died before they could see a full payout, a major investigation into the government's handling of the scandal has found.
Britain ‘safer than EU’ because of Covid boosters, Raab claims
Raab suggested his interview look at "what's happening in continental Europe" to evaluate the UK's vaccine success.
Food bank use ‘well above’ pre-pandemic level, Trussell Trust says
The Trussell Trust handed out 935,749 parcels over the six months to October 2021 - with more than a third going to children.
Industrial communities protest as North sees funding cut post-Brexit
Grants given through the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund were supposed to match EU cash previously handed out to UK regions for development. In reality, the north is £1.65 billion down.
David Cameron lobbied Tory peer at Lloyds to save Greensill deal
The former prime minister reached out to a former Tory treasurer - whom he ennobled - to rescue a deal between Lloyds and Greensill.
‘Like Mourinho – good a decade ago’: Tories pen Boris no confidence letters
A number of Tory MPs have submitted letters of no confidence to the 1922 committee, it has emerged.
‘It’s called being a god damn bloody adult’: Aussie politician’s blunt takedown of anti-vax bill
"Being accountable for your own actions isn't called discrimination, it's called being a god damn bloody adult."