John Healey to duck meeting UK defence spending target in budget
The new chancellor, John Healey, will delay setting out when the UK will meet the target of spending 3% of GDP on defence until next year’s spending review, the Treasury…
Breathalysers on cars should be introduced for repeat drink-driving offenders, Burnham told
Campaigners have urged the prime minister to introduce a mandatory alcolock programme for ‘high-risk and repeat drink-driving offenders’ Senior police officers and road safety campaigners have written to Prime Minister…
Voices: ‘We do a big shop and stock up on dry goods’: Readers on how they’re preparing for food shortages
As ministers prepare to urge households to stock up ahead of extreme weather and other threats, our readers say they’ve been building up their own supplies for years The government…
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley attacks Burnham’s ‘populist’ High Street plans.
Billionaire Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has criticised recent cost of living and retail policies from Andy Burnham as “populist reactions”. In a letter to the prime minister, the entrepreneur…
Clean-up of illegal waste supersite costs taxpayers £6m
The clear-up of one of England’s largest illegal waste tips has been completed – landing taxpayers with a £6m bill. The government has vowed to recoup the clearance costs for…
Restore Britain is being taken seriously by pollsters – and it’s bad news for Farage
The decision by experts to start specifically asking voters if they support Rupert Lowe’s party is a highly significant development in the UK’s fragmented politics. Political Editor David Maddox explains…
Prison manager says he hadn’t had first aid training in 35 years after inmates death
George Haldenby at arrived at HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, in May 2021 A prison manager admitted he had not had first aid training in 35 years after an…
Burnham defends past remarks about Trump after branding US politics ‘poisonous’
Burnham believes he will find ‘common ground’ with Trump despite his previous comments about the US president Andy Burnham has stood by his previous comments about Donald Trump, claiming that…
London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow
The rollout of robotaxis on the streets of London is unlikely to happen this year, as regulatory and technical hurdles push back the ambitious schedule set out by the UK…
‘Fear of the right is holding us to ransom’: Readers react as Burnham sticks to Starmer’s Brexit red lines
Our community reacts as the new prime minister holds firm on Labour’s Brexit red lines, with some readers demanding he go further and others urging him to wait for a…