Women should not feel pressurised into experiencing an “ideal birth”, the new health secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said, promising a root-and-branch reform of standards after several damning maternity scandals. Cooper,…
If Andy Burnham wanted to demonstrate he was the anti-Keir Starmer, the first fortnight could not have gone better. Instead of painting a gloomy picture of tough times and an…
Around 1,000 rapists and child sex offenders will remain exempt from Labour’s early prison release scheme – but why couldn’t Andy Burnham go further? Alex Ross explores the crisis facing…
The protacted dispute led to protests and two costly by-elections More than £50,000 has been spent to save a public toilet block in a Kent village following a protracted dispute…
Arsenal celebrated winning the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years with a victory parade in May Police are appealing for information from the public following a…
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially-aggravated harassment of a Jewish MP Luciana Berger A former far-right activist, who has a string of convictions including harassing a Jewish MP, has been…
About 1,000 fewer prisoners will be released early after Andy Burnham’s intervention to exclude those convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming from the scheme. The justice secretary,…
Good morning. Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought, wildfires have burned through parts of the Cairngorms, Suffolk and the Isle of Wight, and reservoirs are…
A £500m redevelopment of the Truman Brewery estate in Brick Lane, east London, has been approved, clearing the way for the construction of a datacentre, offices and apartments despite opposition…
Read about Richard Tice being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog here You can read Alexandra’s report on Andy Burnham’s trip to Dover here and about constitutional reform here Please keep…
