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‘I don’t know how staying silent is ever going to make things better,’ Duke of Sussex tells interviewerThe Duke of Sussex has explained his decision to publish details of his relationships with family members in his forthcoming memoir, telling an inter…
Ruling says enough scrutiny exists to detect fraud while naming recipients in £47bn scheme puts them at riskThe British government has been given the go-ahead to keep concealing the names of companies that received in total more than £47bn in state-bac…
This blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereStarmer says voters looked at Labour again in 2022. And he felt, “for the first time in a while that we could return their gaze with confidence”.But Labour must not rest on its laurels. It n…
Without global heating, such warm temperatures would be expected only once every five centuries, Met Office saysThe record-breaking heat in the UK in 2022 was made 160 times more likely by the climate crisis, indicating the dominant influence of human-…
Retailer reports much better than expected data in December but remains ‘cautious’ about 2023 Next has upped profit forecasts for the year by £20m after better sales than expected in the run-up to Christmas, but said it remained “cautious” about the ye…
CEOs pass milestone nine working hours earlier than last year, with pay up 39% on January 2022The bosses of Britain’s biggest companies will have made more money in 2023 by Thursday afternoon than the average UK worker will earn in the entire year, acc…
Overworked staff allocated extremely short care calls by local authority struggling to meet users’ needsCare workers are taking as little as three minutes to help vulnerable people in their own homes, the social care ombudsman has found, after discover…
Removing sculptures from Greece was like ‘removing Eiffel Tower from Paris’, says actorThe removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Athens was akin to removing the Eiffel Tower from Paris or Stonehenge from Salisbury, Stephen Fry has said, as he called…
Ministers missed crucial opportunities but should use energy windfall tax to speed up insulation efforts, committee saysA national “war effort” on energy efficiency is required to cut energy bills, reduce climate-heating emissions and ensure energy sec…
Band may have been snubbed by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but Royal Mail pays tribute to ‘bona fide rock legends’Iron Maiden may have been snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, but Royal Mail at least has given its stamp of approval to th…