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Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countriesFindings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating healthPeople in the UK a...
Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study findsThe obesity c...
Peers and campaigners say proposal for three-year window to impose controls breaks promise of quick actionPeers will vote on Monday on a government move that could delay action on children’s access to...
‘Inadequate economic security’ is putting growth and jobs at risk, says British Chambers of Commerce UK business leaders have called on the government to build an EU-style “trade bazooka” to protect...
Talk among MPs shifts from whether PM could be removed to possible processes for ‘transition’ as frustration growsLabour figures from across rival factions have begun circulating informal proposals fo...
Message on private Facebook group for staff said: ‘I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me!’Royal Mail is investigating allegations that a postal worker claimed to have “dumped” Reform UK campaig...
Prime minister has shed trusted staffers but can still turn to many genuine friends in and out of governmentGiven that the signs of an embattled premiership are all around – defensive-sounding intervi...
Exclusive: Investigation into campaigning materials for local polls in May challenges tactical voting claims Election leaflets are providing “grotesque” information about how to vote tactically in the...
Prime minister says ‘you never hear from … the people who are supportive, loyal and just want to get on with the job’Keir Starmer and the Labour party continue to fight to maintain control in the afte...
“I saw a room that was just totally unified," the President said after the incident. "It was, in one way, a very beautiful thing" The post Trump unhurt after shooting at White House Correspondents Di...
Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zeroOne vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making...
Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharmaDozens of MPs are opposing Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dict...
Chief property and security officer Ian Collard set to submit written answers to foreign affairs committee questionsA key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washi...
Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to sack Olly Robbins over the vetting process for Peter Mandelson - saying the senior civil servant only faced the "everyday pressure of government".
The outgoing prime minister will not take up his seat after leading his party back into opposition.
Local elections have been held in the occupied West Bank and in one Gazan city, though Hamas and other groups are not taking part.
Exclusive: Extra social media checks brought in amid growing threat to politicians from extremistsThe security company that provides bodyguards for MPs has tightened its vetting processes after it sen...
Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris JohnsonThe lexicon of a British parliamentary scandal is arcane.As Keir Starmer fights t...
The economy and public finances were on the right path, bond yields were falling, interest rates likely to drop further … then came the US-Israeli attackDonald Trump’s war on Iran is “folly”; shadow c...
A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motivesShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on...