Etiqueta: UK Politics
más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Government coaching Serco on how to win honours for running test-and-trace programme

Business department data leak shows firms profiting from pandemic are being invited to honours classes

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Labour tells government to hold regular NHS ‘war-games’ to prepare for future pandemics

Shadow health secretary accuses Tories of having ‘weakened our defences’ ahead of Covid-19

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Labour tells government to hold regular NHS ‘war-games’ to prepare for future pandemics

Shadow health secretary accuses Tories of having ‘weakened our defences’ ahead of Covid-19

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independent.co.uk

Nurses blast ‘out-of-touch’ Boris Johnson over ‘blasé’ pay rise comments

Prime minister’s recruitment claims rubbished by Royal College

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Harry and Meghan: Boris Johnson declines to comment on royal family racism allegation

Boris Johnson has refused to be drawn on allegations of racism related to the royal family’s treatment of Meghan Markle.

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más de 3 años ago
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Boris Johnson poll lead is down to ‘vaccine bounce’ says Keir Starmer

But Labour leader says it was ‘unrealistic’ to expect him to turn around poor election result in a year

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independent.co.uk

Poll shows public think privatised Covid test-and-trace system has failed as cost tops £37 billion

Verdict contrasts with widespread public respect publicly-run NHS vaccine roll-out

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independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson ‘misled parliament’ over Covid contracts, court order shows

Campaigners say prime minister contradicted by High Court documents

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Government’s new ‘infrastructure bank’ so small it will have no effect on growth, watchdog says

Rishi Sunak’s flagship investment engine 147 times smaller than its German counterpart

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Keir Starmer criticised by Labour left-wingers for backing tax rises on low-paid

Party spent last week arguing against immediate tax rises on corporate profits

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

EU parliament shelves vote on Brexit deal after Boris Johnson ‘violates’ agreement

Group leaders have paused the ratification process amid the latest row

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más de 3 años ago
dailymail.co.uk

One in SIX will pay higher rate by 2026 after Rishi freezes thresholds

Mr Sunak's decision to freeze income tax thresholds will drag hundreds of thousands of low and middle earners into pa...

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independent.co.uk

UK announces it will unilaterally change Brexit deal with EU, risking new confrontation with Brus...

UK to extend grace periods for supermarkets without EU approval

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dailymail.co.uk

UK's £2.8TRILLION debt mountain amid grim figures

The grim assessment from the OBR underlines Rishi Sunak's view that it will take a 'long time' to recover from the cr...

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independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak to reverse George Osborne corporation tax cuts and raise rate to 25%

Tax thresholds will also be frozen in bid to cut borrowing

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak to reverse George Osborne corporation tax cuts and raise rate to 25%

Tax thresholds will also be frozen in bid to cut borrowing

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak to reverse George Osborne corporation tax cuts and raise rate to 25%

Tax thresholds will also be frozen in bid to cut borrowing

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Tory London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey says basic income would be used to buy ‘lots of drugs’

Latest in string of controversial comments by Sadiq Khan’s main rival

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Bail out renters, not just landlords, unions urge Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget

Chancellor is expected to unveil measures to clear rent debt in Budget

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Bail-out renters, not just landlords, unions urge Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget

Chancellor is expected to unveil measures to clear rent debt in Budget

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Single dose of Covid vaccine cuts risk of hospital admission in elderly by 80%, new figures show

Health Secretary says ‘exciting’ new figures show vaccine roll-out is working

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independent.co.uk

EU split over plan for Covid vaccine passports

Southern ‘sun belt’ wants tourism back for summer but other countries say plan is unfair

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Covid could become ‘disease of poverty’ if government does not raise sick pay, scientists warn

Independent Sage criticises Matt Hancock for suggesting it was ‘individual responsibility’ to stop disease

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Labour says its support for nuclear weapons is ‘non-negotiable’

Membership of Nato is also ‘unshakeable’, shadow defence secretary John Healey to say

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más de 3 años ago
dailymail.co.uk

Government U-turns on 'inappropriate' maternity leave law

The legislation is being rushed through after it emerged that Attorney General Suella Braverman would have to resign ...

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson rejects ‘populist’ label

But Tory grandees say party has changed

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson is an ‘unrepentant and inveterate liar’, says former French ambassador to UK

Sylvie Bermann was France’s top diplomat in the UK during the EU referendum

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

School minister says he ‘trusts the judgement of teachers’ amid warnings of grade inflation

Gavin Williamson to detail exam grade plans in parliament later on Thursday

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más de 3 años ago
dailymail.co.uk

Rishi Sunak 'set to hike corporation tax at Budget on March 3'

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering hiking corporation tax at the Budget next week to repair the public finances an...

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Jeremy Corbyn tells Boris Johnson to sack Matt Hancock and replace him with ‘somebody who will ob...

Keir Starmer on Sunday declined to call for the health secretary to quit

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más de 3 años ago
dailymail.co.uk

DUP launches legal challenge to Brexit protocol for NI

DUP leader Arlene Foster is spearheading a judicial review bid as she ramps up pressure for trade arrangements that d...

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Keir Starmer opposes strike action by teachers and says they may have to work during holidays

Labour leader says teachers need a ‘break’ but says children also need to catch up

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

‘Cummings pet project’ research agency to go ahead, government confirms

The former No.10 aide wanted to create a ‘British Darpa’ but MPs say the plans are unfocussed

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

David Frost appointment ‘shows Brexit isn’t over’, government’s former EU ambassador says

Ivan Rogers warns Brexit talks have become ‘permanent’

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Keir Starmer ‘risks being outflanked by the Tories’, Labour left-wingers warn

Speech fails to quel internal criticism as Tories accuse Labour leader of stealing their policies

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Large majority of Britons dissatisfied with Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal

Strong support for closer EU relationship as Labour pledges to leave deal in place

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Boris Johnson to resurrect mass testing plans after ‘moonshot’ fails to materialise

Focus returns to test-and-trace ahead of lockdown lifting

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Labour accuses government of ‘manufacturing’ free speech culture war to distract from failures

Education Secretary ‘fighting phantom threads to free speech’

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más de 3 años ago
independent.co.uk

Covid: Government accused of ‘science by press release’ by Public Health England

Warning came ahead of government Christmas U-turn

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