UK News

Britain ‘may not be fully prepared to fight full-scale war alone’

U.K.
William Turner

Britain may not be fully prepared to fight a full-scale war on its own, a general has suggested. Maj Gen James Martin ...

Labour will tell NHS staff to work weekends to slash waiting lists

U.K.
William Turner

Mr Streeting told The Telegraph he intended to oversee “the biggest expansion of NHS staff in history”, claiming it was “a plan ...

Russia and China ‘manipulating UK public opinion by promoting pro-Palestinian influencers’

World
Emily Foster

Researchers studied the rapper Lowkey, whose real name is Kareen Dennis, and found that 11 per cent of profiles that engaged with ...

Defence of UK ‘does not stop at edges of Europe’, says outgoing Army chief amid tension with China

U.K.
William Turner

Nearly 2,400 British troops have been in Poland for exercise Immediate Response, which culminated in a complex river crossing involving more than ...

Landlords face rent caps under Labour

U.K.
William Turner

A report commissioned by Labour proposed the use of rent controls, arguing payments should not be allowed to rise quicker than local ...

Pandemic scientists urge removal of Covid-era warning signs

Health
Sarah Carter

Baroness Fox, one of the peers calling for a campaign to rid the country of Covid-era warnings, said: “During the pandemic we ...

Officers who took two-hour kebab break get written warnings

U.K.
William Turner

Police officers who took a two-hour kebab break on the night of the Manchester bombing have been issued with written warnings for ...

Politics latest news: Tax cuts will keep coming under the Tories, vows Jeremy Hunt

U.K.
William Turner

Jeremy Hunt went on to take aim about Labour over welfare and tax. “Conservatives know that if businesses are going to find ...

Labour tax rises are as sure as night follows day, says Jeremy Hunt

U.K.
William Turner

Mr Hunt will add that Britain needs to become more like the low-tax economies of North America and Asia and less like ...

NHS demanded fingerprints from staff as it hunted whistleblower

U.K.
William Turner

Steve Dunn, the trust’s chief executive at the time, resigned after the hunt for the whistleblower was made public in 2020. Dr ...