Former Australian PM Tony Abbott confirmed as UK trade adviser
Critics say Abbott’s views on women and homosexuality and the climate crisis make him unfit for role Boris Johnson has appointed Tony Abbott as an...
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Manchester Airports Group calls for urgent Covid testing of arrivals
Exclusive: boss says UK ‘stood still’ while other countries had introduced mass testing Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The biggest UK-owned...
No 10 urged to revoke trade role for ‘misogynist’ Tony Abbott
Calls grow to block the appointment of former Australian PM as trade adviser Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to backtrack over the appointment of...
UK coronavirus live: Scotland’s R number ‘probably now above 1’ and could be 1.4, says Nicola Sturgeon
News updates: Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish R number ‘probably above 1’; 20-minute test could be available ‘in coming weeks and months’, says Hancock UK may...
Alexei Navalny novichok finding prompts calls for answers from Moscow
Angela Merkel says poisoning was attempted murder and White House calls it ‘reprehensible’ Analysis: use of novichok is a Russian message World leaders are demanding...
UK coronavirus live: government U-turn on Bolton and Trafford lockdown; Starmer accuses PM of ‘wasted summer’
News updates: government abandons plan to relax Covid restrictions in Bolton and Trafford; ONS updates overall UK death toll to 57,310 Lockdown reimposed in Greater...
Williamson told about flaws in A-level model two weeks before results
Exclusive: Ofqual reassured Department for Education that faults could be managed by allowing appeals Gavin Williamson was offered evidence of serious flaws in the grading...
UK coronavirus live: Johnson says country prepared for more ‘wretched Covid’ as some pupils return to school
PM also claims workers heading back to offices ‘in huge numbers’; Gavin Williamson to face MPs after exams fiasco Decision due ‘very soon on delaying...
Triple threat to justice system in England and Wales, lawyers warn
System hit by shortage of defence lawyers, end of furlough scheme and postponement of trials during pandemic The criminal justice system in England and Wales...
Special schools in England urgently seek coronavirus advice
Institutions awaiting greater clarity over safety rules days before many reopen Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Special schools in England are...