It was a low-key comeback. After a week in hospital, and two more spent recuperating at Chequers, the prime minister’s official country residence, Boris Johnson arrived at Downing Street last weekend in an inconspicuous Volkswagen mini-van. He slipped inside. There was no victory sign or cheerful wave. For an unprecedented period, the prime minister had … Read more
Monday Anxiety is still the first feeling of which I am aware every morning. First as a sense of unease as I regain consciousness and then physical and mental distress as I reconnect with the reality of the new normal. It can still take me a couple of hours of hiding under the duvet before … Read more
A woman sits on a bench by the Thames. Two policemen arrive and tell her to stand up. Two boys remove their shirts in Holland Park. They are told to put them back on. A policeman shouts at two girls in bikinis on Primrose Hill to get dressed. How dare they enjoy themselves. You can … Read more
Online streaming of public court cases should become the norm during and after lockdown to create a more transparent and fair justice system, Labour has said. David Lammy, the shadow justice secretary, and Charles Falconer, the shadow attorney general, have written to the government calling for an emergency action plan to restart the “incapacitated” justice … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed social care to be fragmented, battered and lacking investment. It has also exposed a lack of understanding of social care itself. Successive governments have struggled to address social care’s most pressing problem: how to build a valued, recognised and inclusive system for people in need. Creating a National Care Service … Read more