3.29pm GMT15:29 Kim Willsher It is being reported in the French press that less than a week after the death of a high-school professor in the Oise region of northern France, two other people have died from the coronavirus in the same hospital. Le Parisien newspaper says it has the information from three sources. “The … Read more
The UK government has abandoned its opposition to subsidising new onshore windfarms, four years after ministers scrapped support for new projects. The government has agreed to reverse its block against onshore wind projects by allowing schemes to compete for financial support contracts alongside other renewable energy technologies. The U-turn follows the government’s commitment to cut … Read more
Vulnerable and disabled people are being pressured to accept unrecorded telephone “deals” paying thousands of pounds less in benefits than they may be legally entitled to, charities and lawyers have said. The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of making “decide right now” offers to people who have appealed against a decision to … Read more
When anyone mentions fishing and farming to a Brexit minister, the usual answer is that they are a trivial 1% of Britain’s economy. Perhaps they are. But they are not 1% of its politics. As talks start this week in Brussels, British negotiators have been sent into battle by Boris Johnson with the pompous rhetoric … Read more
There was a time when being rightwing meant being conservative in the truest sense; committed to order, civility and restraint. No longer. The Reagan/Thatcher years began to change things, as neoliberal economics destabilised societies by slashing and burning the state. And in recent years, this lust for destruction has been accompanied by a gleeful lack … Read more