Joe Biden ‘neanderthal’ comment a reflection of frustration, says White House – video | US news
White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended Joe Biden’s comments comparing Republican governors to Nearnderthals for lifting mask mandates in…
No strategy to Sunak marking his own homework on industry | Budget 2021
The point about industrial strategies, surely, is that governments have to stick with them. Otherwise they aren’t really strategies and…
Tax and spending experts say Sunak’s budget doesn’t add up | Budget 2021
Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to provide more money for the NHS and struggling households amid criticism from tax…
Rishi Sunak defends budget amid claim it will plunge 500,000 more people into poverty – politics live | Politics
The government announced a pause in public sector pay rises for all workforces, with an exception for employees with basic…
Italy blocks export of 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia | World news
Italy has blocked the export of 250,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia in an escalation of a row…
Europe must deploy health ‘basics to curb Covid-19 resurgence’ | Coronavirus
Europeans need to “get back to basics” and use quarantining to battle the rise in infection rates that has emerged…
Coronavirus live: Germany and Sweden approve AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s; 40% of English over-80s break rules after jab | World news
The mechanism was set up at the end of January as a reaction to vaccine makers’ announcements of delays in…
House passes sweeping bills on voting rights and police reform – live | US news
The House Oversight Committee is investigating the agency that operates the Texas power grid, seeking information and documents about the…
Coronavirus live news: global weekly cases lowest since October; Biden to pledge $4bn to Covax scheme | World news
Israel said Thursday it will extend the closure of its airports and land borders for 14 more days in a…
Vaccine passport plan could help Britons holiday in Greece | Coronavirus
Restriction-free holidays to Greece could be on the cards for Britons who have been vaccinated, a Greek minister has said.…