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…
20.5m years of life may have been lost to Covid across 81 countries, study finds | World news
More than 20.5 million years of life may have been lost to the coronavirus pandemic in 81 countries of the…
Data lays bare strain on criminal justice system in England and Wales | Law
The pressure put on the criminal justice system during the Covid-19 pandemic has been laid bare by official statistics that…
English care home rules could ease before second Covid jabs, says minister | Society
People may be able to hold hands with their loved ones in English care homes before all residents have had…
UK Covid live: Britain hard hit by coronavirus due to years of Tory rule, Starmer to say | Politics
4.57am EST 04:57 Reaction from Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, to the Guardian’s view on two-party…
Locked down in Brighton – in pictures | UK news
‘At first I tried to make normal pictures of the beachfront with the colourful beach huts as background. They seem…
Covid infections in England fall by two-thirds but spreading fastest among young | World news
Covid infections have fallen by two-thirds in a month in England but the virus is now spreading most among primary-age…
UK Covid live: PM planning nationwide mass rapid testing as lockdown is eased, report claims | Politics
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Captain Tom: online trolling would have ‘broken his heart’ says daughter – video | World news
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter has said his heart would have been broken to hear about trolling the family received…
UK university students wasted £1bn in a year on empty accommodation | Education
University students have wasted nearly £1bn on empty rooms in flat shares and halls of residence that they have been…