Boris Johnson is no stranger to demands for apologies, with his outspoken remarks repeatedly landing him in political hot water. In March, the then foreign secretary was forced to eat humble pie after referring to… Read More
Politics UK/EU
Internet use at record level but Britons are lax about web security
Internet use in Britain has risen to record levels but there is a worrying lack of awareness around security, figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found 89% of adults used the #internet at… Read More
Theresa May calls on Boris Johnson to say sorry for burqa remarks
Boris Johnson is defying calls from Conservative party chiefs to apologise for his claim that Muslim women in burqas resemble letter boxes and bank robbers. The former foreign secretary is understood to view the instruction… Read More
EU patients may miss out on medicines in no-deal Brexit, says AstraZeneca
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has warned that patients in the European Union may not be able to receive vital medicines from the UK if the company does not successfully prepare for a no-deal #Brexit. The manufacturer… Read More
Scottish figures ‘point to hidden UK crisis in tranquiliser abuse’
A rise in prescription drug use across the UK could be fueling a hidden crisis affecting millions, experts have said, as Scottish government data shows a dramatic rise in deaths linked to tranquilisers. Doctors, drug… Read More
Virgin awarded almost £2bn of NHS contracts in the past five years
Virgin has been awarded almost £2bn worth of NHS contracts over the past five years as Richard Branson’s company has quietly become one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers, Guardian analysis has found. In one… Read More
Revealed: ministers’ plan to research effect of policies on food bank use
Ministers have secretly drawn up plans to investigate whether the government’s own policies are to blame for the sharp rise in the use of #food banks, the Guardian has learned. Two of the most senior… Read More
Glasgow council warns of humanitarian crisis over asylum seeker evictions
Glasgow city council is setting up a task force to deal with a potential humanitarian crisis if the private housing provider Serco goes ahead with plans to lock hundreds of asylum seekers whose claims have… Read More