New report is latest sign that leadership is losing trust of ethnic minority supporters More than half of Muslim members of the Labour part...
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Trump comes close to admitting defeat but stops short of formal concession
Trump makes first public remarks since weekend election loss Seemed to be on verge of acknowledging Biden’s victory Donald Trump has com...
Family of care home residents to get regular Covid tests to allow visits
Pilot scheme could put an end to distressing restrictions on access to loved ones, government says Coronavirus – latest updates See all o...
'I can't fail Mary': the bereaved man fighting for pregnant women threatened by Covid
Ernest Boateng’s wife, Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, died shortly after the birth of their second child Coronavirus – latest updates See all ou...
End of macho era: what to expect now Dominic Cummings has gone
Out goes centralised power and hostility to the press; in comes meaningful contact with MPs Out will go open hostility towards journalists,...
John Lewis Christmas ad stars children, snowmen and hip-hop pigeons
Covid edition of annual TV advert focuses on kindness rather than gift-giving Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus covera...
Three-quarters of England's care workers earn below 'real' living wage
Proportion higher in north, with 82% of north-east care staff on less than £9.50 per hour Almost three-quarters of frontline care workers i...
NHS needs extra £4bn next year because of Covid, Rishi Sunak told
Leaders say service needs cash to tackle surgery backlog and mental health demand NHS leaders are urging Rishi Sunak to fulfil his pledge t...
Vice-chancellors back university offers going out after A-level results
UK students could receive degree course offers based on exam results from 2023 Vice-chancellors have given their backing to a radical overh...
Coronavirus live news: quarter of deaths in France linked to Covid as US tops 140,000 daily cases
France’s lockdown extended by two weeks; German infection surge may be easing; Russia says its Sputnik-V vaccine is 92% effective Scientis...
UK family reunion visa system puts lives at risk, says Red Cross
Exclusive: charity says families forced to cross war zones and pay smugglers to get paperwork Children and adults are being forced to navig...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie voted Women's prize 'winner of winners'
Nigerian author’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun, which won in 2007, named the best book in the prize’s 25-year history by the public Thirteen ...
Tory council leaders warn of severe cuts in England
Fears failure to tackle cash crisis will force councils to cut libraries, bin collections and care Tory council leaders have delivered a st...
Debt crisis warning as UK reports steep rise in emergency borrowing
Household borrowing and arrears linked to pandemic have soared to £10.3bn Britain is “sleepwalking into a debt crisis” after a steep rise i...
Extra bank holiday announced for Queen’s 2022 platinum jubilee
Government confirms four-day weekend to mark the Queen’s 70-year reign It might be more than 18 months to wait, but the nation is set to be...
Coronavirus live news: New York reimposes restrictions as US sees world record 136,000 cases in one day
Italy passes 1m cases while Spain says it will demand negative test for all visitors; Greece extends curfew. Follow updates live Italy pas...
Antibody tests bought by UK government 'less accurate than maker claims'
Abingdon Health claimed test was 99% accurate but PHE puts its real-world accuracy at 84.7% Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coro...
Inquiry raises concerns over how £3.6bn towns fund was distributed
Watchdog says process was ‘not impartial’ and decisions were ‘politically motivated’ An inquiry by parliament’s spending watchdog into how ...
'An embarrassment': Joe Biden criticizes Trump's refusal to concede election
President-elect says Trump’s denial of the result would ‘not help his legacy’ but says lack of cooperation is not slowing transition US po...
Children's books eight times as likely to feature animal main characters than BAME people
According to UK study, just 5% of children’s books have black, Asian or minority ethnic protagonists – a small improvement from 1% in 2017 ...