'Retailers are the key to ensuring the legislation is implemented, which is why it is crucial we raise awareness of this change in the law early and give people time to get prepared' Via: Campaign launches in Scotland on minimum unit price for alcohol as ministers prepare to make recommendations Read more
Campaigners warn that patients could be put at risk by delays, while Labour accused the Government of presiding over an 'unparalleled winter of discontent' Via: NHS crisis: Patients face delays for vital treatment amid 'staggering increase' in cancelled operations
'There is a schism in our society into which the most vulnerable are falling,' says bishop Via: Archbishop of Canterbury warns about Brexit divisions and austerity 'crushing the weak'
The collapse of the social democratic vote across the continent calls for radical solutions – including a decisive break with the centre-rightThese are troubling times for Europe’s social democrats. Centre-left parties face fresh threats next Sunday, when Italians will vote in their first general election for five years and Germany Read more
It’s never been easy for people to change their mind. But in a world of social media and polarised opinion, the stakes are now even higher. Time for a listening revolutionIn the past week, the spectacle of the American gun lobby facing down the bereaved families of Parkland, Florida, has Read more
The customs union has always had majority backing in the Commons. Now Corbyn seems to be on board tooIt is many people’s idea of the most diabolical circle of hell – Dante meets David Brent – but “the awayday” is suddenly in vogue with political leaders. Theresa May summoned her Read more
Exclusive: Stephen Dorrell tells The Independent that the cap should be reconsidered to help the NHS recruit Via: Former Tory health secretary calls on Theresa May to scrap her own visa cap to help NHS
Exclusive: MPs have raised concerns that the Government wants to avoid scrutiny of plans for post-Brexit customs arrangements Via: Brexit: Tory and Labour MPs sound alarm over moves to block Lords from changing Theresa May's EU withdrawal plans
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) – Speedskater Kim Bo-reum has gone from being the target of an online petition calling for her to be expelled from the… Via: South Korean skater wins silver after team pursuit dispute
Eve Muirhead´s rink could not repeat their bronze medal in Sochi four years ago. Via: Great Britain end up empty handed after Japan edge…