The Constitution Unit at University College London found only the Belgian and Spanish royal families cost less per head of the population. Via: British Royals: The Queen and family work harder and cost taxpayers less than European counterparts
Mikakos says she is disappointed her ‘integrity has sought to be undermined’ and says she will also leave parliamentFollow the latest updates on our coronavirus liveblogVictoria’s health minister has quit her portfolio and said she will leave parliament as the fallout from the state’s Covid-19 hotel quarantine scheme continues.Jenny Mikakos Read more…
Family expresses anger and disappointment after jury decided not to charge officers directly for killing of 26-year-old medical workerBreonna Taylor’s family spoke out for the first time since a grand jury in Kentucky announced that it had decided not to charge three police officers directly in the killing of the Read more…
Triple-digit temperatures could spark new fires just a few weeks after a record heatwaveCalifornia is bracing for another dangerously warm weekend, with dry winds, parched vegetation, and triple-digit temperatures threatening to ignite new fires and complicating containment efforts in an embattled state.With only a few weeks’ reprieve after a record Read more…
<p>’It has been very exhausting, it’s been pretty horrible and everywhere that I and my two soldiers turned for help we were turned away,’ says Robert Campbell</p> Via: Army Major cleared of drowning Iraqi teenager talks of desperation after 17 years
<p>We’re tired of galvanising rhetoric, photocalls and gesture politics. We need to know how our jobs and the economy will be saved, says Chris Blackhurst</p> Via: Sunak’s plaster is no cure. It can’t hide the bigger problems
<p>The prime minister failed to turn up for the chancellor’s economic statement this week, sparking rumours of a rift. But, as John Rentoul points out, disharmony between No 10 and No 11 is nothing new</p> Via: Johnson and Sunak are the latest combatants in the long history of tension between Read more…
<p>Litter in the UK has increased by 500 per cent in the past 50 years. Lockdown brought with it a new plastic pollution problem – face coverings. Andy Martin delves into the psychology behind Britain’s dirty little secret</p> Via: When did we become a nation of litter louts?
<p>‘This is 17 and 18-year-olds being physically cut off from their families at one of the hardest times in their lives,’ says one third year </p> Via: ‘It’s inhumane’: Scottish students furious and frightened after law bans them from going home – and to pubs
The officer was shot at 2.15am this morning by a man being detained for an unknown reason at Croydon custody centre in South London. He was treated at the scene but later died in hospital. Via: Met police officer shot dead inside Croydon custody centre