Category: Politics

The NHS is set to get an inflation-busting 4% rise in its budget next year but health chiefs have said it may not allow them to cut waiting lists for another 18 months, the Guardian has learned. The health service is on course to be one of the big winners in the spending review on […]

The last 12 asylum seekers being held in a new Italian migration hub in Albania must be transferred to Italy, a court has ruled, in a heavy blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing migrant arrivals. The decision casts further doubt on the feasibility and legality of […]

The Confederation of African Football’s audit and compliance committee has claimed that more than $16m of “unrecognised expenses” were not included in official accounts, meaning it should have posted losses of more than $25m. A letter sent to members of Caf’s executive committee last Saturday and seen by the Guardian alleges that its review of […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 6th over: New Zealand 32-0 (Bates 19; Plimmer 13) The end of the power play – with the spoils shared. Plimmer, who has struggled a little for touch, shimmies down to Taylor and sends her over midwicket for four. Share 5th […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Leg 1 of 8: Nervy start here. Ineos Britannia is sticking to the right side but gets pushed to the left when they skid and break at the cross. They had no choice but they find themselves over 100m behind from […]

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation after a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed in a collision with an unmarked police car in south London. The Metropolitan police said an unmarked vehicle collided with a car on the A20 in Eltham, south-east London, at about 6.15pm on […]

In the 11 years since they began rehearsing in the bass player’s grandfather’s scaffold yard, Blossoms have completed a metamorphosis from bowl-cutted indie psychedelic types to dewy-eyed keyboard-driven bouncing pop. The Stockport quintet’s four No 1 albums position them somewhere between early Arctic Monkeys and a poppier New Order. They’ve built up a loyal and […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Sid Lowe Old tweets can come back to bite, but not this time. This time, digging into his past made them love Charlie Patiño even more: for who he could be and always was, already an icon in A Coruña where […]

On Wednesday, the Australian state of Victoria was hit by thunderstorms. The town of Casterton was particularly badly affected, receiving 21mm of rain in just 30 minutes, followed by large hailstones. Vehicles and properties were severely damaged, with reports of broken windows and tiles blown off roofs due to the strong winds associated with the […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Rachel Reeves will seek to make about £3bn of cuts to welfare over the next four years by restricting access to sickness benefits, it is understood, according to the PA news agency. The chancellor is expected to commit to the previous […]