3 h. ago Aston Villa warn fans not to display political messages in Maccabi Tel Aviv game

The match has become politicised after Birmingham’s safety advisory group banned supporters of the Israeli side from attending.

Events

3 h. ago Victims can have confidence in grooming inquiry, minister says after two quit

Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday and criticised the Home Office.

Politics

7 h. ago Keir Starmer says Government will ‘go after every penny’ of cash owed by PPE Medpro

The consortium led by Baroness Michelle Mone’s husband has been ordered to repay the Government for providing “faulty” gowns during the pandemic

Politics

15 h. ago UK Government ‘absolutely not’ giving up on PPE Medpro cash, says Starmer

PPE Medpro has been ordered to pay back £145.6 million.

Politics

16 h. ago DWP to look into stopping benefits for offenders in psychiatric hospitals

Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche’s mother and uncle met Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden in parliament on Monday.

Science

17 h. ago Tories will seek to prevent early release of rapists in sentencing reforms

The Sentencing Bill will include an ‘earned progression scheme’, which allows prisoners who demonstrate good behaviour to be freed earlier.

Politics

21 h. ago Undergraduate tuition fee cap to rise with inflation for next two years

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the Government will legislate to increase caps automatically in the future linked to quality.

Economics

22 h. ago Grooming gang survivor quits national inquiry citing ‘toxic environment’

Fiona Goddard said there had been instances of ‘condescending and controlling language’ used towards survivors.

Events

28 h. ago Fact check: National debt, fake wifi charges and the cost of rebuilding Gaza

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Economics

4 d. ago Pressure mounts on DPP Stephen Parkinson to explain China spy trial collapse

Two parliamentary inquiries will look into the abandoned trial.

Events

4 d. ago Greens neck and neck with Labour, new poll shows, as voters turn away from Starmer

Voters are continuing to turn to both Reform UK and the Green Party amid growing discontent with Sir Keir Starmer’s government

Politics

4 d. ago MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ by China spy case as No 10 defends Starmer’s approach

Sir Ken McCallum warned ‘Chinese state actors’ present a national security threat to the UK ‘every day’.

Politics

5 d. ago Starmer orders review of antisemitism in NHS as part of wider crackdown

The Prime Minister said the review would be led by the Government’s independent adviser on antisemitism Lord John Mann.

Politics

5 d. ago PPE Medpro: Baroness Michelle Mone linked firm fails to repay £122 million to UK government by deadline

Wes Streeting says the UK Government will ‘pursue PPE Medpro with everything we’ve got’

Economics

5 d. ago ‘Frustrated’: Inquiry chair criticises delay in child sex abuse reforms

The inquiry handed down 20 recommendations in October 2022 after a seven-year investigation.

Society

5 d. ago Company linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122 million to government

The Department of Health and Social Care successfully sued PPE Medpro earlier this year

Economics

5 d. ago The Guardian view on the China spy trial: an opportunity for Labour to prove it understands the threat from Beijing | Editorial

Dispelling confusion about the collapsed case would build confidence that the government has a coherent policyNo single word describes the challenge that China poses for UK foreign policy. There is threat and opportunity; a requirement to engage and an imperative to be guarded. The Communist party in Beijing represses dissent and pursues its interests overseas with coercive nationalist determination. It is not a regime with which Britain can build a relationship based on common values.But China is also a superpower with near-monopoly control of some mineral resources and pre-eminence in important manufacturing supply chains. Trusting friendship is not an option; hostile rejection is unrealistic. It is not easy to manage relations through private diplomacy, let alone under public scrutiny. But Sir Keir Starmer’s government has looked especially awkward in its response to the collapse of a high-profile espionage case, involving the alleged transmission of secrets from inside parliamen...

Events

5 d. ago PPE firm linked to 'Baroness Bra' misses deadline to repay £145 million it owes taxpayers for defective surgical gowns

Underwear tycoon Baroness Mone has been embroiled in controversy over the defective surgical gowns supplied to the NHS by PPE Medpro at the height of the Covid pandemic.

Economics

5 d. ago PPE Medpro fails to meet deadline to repay Government almost £122m after ruling

Mrs Justice Cockerill previously ruled that PPE Medpro had breached a contract for millions of surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic.

Economics

6 d. ago Starmer to publish China spy case evidence as he battles Tory ‘cover up’ claims

The Government will publish the evidence submitted by deputy national security adviser Matt Collins.

Events