10 h. ago Manchester MP quits government role after photo emerges from 'unacceptable' trip abroad

Afzal Khan's actions were condemned as 'unacceptable and provocative'

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46 h. ago Salford Red Devils chief quits club alleging ownership 'suggested she sleep with individual from RFL'

It has sparked an investigation.

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3 d. ago UK trade envoy to Turkey's trip to Northern Cyprus turns into a full diplomatic row

The Greek Cypriot government condemned the 'unacceptable' trip by Labour's Afzal Khan, piling pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to sack him.

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5 d. ago Councillor quits Labour and says she intends to join Reform UK

Sue Haworth, a former cabinet member of Bolton Council, has left former party members 'baffled' at her plans to defect

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5 d. ago RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar

The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Donald Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world healthProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghYou’d be hard-pressed to find many public health experts who have positive things to say about Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Alongside his numerous policy failures, one Cornell University study found that he was the biggest source of Covid-19 misinformation. But if there’s one redeeming feature to Trump’s pandemic record, it has to be his leadership on Operation Warp Speed – a massive, government-funded initiative that played a pivotal role in fast-tracking Covid-19 vaccines.“Operation Warp Speed stands as one of the most remarkable scientific and humanitarian achievements of the past half-century,” the former US surgeon general Jerome Adams said. It directed billions of dollars into vaccine development and manufactur...

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8 d. ago Rushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister after rent hike ‘hypocrisy’

In a letter to the PM, Ms Ali said remaining in the role would be a ‘distraction’ from the work of the government

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8 d. ago Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns after 'ejecting tenants and hiking rent'

Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister, saying in a letter to the Prime Minister that remaining in the role would be 'a distraction from the ambitious work of this Government'

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8 d. ago UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a monthThe homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, has resigned after after reports emerged that she evicted tenants from her east London property before increasing the rent by almost £700 a month.In a letter to Keir Starmer, she said that remaining in the role would be “a distraction from the ambitious work of this government”. Continue reading...

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