8 h. ago Vulnerable migrants routinely handcuffed and detained for hours, damning report finds

One migrant who had been returned to France under the UK’s flagship deal says he was screaming in pain as officers banged his head against a wall while trying to restrain him

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4 d. ago Boris Johnson could face legal action over pandemic failings after damning Covid inquiry report

Nadine Dorries and Lord Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Baroness Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives

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5 d. ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson put his reputation above public safety, say bereaved families

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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5 d. ago 'LOCKDOWN MAY BE ONLY WAY TO STOP LONDON NHS COLLAPSE IN 15 DAYS', Cummings warned Johnson as Covid virus spread

Details of fraught meetings at the heart of Government on how to protect the capital were laid bare in a damning report by the Covid Inquiry

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5 d. ago Covid inquiry latest: UK’s pandemic response ‘too little, too late’, says inquiry chair

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer responds to damning Covid Inquiry report as huge failings unearthed

Keir Starmer has said the Government will 'carefully consider' the findings of Baroness Heather Hallett, who said Boris Johnson's dithering cost more than 20,000 lives

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5 d. ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson reinforced ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at No 10 in bombshell report

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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5 d. ago ‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response

Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10UK politics live –latest updatesThe UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Welsh holiday giant sacks staff at luxury resort after damning food hygiene report

The resort reopened in March 2024 after a multi-million pound transformation

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1 week ago He snorted cocaine down the pub, sang 'Sweet Caroline' and bragged to friends that he'd killed his girlfriend

A damning report seen by the Manchester Evening News reveals how the probation service failed to protect Caroline Gore

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1 week ago Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform

Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targetsWes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG).The report praises elements of how the health secretary has managed the health service in his first year in office, including improving performance and staff retention in hospitals. Thepay settlement he reached with resident doctors last year avoided a winter plagued by NHS strikes Continue reading...

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1 week ago Britain could lose 14,000 pubs unless they're thrown a lifeline says shock report

More than one third of cherished locals risk closure without 'immediate intervention' from Rachel Reeves says a damning new report

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1 week ago Manchester Airport claps back 'it's misleading to passengers' after damning new report

Manchester Airport has defended itself after data revealed that it had the most delayed flights among major airports in the UK during the first half of 2025, with less than three-quarters of flights departing on time

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1 week ago Manchester Airport says 'it's misleading to passengers' after damning new report

Manchester Airport has defended its record after data showed it had the highest number of delayed flights among major UK airports in the first half of 2025, with fewer than three-quarters of flights leaving on schedule.

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1 week ago SNP presiding over 'low growth economy' as poor jobs and low wages blamed

A "damning" report warns slower growth in Scotland’s tax base is as a result of poor jobs and low wages.

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2 w. ago Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people

Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructureA quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.A damning new report by Amnesty International, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that more than 18,300 oil, gas and coal sites are currently distributed across 170 countries worldwide, occupying a vast area of the Earth’s surface. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Atrocious on every level’: sex case findings shame New Zealand’s senior police culture

Inspector general will be inaugurated to oversee service after report on how top officers steered investigation of Jevon McSkimming, who went on to become deputy commissionerNew Zealand’s government will take the unprecedented move of appointing an inspector general of police after a damning report found “significant failings” in the way senior police officers handled serious sexual complaints against a former high-ranking officer.The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released a 135-page report on Tuesday detailing allegations made against the former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming and the police’s response to them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Home Office mandarin admits it has 'inadequate focus' on saving public money in wake of damning report on asylum costs

The department's permanent secretary Dame Antonia Romeo also confirmed she had identified areas of 'siloed working' since she took over in April.

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2 w. ago Drones used to smuggle flick knives into prison as 'old school' violence erupts

HMP Pentonville was singled out in a damning report after it found that knives had been smuggled in by drones to be used in traditional forms of violence between inmates

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2 w. ago London police chief vows more change after another damning report on racism

London police chief vows more change after another damning report on racism  Reuters

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