Lib Dems urge Labour MPs to back closer trade with EU which could raise £25 billion a year and avoid welfare cuts Record low number of frontline NHS staff receive flu jabs this winter as some areas see less than one in 10 vaccinated Youth Mobility Scheme news a 'glimmer of hope' Scottish Water urged to get a grip as bills and bonuses rise Lib Dems urge Labour MPs to back closer trade with EU which could raise £25 billion a year and avoid welfare cuts The Liberal Democrats have sent a letter to Labour MPs urging them to back ...
Davey on European Political Community Summit: PM needs to be "bold and ambitious" but EU leaders need to "play ball" EFRA committee report: Government "must listen" and "ditch tax" Greene blasts incompetence at the Water Industry Commission Greene: If SNP won't ban conversion practices, they should let me do it Davey on European Political Community Summit: PM needs to be "bold and ambitious" but EU leaders need to "play ball" Ahead of the European Political Community Summit, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: The Prime Minister must be bold and ambitious, using today's talks to set out his stall for ...
The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is out. As it says: "If a politician was an envelope, what sort of envelope would they be?" is the sort of question that – more usually featuring animals rather than envelopes – can be great at teasing out the underlying perceptions and motivations of voters... Find out more by reading this edition of The Week in Polls here, and you can sign up below to receive future editions direct to your email inbox:
The senior Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has warned that people in Gaza face "unbearably cruel levels of destitution" and called on the government to match its recent tougher tone on Israel with action. Speaking to the Guardian she said: I remain frustrated that while the government's words and tone have changed, in terms of concrete actions, not much has changed." She called on the government to recognise a Palestinian state, which would "safeguard Palestinian interests and also send a very clear signal to Israel that there are consequences to their actions". She also condemned the government for allowing trade ...
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Disney child star looks unrecognizable on Cannes red carpet 32 years after hit film's debut
Embed from Getty ImagesIn making our Headline of the Day Award to the Independent, the judges congratulated the online newspaper's editors on grasping the fact that children grow up.
In the summer of 1979 this track was everywhere. It made the UK top 20. It was radio friendly, Radio 2 friendly and made for use in television trails. But I wonder if I've heard it this century. Spyro Gyra come from Buffalo in New York State. Morning Dance was the title track from their second album, which reached no. 11 in the UK charts - high for a jazz album in that or this era. The unusual elements on it, like steel drums, make it more interesting than I have so far made it sound. And Spyro Gyra are ...
A divided Supreme Court? Birthright citizenship coupled with the power of the courts v. the executive was up before the Supreme Court this week. And it looks as if the court is divided. A decision will take time, probably a couple of months. But based on the questioning from the Bench it appears as if a decision could go either way, or be wrapped up in so much qualifying legal mumbo-jumbo as to be nearly useless. Birthright citizenship and the courts v the president are two separate issues but they have been judicially linked because the lower courts have been ...
With thanks to Charles Sutherland and Dundee Memories a great photo of Hawkhill looking east from the Sinderins end taken around 1976. The photo was taken from the block at 293 Hawkhill.
The Guardian reports that government legal guidance urging retailers in England to offer millions of consumers deals and discounts on minimally processed and nutritious food was dropped after a lobbying campaign by the world's biggest ultra-processed food firms. The paper says that ahead of new regulations banning junk food promotions from October, the Department of Health and Social Care issued advice to thousands of shops, supermarkets, online retailers and other businesses to help them comply with the law, but the healthy food push was dropped after the Food and Drink Federation, which represents corporations including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Mars and ...
