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New draft legislation seeks to abolish the Human Rights Act introduced into UK law in 1998

Health experts say we have entered the next wave of Covid-19 infections

UK inflation has hit a 40-year high amid threats of further strikes by unions demanding wage increases for struggling workers

Boris Johnson is said to be considering a backbench plan to lift the ban on new grammar schools in England

Labour and Lib Dems hoping to pick up seats vacated by Imran Ahmad Khan and Neil Parish

The RMT has reportedly balloted for strike action 200 times under Lynch’s leadership

Parents challenging ruling that the 12-year-old is brain dead following accident in April

Critics divided on whether new trend is bold political statement or just post-pandemic sartorial fun

New chief, Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, says British Army must be capable of winning wars on land

Strikes could spread to other public sector staff, says union chief

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PM’s ethics chief quit this week, saying Johnson had put him in ‘an impossible and odious position’

Damning report finds that medals took priority over welfare

Prices are rising faster than they have for four decades, putting pressure on household budgets

Continuous weather forecast has guided seafarers and lulled listeners for nearly a century

The ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’ is planned for next week

Bank of England hikes benchmark rate for the fifth successive time

Peer says he was put in an ‘impossible and odious position’

Muslim protesters are furious about a film that features one of the Prophet Muhammad’s daughters

Temperatures are set to soar this week, with some predicting record-breaking heat

Duchess of York said the family is ‘a united front’ despite Epstein scandal

The prevalence of media platforms has given further rise to the theatrical elements of politics, experts say

Speaker of the House of Commons signs pledge as awareness of the issue grows

Some households set to receive two payments worth £650 in total

The Cambridges will reportedly move to a four-bedroom home in Windsor in order to be closer to the Queen

Boris Johnson hints that UK will seek to quit Strasbourg court after it blocks first Rwanda flight

Nicola Sturgeon sets out updated case for IndyRef2

Most teachers think the education watchdog does not drive up standards

Tensions have allegedly escalated following reports that Charles criticised No. 10’s Rwanda policy

Blanket legal challenges fail in run-up to take-off but individual asylum-seeker cases have more success

Nicola Sturgeon to set out updated case for IndyRef2

Nicola Sturgeon to set out updated case for IndyRef2

Critics claim ‘half-baked’ proposals will do little to improve food security, standards or sustainability

Battle lines drawn as UK government prepares to unveil controversial plans to override key Brexit provision