Tories and Labour

Universities expect record numbers through clearing Record numbers of students are expected to get a university place through clearing this year after places for British students were increased to help offset the fall in those coming from overseas because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ucas, the admissions service, predicted that 80,000…

Alberta's United Conservative Party, it turns out, is almost as bad at governing as it is good at campaigning. That's probably a better place to be from a political party's perspective than the opposite, as could credibly said of the Alberta NDP, which with 20/20 hindsight looks as if it…

Boris Johnson will celebrate the end of his first year as prime minister in Orkney, a part of the UK in which one storm is gathering as another appears to have passed.It has been more than a month since the island’s last positive test for Covid-19, its ninth in total,…

The Conservative Party has launched an investigation into a Tory MP accused of inappropriate behaviour towards two junior parliamentary staff.Rob Roberts, who was elected in the North Wales constituency of Delyn last year, is alleged to have invited a 21-year-old intern to “fool around” with him, in text messages seen…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Ministers have been accused of mounting a “power grab” with the appointment of two new officials to the Transport for London board. Former cycling czar Andrew Gilligan and civil servant Clare Moriarty have been…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. John Harris in The Guardianon exclusion and abandonment in Brexit and coronavirus Powerless, rudderless and adrift: Covid-19 has crystallised how England feels“Mix together condescension, vagueness and government by edict, and one…

Ejaz Choudry requested life support and was instead given a death sentence. He joins Rodney Levi, Chantel Moore, D'Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and hundreds of other deceased victims in the archives of police brutality and neglect -- more proof we shouldn't have needed that police routinely inflict the violence they supposedly…

Mark Cuban. Steven Ferdman/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. In an interview on Dallas CBS' "11 Sports" TV program, billionaire Mark Cuban gave advice for job hunters during COVID-19.The pandemic could leave 305 million people without a full-time…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.“Republicans seem to be coming around. Vice President Mike Pence earlier eschewed masks but now says that wearing them ‘is just a good idea.’ Senator Marco Rubio urged, ‘Just wear…

The past few months have been a bit of a downer for Boris Johnson just one bad news story after another. So it was time for a rewrite. The equivalent of Dallas series nine when it turned out everythi… Read More