In this issue

November 11, 2022

Human rights record of UK attacked during UN summit

The treatment of asylum seekers and shredding of the Human Rights Act are under fire

3 mins

Voters do not trust Sunak and Braverman to deal with migrant boats, poll finds

New legal routes are thought more likely to be effective than Rwanda flights

5 mins

Public services to grind to a halt with strikes threatened

Strikes are looming in the civil service, NHS, transport, universities and Royal Mail

4 mins

Kwarteng warned Truss over speed of reforms

The former chancellor blames Liz Truss for the mini-Budget chaos

2 mins

Hunt 'plans stealth VAT raid' on small businesses

The move is part of a raft of measures expected in the fiscal revamp next week

2 mins

‘It’s our home too - and we have the right to fight for it’

In Sharm el-Sheikh, Saphora Smith meets the child activists determined to have their say on the climate emergency

3 mins

UK must help fight hunger crisis, says former minister

David Miliband speaks to community members at a village in eastern Ethiopia this week

3 mins

Fossil fuel emissions will reach record highs this year

Carbon pollution is still rising, despite growing public awareness of the risks

4 mins

‘We operate within the law,' say police after calls for crackdown on Just Stop Oil

Police officers block the highway as an activist puts up a banner on a gantry on the M25

3 mins

Waiting times for routine treatment hit record high

More than 7 million people were on an NHS England waiting list at the end of September

3 mins

Childcare and early years face cut of 8% in real terms

The chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to lay out his Budget next week

2 mins

Firms accused of 'passing buck' in Grenfell inquiry

A spider’s web of blame has been created, hearing told

3 mins

At last there is renewed hope over Northern Ireland

Sunak may prove to be more palatable to Britain’s European neighbours than his recent predecessors

3 mins

British-Egyptian activist gets 'medical intervention'

Alaa Abdel Fattah during the 2015 trial

2 mins

Man who set fire to partner jailed for life 24 years later

Jacqueline Kirk died in 2019, 21 years after the horrendous’ attack

4 mins

Politicians shown the reality hungry schoolchildren face

London event highlights 'superpowers’ of free school meals

3 mins

Putin to skip G20 summit

It is the second year in a row that the Russian president will be missing from the talks

2 mins

Nevada race could secure Senate for Democrats

A victory for Catherine Cortez Masto would ensure upper chamber control

2 mins

Trumpty Dumpty: Murdoch turns against former friend

Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump in happier times

3 mins

Officer killed in suspected Brussels Islamist attack

The attacker was shot dead by police near the scene of the assault

1 min

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