In this issue

January 13, 2023

Inside the horrifying reality of our emergency care crisis

Rebecca Thomas on A&E 'mayhem' and soaring wait times

6 mins

Donor shortage for ethnic minority patients on NHS

A woman has described the trauma of watching family members wait more than a decade for an organ transplant before she herself was diagnosed with kidney failure, as NHS figures show Black and Asian people wait six months longer for a donor.

3 mins

Households to spend £10k on energy bills by 2024

UK households will be forced to spend an average of £10,000 on energy bills during the lifetime of this five-year parliament, new analysis has revealed.

2 mins

Royals in public for first time since Harry row

William and Kate were questioned about Harry's controversial autobiography yesterday as they opened a hospital in Liverpool but one visitor told the future King to \"keep going\".

2 mins

Sunak takes the high road with Sturgeon meeting

Courteous, technocratic and perhaps a little more reserved than his predecessors, Rishi Sunak will almost certainly enjoy a more civilised if not cordial relationship with the first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon.

2 mins

Johnson's staff 'had sex at No 10 lockdown party' on eve of Prince Philip funeral

Some of Boris Johnson's staff are said to have had sex at a Downing Street party on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral while strict Covid restrictions were still in place.

2 mins

Can Putin's mercenaries turn the tide for Russia?

The Wagner unit - run by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin - is making gains in the eastern town of Soledar during some of the most vicious fighting of the war, writes Kim Sengupta

5 mins

Russian mercenary group claims body of British man missing in Ukraine found

A Russian mercenary group has claimed the body of one of two British men who went missing in Ukraine last week has been found.

2 mins

Garland appoints special counsel to handle Biden documents investigation.

Attorney general Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to supervise the probe into how classified documents ended up in two locations linked to president Joe Biden, including the garage of his Delaware home.

2 mins

Tax breaks for home-owning over-50s? Sounds about right

A well-worn tactic, in politics, is to quietly leak details of new policies you are considering, just to see how they go down. If the general reaction is one of astonishment and widespread disgust, the idea is to then not go through with it.

3 mins

It remains to be seen whether we're witnessing an entente

Blaming France has been the all-too predictable response when UK governments find themselves in trouble. And successive prime ministers have found ample opportunities to reach for this trusty tool in recent years.

5 mins

Tories will feel the sting of Johnson's lust for power

Oh dear. The Boris Bandwagon is rolling again. He's putting himself about, laying off the lecture circuit and the beach vacations - he's made about £1m since he was kicked out and his acolytes are bigging him up.

3 mins

Musk won't learn as long as Wall Street continues to indulge petulant tech bros

When it comes to the spectacular decline in Elon Musk's wealth, there's enough schadenfreude to fill (nearly) every can of beer at a Downing Street lockdown party hosted by Boris Johnson. His losses have even been certified as a Guinness World Record. Given the way he carries on, is the joy at his losses in some quarters even shameful?

3 mins

Felix sent off on debut as Chelsea crisis continues

As Graham Potter so badly struggles to find solutions, or even goals, Chelsea somehow find new ways to lose. This was really the ultimate test of patience, and credulity, even as everyone insists the manager will be given time.

3 mins

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