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Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar
Britain’s rural communities could be “destroyed”, the former government food tsar has said, if ministers sign a US trade deal that undercuts British farming standards. [more…]
Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts
Ministers are scrambling to avoid a damaging rebellion this summer when MPs vote on controversial cuts to disability benefit payments, even offering potential rebels the [more…]
UK government accused of ‘delay and drift’ over adult social care talks
The government has been accused of “delay and drift” after it emerged crucial cross-party talks aimed at building political consensus for large-scale changes to adult [more…]
Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways will be strip-searched by male officers, BTP says
Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways will in future be strip-searched by male officers in an updated policy after a landmark ruling by the supreme [more…]
Trans activists accuse UK equalities chief of ‘overreach’ for suggesting bans
Trans rights campaigners have accused the head of the UK’s equalities regulator of “overreach” after she said trans women could be banned from women’s toilets, [more…]
Cory Booker to visit El Salvador in effort to return wrongly deported man to US
Cory Booker plans to travel to El Salvador, a source familiar with the New Jersey senator’s itinerary said, as Democrats seek to pressure the Trump [more…]
Kilmar Ábrego García’s wife rejects Trump officials’ depictions of him as ‘violent’
The wife of Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man unlawfully deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s attempt to [more…]
ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’
The international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the [more…]
Move over, Med diet – plantains and cassava can be as healthy as tomatoes and olive oil, say researchers
Plantains, cassava and fermented banana drink should be added to global healthy eating guidelines alongside the olive oil, tomatoes and red wine of the Mediterranean [more…]
Manchester Arena bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after attack on guards
The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber is reported to have been moved to the high security prison at Belmarsh in south London after an [more…]
