Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs the party needs to ‘modernise’ and ‘face outwards not inwards’ in wake of its defeat in Hartlepool.The Labour leader was addressing his party’s MPs for the first time since…

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In one devastating moment, Jane Caldwell realised she had lost £200,000. The money had come in part from a life insurance payout she had not touched since her partner’s death a decade ago. She had…

Smoke rises from Gaza City after Israel airstrikes kill at least 42 peopleThe Israeli army unleashed heavy airstrikes on Gaza City in the early hours of Monday morning, bombing what it said were underground tunnels…

The shadow of the highly infectious Indian variant of Covid-19 hung over Britain’s biggest step yet out of lockdown on Monday, as ministers warned they could not rule out regionalised restrictions or the reversal of…

Matt Hancock says Covid strategy on track, but Indian variant has given disease 'more legs'England, Scotland and Wales are set to ease coronavirus restrictions on Monday in the biggest return to normality so far this…

Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed on the streets of Hebron in West BankThe Israeli military says it has destroyed the home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader in the latest escalation in a week of…

Health secretary Matt Hancock has insisted it was “perfectly reasonable” for him to help a former Conservative MP win a PPE deal worth £180 million.Internal government emails show that Mr Hancock passed on to officials…

Boris Johnson is facing demands to explain whether he delayed the addition of India to the government’s travel “red list” in April because he was hoping his high-profile visit to the country could go ahead.Travellers…

Boris Johnson warns India variant could delay 21 June stage of lockdown exit planBoris Johnson is under mounting pressure to say whether his planned trade trip to India impacted upon his government’s delay in implementing…