Theresa May is under pressure to justify how a so-called Brexit dividend could help pay for a planned £20bn annual funding rise for the NHS, as her announcement on extra health spending was met with… Read More
England
Conservative rebels prepare to ‘battle for the soul of Brexit’
Tory rebels are refusing to back down as they attempt to secure a “meaningful” vote on how the government should respond if there is no agreed Brexit deal, despite Downing Street insisting there were no… Read More
Home Office returns cannabis oil for boy’s epilepsy treatment
The Home Office has released the medicinal cannabis oil it confiscated from Billy Caldwell’s family, who used it to treat his severe epilepsy. The government backdown came shortly after the 12-year-old’s mother, Charlotte, said she… Read More
Hunt and Hammond ‘gridlocked’ over NHS funding rise
Jeremy Hunt and Philip Hammond remain “gridlocked” over how much extra money the NHS should receive, hours before Theresa May is due to unveil a spending bonanza designed to rescue the ailing health service. The… Read More
An Endgame, of Sorts, Is Looming for the U.K. in the Brexit Debate
LONDON — Each week Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain seems to face a new crisis over the country’s withdrawal from the European Union, only to escape, her authority diminished but her determination to carry… Read More
Pro-Brexit Labour MPs expose rift over EEA membership
Labour’s divisions over Brexit have been exposed afresh, as MPs from leave constituencies hit back against the idea that membership of the European economic area (EEA) is the best outcome for Britain. Keir Starmer addressed… Read More
UK economy shows greatest signs of stress since 2012
The British economy is showing the greatest signs of stress since the eurozone crisis and fears of a double-dip recession six years ago, as worrying reports show the steepest fall in manufacturing output and the… Read More
Pregnant woman’s removal from GP list prompts investigation
An investigation has been launched after an ill and heavily pregnant woman was illegally removed from her GP’s list, told she was not entitled to NHS treatment in Scotland and wrongly charged more than £4,000… Read More