Property developers and those who missold dangerous building products have been warned they will have to "pay to put things right" as the government announced fresh action to solve the cladding scandal.
The Electoral Reform Society has said the Elections Bill, which will be in its report stage in the House of Commons on Monday, is politically ‘risky’ and a threat to the UK’s quality of electoral integrity. Dr Jess Garland, from the organisation, says plans to introduce voter identification risk making it more difficult to vote for marginalised communities who cannot afford a passport or driver's licence, and the additional efforts to apply for a free voter registration card will act as a deterrent to many, effectively making the democratic process in the UK more complicated and less accessible.
‘He leaves it everywhere,’ she said of habit
The former speaker said the ruling, which has yet to be published, that he bullied three staff members was ‘unsound’.
China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021. In blow to climate campaigners, state encourages miners to ramp up output to avert winter gas crisis
Portugal's ruling Socialists extended their lead in a new poll on Sunday, two weeks before a snap election, widening the gap between them and the main opposition party, the Social Democrats. The survey, carried out by pollsters Aximage for newspapers Jornal de Noticias, Diario de Noticias and radio station TSF, gave the current premier Antonio Costa's PS party a 38.1% share of the vote, up from 35.4% last month. It still leaves PS short of a majority, which under the proportional representation system, equates to between 42% and 45% of the vote.
Britain's payments regulator on Tuesday fined five payments companies including Mastercard a total of 33 million pounds ($45.01 million) for cartel behaviour involving prepaid cards issued to vulnerable people on welfare benefits. Mastercard received the largest fine of 31.56 million pounds ($43.04 million). The other companies fined were allpay, Advanced Payment Solution, Prepaid Financial Services and Sulion.
MPs debated Nadine Dorries’ announcement that the BBC licence fee would be frozen at £159 for two years.
Scottish auction for offshore windfarm permits expected to raise £860m. Crown Estate Scotland hopes amount of electricity generated in Scottish waters will double over next decade
During the Jallikattu festival, bulls are released from pens and men try to grab their horns to win prizes.View on euronews
New York congresswoman one of many lawmakers to test positive amid Omicron surge
After Life's Ricky Gervais reveals season 3 Easter eggs and why he loves adding them in for fans.
A large rotating ice disk formed on Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, on January 11.Drone video shot by local man Patrick Bonsant on January 12 shows the disk gently spinning in the river’s flow against a backdrop of Westbrook’s snowy landscape.The disk first appeared in 2019 before partially forming again in 2020, according to local media.Ice disks are a rare phenomenon that form as a result of a river’s structure and temperature conditions, according to Chris Horvat, a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University. Credit: Patrick Bonsant via Storyful
The broadcaster spoke of getting a phone call in April 2020 to tell him his daughter had collapsed, and went on to say she had died the next morning.
Jobs site CV-Library said its survey found that lawyers, teachers and new graduates were those most disappointed with their salaries.
‘It haunts me,’ rapper said
Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly near to plea bargain in corruption trial. Former Israeli PM understood to be in advanced talks with state attorney’s office over admitting to two counts of breach of trust
Figures for Scotland are delayed and have not been included in Sunday’s total
A sailor in Southern California captured water washing in and out of Alamitos Bay on January 15, as a tsunami advisory was issued for the Los Angeles coastal area following the eruption of an underground volcano near Tonga.The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Saturday, triggering tsunami alerts for several Pacific nations, Australia, New Zealand and areas on the Pacific coastlines of Japan and the United States.“A tsunami capable of producing strong currents hazardous to swimmers, boats, and coastal structures is expected,” the National Weather Service in Los Angeles said in a Twitter post.These videos taken by Holly Scott show the water rising and receding in Alamitos Bay. “The water never comes up this high,” Scott says in one of the videos. Credit: Holly Scott of Mahalo Sailing via Storyful
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