Month: October 2024

New weight loss jabs could be given to unemployed people to help them get back into work, Wes Streeting has suggested. The Health Secretary said “widening waistbands” were placing a burden on the NHS. The latest generation of weight loss medicine, like Ozempic or Mounjaro, could be administered to people in order to get them back into employment, and to ease costs to the health service, he added. Mr Streeting’s […]

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in Luxembourg to discuss security issues with his EU counterparts as the Government continues its attempt to “reset” relations with the bloc. Mr Lammy is the first Foreign Secretary to attend the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council for two years, and he hailed his visit as a “historic moment” as he arrived for the meeting on Monday morning. He told reporters: “UK and Europe’s security […]

The UK is not “locked into” a winter of higher flood risk despite recent wet weather, officials have said, but urged people to plan for all eventualities. Officials from the Met Office and Environment Agency are urging people to be prepared for flooding, at the launch of “flood action week” on the anniversary of – Storm Babet which brought significant floods across the country. And experts warn that climate change […]

Right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson would be “absolutely fuming” that more progress has not been made in the past 12 years on legalising assisted dying, his daughter said. Lauren Peters, who was 25 when her father died days after his case was rejected by the High Court in 2012, spoke ahead of the introduction of a Bill in Parliament this week to give choice at the end of life. Mr Nicklinson, […]

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is to meet with EU ministers to discuss the UK’s co-operation on the Middle East crisis and the war in Ukraine. Mr Lammy will reinforce closer UK-EU cooperation on global issues by attending the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday. It is the first time in two years a Foreign Secretary will join the group of 27 EU ministers, with the Government aiming to signal […]

SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship rocket on its boldest test flight yet, catching the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms. Towering almost 400 feet, the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed, either soon after lift-off or while ditching […]

Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick defended changing his stance on Brexit, when asked about a letter he is said to have signed describing it as a “dystopia”. Mr Jenrick voted to remain in the EU in the Brexit referendum but later backed leaving the bloc. A viewer sent in a question to Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg asking whether he agreed with the contents of a letter he had signed at […]

Interim boss Lee Carsley says England have the talent and experience to win the World Cup in two years but believes their approach needs to change to do so. Gareth Southgate came closer than any manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to leading the men’s team to silverware, finishing runners-up in back-to-back European Championships. Runs to the World Cup semi-finals and quarter-finals underlined England’s place among the best, but Carsley is […]

The chief executive of Microsoft UK will chair a new body to advise the Government on its industrial strategy. Clare Barclay will head up the industrial strategy advisory council, which will act as an interim advisory body until legislation is passed to put it on a statutory footing. The first meeting and full membership is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Ms Barclay said: “As chair of the […]