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Mark Spencer spoke of possibility ‘some little man in China’ could be listening in to his conversations UK politics live – latest news updates A UK government minister has been criticised for using a “crass and archaic” trope when talking about Chinese people during a broadcast interview. The environment minister Mark Spencer referred to the possibility that “some little man in China” could be listening in to his conversations when discussing reports a device belonging to the former prime minister and foreign secretary Liz Truss had been compromised by foreign agents. Continue reading… ​Mark Spencer spoke of possibility ‘some little…

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In letter of apology, UK home secretary says none of the documents she shared was marked ‘secret’ UK politics live – latest news updates Suella Braverman has admitted using her personal email for official business six times so she could read the documents while taking work video calls. The UK home secretary was reappointed to the position 11 days ago by Rishi Sunak after quitting under Liz Truss because she breached security rules. Continue reading… ​In letter of apology, UK home secretary says none of the documents she shared was marked ‘secret’UK politics live – latest news updatesSuella Braverman has…

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UN body says economic and political crises threaten rise in jobs and hours worked after Covid pandemic The economic impact of the Ukraine war and growing risk of a global recession have sent the post-pandemic worldwide jobs boom into reverse, according to recent research. The International Labour Organization, which is affiliated to the United Nations, said the decline in the demand for workers over the past three months came after a rise in jobs and hours worked in the developed and developing world in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading… ​UN body says economic and political crises threaten…

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Messages between Johnson and officials requested alongside cabinet minutes for second stage of inquiry The Covid-19 public inquiry plans to scour some of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages as it seeks to identify any “plainly wrongful decision-making and significant errors of judgment” by central government in the early stage of the pandemic, the lead counsel to the inquiry has said. Opening the second stage of the statutory inquiry, examining “how central government responded to the pandemic and made the key decisions that it did”, Hugo Keith KC said it would ask whether late lockdowns cost lives and whether rule-breaking undermined public…

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