Conservationists say amount is ‘nothing like what’s needed’ to achieve 30×30 target and address nature crisis The UK has announced it will give nearly £30m to support developing countries in delivering the target to protect 30% of land and ocean by 2030, an amount conservationists criticised as being “nothing like what’s needed”. The announcement was made on Thursday as the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, started international negotiations at Cop15 in Montreal. The £29m pledge –

After first day of strike, NHS leaders and former pay review boss implore PM and Steve Barclay to review offer Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to negotiate with striking nurses after four former Conservative ministers joined health service leaders to call for a way out of the escalating dispute. On a day in which England’s chief nurse joined the picket line, the prime minister and the health secretary, Steve Barclay, were implored to make

Officers polled about experiences of bullying, discrimination and micro-aggressions in past year More than half of Britain’s black police officers and staff experienced race-related incidents involving colleagues in the past year, a survey has found. Those affected were much more likely to feel like outsiders and to want to leave, and many believed their bosses failed to punish wrongdoers, in effect creating a culture of impunity. Continue reading… ​Officers polled about experiences of bullying, discrimination

Exclusive: Leaked annual survey shows four-fold rise in harassment claims in justice ministers’ office A third of the staff in Dominic Raab’s private office at the Ministry of Justice have claimed to have been bullied or harassed while working in their current team in the past year, according to an internal Whitehall survey. The results of the civil service survey from this week, which have been leaked to the Guardian, show that 10 of the

Scottish government promises to tackle health and social care crisis to protect weakest and poorest UK politics live – latest news updates The Scottish government has promised to spend another £1bn on tackling the crisis in health and social care by raising taxes on higher earners and holiday homes. John Swinney, Scotland’s acting finance secretary, said the burden of increasing NHS funding would fall heavily on everyone earning more than £43,663 in Scotland as part

Data suggests private tenants almost three times as likely to be exposed to damp as social housing tenants Almost a quarter of private rentals in England fail to meet the decent home standards, government figures have revealed, meaning they pose a risk to health, are in disrepair, have poor facilities, or are poorly insulated. Data from the English Housing Survey, released on Thursday, highlights the poor state of the country’s private rental sector, with 23%