We cannot afford to postpone a return to normality
In the days after omicron was first identified in South Africa, the concern among some scientists was that the brutal logic of exponential growth and the increased…
Nicola Sturgeon’s opponents must force her to make a Damascene conversion on Covid rules
This was the week that Nicola Sturgeon appeared to accept that there was more than one way to stop a pandemic surging out of control and that…
The case for the ‘Colston Four’ was not based on facts, but on political feelings
A Bristol jury this week controversially acquitted the four accused of causing criminal damage to the statue of Edward Colston, the 17th-century slave trader. After the verdict,…
How Sarah Beeny became the most smug woman on TV
In the end, it was the Beeny boys’ bedrooms that well and truly crossed the fixer-upper Rubicon here in Woods Towers. My husband, who has been known…
Nicola Sturgeon feels the heat as four in 10 Scots in hospital for ‘non-Covid illnesses’
It found that the proportion of people who needed hospital care after getting the virus dropped from 12 per cent in January 2021 to one per cent…
Labour MP attacks Attorney General for ‘playing politics’ with Colston statue verdict
It is feared that other protesters could deploy similar defences, prompting widespread criticism, including in an exclusive article for The Telegraph by Lord Sumption, the former Supreme…
Premier League stars who refuse Covid vaccine could be barred from playing matches
European matches could mean players miss domestic fixtures The change could cause serious disruption for Premier League clubs. Some 16 per cent of Premier League players –…
Hillsborough Law to support bereaved families backed by Gordon Brown and Theresa May
Mr Brown, the former Labour prime minister, ordered the creation of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which in 2012 went on to reveal police failings and eventually led…
Treasury set for £1bn ‘VAT windfall’ from rise in household energy bills
Craig Mackinlay, who chairs the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, said: “This windfall should not be accepted by the Treasury or, if received, it should be targeted at…
Britain must look beyond Brussels in the face of a hostile EU
As Britain enters 2022 many challenges face us, including a largely hostile continent. One hundred years ago the world moved on from a deadly pandemic, with the…
A revolt on the Right is brewing — and I’m ready to be part of it
Conservative MPs in Red Wall seats have got the jitters, and so they should. Two polls at the weekend are causing the alarm. One puts Labour 16…
The Telegraph weekly news quiz: Which company became the world’s first $3 trillion business?
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A philosophical reset can save Boris from disaster
Boris Johnson likes to compare himself to Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, but unfortunately the atmosphere among the parliamentary Conservative Party at present leads rather more to…
Fourth Covid vaccines won’t be necessary, say JCVI experts
Fourth Covid vaccines are not currently needed, government scientific advisers have said, amid increasing evidence that the omicron strain is much milder than previous variants. On Friday…
Novak Djokovic’s predicament may well be politics at play … but many believe it serves him right
Djokovic is due to spend the next three days in his hotel room in Melbourne until a court case on Monday that will decide his fate. His…
Boris should seize his Thatcher moment to take on the selfish unions ruining our schools
Now this is one school strike I can get behind. Faced with a demand to wear masks all day in lessons, pupils are in revolt. In one…
Labour MP Jack Dromey dies aged 73
The Labour MP Jack Dromey has died aged 73, his family announced on Friday night, weeks after his wife Harriet Harman said she would stand down at…
Leaseholders to be spared huge cladding bills
It marks the latest attempt by ministers to draw a line under what has blown up into a significant scandal, partly due to blunders that critics say…
Mike Pompeo: I lost six stone in six months by giving up pancakes
Mike Pompeo has told how he lost over six stone without a trainer or dietician by giving up pancakes and exercising in his basement. Mr Pompeo, 58,…
Former Energy Secretary Amber Rudd joins board of British Gas owner
Mr O’Shea also suggested measures such as suspending VAT on energy bills and financial support for the most vulnerable customers. He insisted British Gas, the UK’s biggest…
Parents of gravely ill children could win legal right to seek treatment abroad under ‘Charlie’s Law’
The proposals are contained in a House of Lords amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill tabled by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, a professor of palliative…
Face masks in schools are ‘dystopian’, says Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson
Rev Chalke said staff absence levels across all the schools in his trust was running at around 10 per cent, but believed this could rise as term…
Boris Johnson’s private secretary accused of hosting another ‘lockdown breaking’ garden party
He also claimed loosely that Mr Johnson was aware of other parties which had taken place in 2021 and pictures of the gatherings, though provided no specifics…
Halifax warns house price rises will slow after growing 9.8pc in 2021
Halifax has warned house price growth will falter this year after “defying expectations” in 2021 with the biggest increases seen in almost two decades. Property values rose…
Ask the expert: ‘What’s the best replacement for my comfortable Saab?’
Alex Robbins is contributing editor at Telegraph Cars where, as well as responding to readers’ queries, he also contributes reviews of new and used cars, together with…