The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Unlike the US, Canada and Australia, the UK is only giving free boosters to some. But the cost of restricting them could be huge, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University

Botswana goes to the polls this Wednesday with incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi facing three main challengers in what analysts are calling the country’s most competitive vote yet. The prosperous, diamond-rich nation has maintained a stable democracy since gaining independence from Britain in 1966.

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

Rachel Reeves to lay out the ‘tough decisions’ needed to restore economic stability and ‘put more pounds in people’s pockets’

Having announced minimum wage boost, chancellor to say she can spare working people from tax rises

Chris Packham, Bear Grylls, Carol Vorderman and Johnny Flynn are among those backing the march, along with 130 organisations

Letters: Readers respond to Keir Starmer saying Britain will not participate in any slavery reparations

COMMENT: By not starting a family, I always believed I was doing my bit to save the planet, says Gina Beach – but as the birth rate in Britain plummets to a record low, am I contributing to an even more pressing problem?

Neil O’Brien’s simplistic plan isn’t really about antisocial behaviour. It’s a litany of rightwing gripes aimed at human rights, says writer and broadcaster Anne Perkins