Women in board roles at UK’s biggest listed firms above 40% for first time Review shows only 10 of FTSE 350 companies still have all-male executive teams The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
Donor children could contact biological parents before 18 under new proposals Existing UK fertility law should be updated to regulate modern treatments, says HFEA The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
Liverpool becomes first UK city to commit to Paris climate agreement Exclusive: Eurovision host will issue licences only for concerts and festivals that agree to help reduce emissions by 50% The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
UK home sellers having to cut average of £14,000 from asking price Values lowered for more than 40% of properties on Zoopla to attract ‘price-sensitive’ buyers The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
Migration policies failing both families and society, says Lords committee A committee called on the Government to make the process for bringing family members to the UK ‘straight forward, affordable, transparent, and fair’. The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
UK’s biggest listed companies hit gender balance target three years early Women hold 40.2% of boardroom positions across companies listed on the FTSE 350, the FTSE Women Leaders Review revealed in a new report. The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
Government promises 'energy independence' for UK in move away from fossil fuels Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK will rely more on nuclear and renewable energy in a bid to lower wholesale electricity prices Chronicle Live · Feb 28, 2023
Trust in government hits record low as 75% polled say UK is heading wrong way The annual Edelman Trust Barometer found widespread pessimism about the state of Britain and an increasing lack of faith in politicians. The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
UK and US pledge greater energy independence Grant Shapps and Jennifer Granholm said Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has shown the need to end the West’s reliance on fossil fuels. The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
London house prices: sellers now discount homes by around £29,000 on average in bid to secure sales The average home buyer has a fifth less buying power than they did a year ago, new research shows Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023
Australia's ambassador to Ukraine should return to Kyiv, former high commissioner to UK says The Australian ambassador to Ukraine should return to the country, George Brandis says, after Ukraine's president jokes he should come back to Kyiv "on a Bushmaster". ABC News · Feb 27, 2023
US President Joe Biden hails UK and EU for reaching deal on protocol with Windsor Framework Mr Biden said the deal was an “essential step" to ensuring the hard-earned peace of the Good Friday Agreement is preserved Belfast Live · Feb 27, 2023
Why Brexit's back in the news: Britain and the EU struck a Northern Ireland trade deal Britain and the European Union signed a new agreement to solve one of Brexit's thorniest challenges: the trading status of Northern Ireland. WEKU · Feb 27, 2023
Biden hails UK and EU for reaching deal on protocol US President Joe Biden has called Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal with the EU as an “essential step” in protecting the Good Friday Agreement. The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023
Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023 A 'touch of ingenuity' in Windsor Framework but victory may fail to strengthen weak PM There’s a touch of ingenuity in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s scheme, yet by putting the DUP and his own Tory party's enemies on the backfoot, victory may still fail to strengthen him
The Conversation · Feb 27, 2023 Emergency department crowding has gone beyond hallways onto ambulance ramps. Now there’s nowhere left to wait. A hospital’s emergency department (ED) has long been considered the canary in the coal mine for the health-care system: when it’s congested, the whole hospital is congested.
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 What is in the Windsor Framework – Sunak’s new Brexit deal? The deal is lengthy, complicated and is currently being poured over by the Democratic Unionist Party and others.
Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2023 What is in the Windsor Framework? MPs approve Rishi Sunak’s deal Commons approves proposals PM agreed with European Commission president despite Tory and DUP opposition
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 Seven healthy habits ‘may help cut the risk of dementia’ In the UK, it is estimated that around 850,000 people have dementia.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023 Is Brexit finally done, or is everyone just done with Brexit? Sunak’s Northern Ireland glory is dulled when even hardliners are too fed up to fight any more
Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023 16 IPL games to be shown free-to-air in UK on ITV in innovative deal with DAZN British cricket fans are set to be able to watch some of the world's best limited-overs players in the game, with 16 free-to-air Indian Premier League games to be shown on ITV
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 White House says Brexit deal will ‘open up new avenues’ amid speculation over US-UK trade deal ‘We believe that this will help improve the prosperity of both the EU and the UK, and will open up all kinds of now avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk’
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 Irish premier says EU moved ‘a lot’ to facilitate new protocol agreement Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Windsor Framework breakthrough was ‘hard-won’ and that talks would be very difficult to reopen.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023 EU leaders voice hope NI deal will be start of ‘new chapter’ with UK Windsor agreement is intended to end poisonous disputes of Brexit years
ABC News · Feb 27, 2023 The Loop: Andrew Tate to stay in Romanian jail, Vladimir Putin gives Steven Seagal award, and SpaceX rocket grounded — as it happened The news Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.