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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
NINETEEN Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists could be jailed this month for organising and taking part in non-violent action to demand a quicker transition away from fossil fuels. Though none have been formally sentenced, the group has already spent a combined seven years and seven months in prison on remand.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
NHS trusts have been asked to make drastic cuts as the service faces a predicted shortfall of nearly £7 billion, health leaders warned today. In a survey for NHS Providers, 47 per cent of trust leaders warned they are rolling back services to balance the books, while another 43 per cent are considering doing so. Rehabilitation centres, talking therapies and diabetes services for young people are among services at risk.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
IS AI fuelling cultural stagnation, and how quickly are we sacrificing the planet in the process? These are the kind of questions that surface while reading Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat, the latest collection of essays by artist and theorist Hito Steyerl.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
NIGEL FARAGE has bagged more cash than any other MP from working other jobs, according to analysis. The Reform leader topped the list of a small cross-party group of MPs who have raked in millions in extra cash since last year. An analysis by Good Law Project (GLP) of MPs’ declarations found that the top five had bagged an extra £2 million on top of their salaries since the general election last July.
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3 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
CAMPAIGNERS accused social media giant Meta of turning the “migrant crisis into a marketplace” today. A damning new report by Open Rights Group (ORG) reveals how Meta has profited from people seeking safety, enabling the government to target them with threatening campaigns and criminals with scams. It found that between 2021 and 2022, the Home Office under the previous Tory government ran a series of “fear-based” adverts, aiming to deter refugees from crossing the Channel in small boats.
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4 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
DONALD TRUMP is not welcome in Britain and will be met with protests, campaigners warned today, after the US president suggested he may embark on a state visit in September. In February Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer handed Mr Trump an unprecedented invitation from the King for a second visit, his first hosted by the late queen during his first presidency in 2019. Asked by journalists about the second meeting, Mr Trump said: “I was invited by the King and the country — great country.
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4 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
MINISTERS were told not to listen to tired arguments from vested interests today after Britain’s biggest business groups wrote to the government lobbying for changes to the Employment Rights Bill. The legislation promises to crack down on zero-hours contracts, provide sick pay for all workers and repeal the Tories’ draconian Minimum Service Levels Act.
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4 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
CLIMATE activists protested outside BP’s London headquarters on Wednesday evening ahead of the oil giant’s AGM.
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4 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
CAMPAIGNERS intensified demands for limits on rent hikes after damning new research found that rents are soaring at triple the rate of inflation. New figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that the average rent in Britain has increased by 7.7 per cent to £1,332 in the last 12 months to March. The increase is three times more than the current level of Consumer Price Index inflation, which measures how much the overall price of everyday goods and services has increased.
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4 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Elizabeth Short
AN ARREST warrant is urgently being sought for the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who has secretly been in Britain this week. An Israeli journalist saw Mr Sa’ar boarding a plane to Britain on Monday. The next day, he met Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Confirming the meeting to the Guardian, the Foreign Office said the visit was “private” and that the pair discussed Gaza and other Middle East issues.
