Tech meltdown caused by UK heatwave cost London hospital £1.4m Staff tried to hose down overheating air con but were unable to find a tap, review into critical incident reveals
Exclusive: Defra slashed tree target after lobbying by National Farmers’ Union Documents seen by openDemocracy show the National Farmers’ Union feared planting more trees would hit land values
Lawfare perpetrators should pay into journalists’ defence fund, says Tory peer Tina Stowell said action to crack down on SLAPPs was ‘wholly inadequate’ following revelations by openDemocracy
Home Office ignored charity’s offers to house asylum-seeking children Exclusive: Government claim that care system is too full for migrant kids is ‘completely untrue’, says foster charity
‘Don’t use me as an excuse’: Paramedics slam anti-protest bill The Tories justify the Public Order Bill by saying protests ‘block emergency services’. Ambulance workers don’t agree
Government reviewing its sanctions rules after letting Putin ally sue critic Ministers are considering giving more political oversight to a process that allowed a warlord to sue a UK journalist
Sunak likely unaware of decision to waive sanctions for Putin ally, says No.10 PM denies involvement in key Treasury decision while chancellor – raising questions over lack of ministerial scrutiny