Robert Booth
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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UK e-bike users warned not to use incompatible chargers after fatal fire
Coroner says blaze that killed London man probably caused by battery being plugged into charger with different voltage → Read More
Loophole in Scotland’s rent controls sees new tenants facing largest rises in UK
Rent cap limited to 3%, but landlords can go higher when drawing up new tenancy agreement → Read More
‘It makes me a better MP’: British politicians get lessons in meditation
About 120 MPs and 180 peers have taken part in mindfulness courses over the last decade → Read More
Nina Simone is first black person to be Desert Island Discs’ most selected artist of year
Exclusive: Analysis shows change in guests and tastes help jazz musician keep classical music off top spot → Read More
‘Tame’ wide British roads and replace them with boulevards of homes, says thinktank
Exclusive: Create Streets proposes building on Britain’s ‘road belt’ rather than its green belt amid housing crisis → Read More
UK care home employed 80-year-old nurse who was not able to help lift residents
HC-One employed nurse at Tower Bridge Care Centre, which was found to be ‘not safe’ by inspectors → Read More
AI use widened to assess universal credit applications and tackle fraud
Department of Work and Pensions warned by auditor general about potential bias in algorithms → Read More
Gorillaz star bangs drum for music lessons on London estates
Femi Koleoso, an alumnus of the charity Kinetika Bloco, says ‘heartbreaking’ decline of musical education must be overcome → Read More
UK care operators accused of ‘shocking abuse’ of migrant workers
Unison says some workers given substandard accommodation and 80-hour weeks and forced to repay recruitment fees → Read More
Rightwing lobby group campaigns to undermine UK four-day week
TaxPayers Alliance is key player in attempts to end trials of compressed working hours in public sector → Read More
UK Covid inquiry: public health bosses relied on media for information
Inquiry hears of communication problems and lack of preparedness for pandemic → Read More
Britons ‘personally optimistic, nationally pessimistic’, research finds
Study finds 91% of people feel ‘happy or OK’ but have less positive view of the ‘world out there’ → Read More
Renters protest against ‘rampant profiteering’ outside landlords’ convention
Tenants demand rent freeze at National Landlord Investment Show in London as average monthly UK rents soar → Read More
‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK
With a lower carbon footprint than gas-fired cremation, the process is described as ‘gentler on the body and kinder on the environment’ → Read More
Labour leadership accused of U-turn over rent controls
Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy says rent controls could contribute to homelessness → Read More
Dignitas has helped 540 British people die, MPs told
Swiss organisation calls for assisted dying to be legalised in UK and made available alongside palliative care → Read More
Soaring number of rough sleepers in London ‘extremely alarming’
GLA data reveals over 1,700 more people on the streets compared with last year amid cost of living crisis → Read More
Just 5% of private rentals affordable on housing benefit
Freeze on payment since April 2020 and soaring rents mean number of homes affordable to recipients is lowest on record → Read More
Covid and Grenfell families call for oversight of inquiry outcomes
Campaigners say mechanism is needed to ensure public inquiry recommendations are not ignored → Read More
UK deferred pandemic planning as no-deal Brexit loomed, inquiry hears
Government knew in 2016 that major disease outbreak would overwhelm health system, documents suggest → Read More