The Runnymede Trust has emerged victorious following a battle with a group of Tory MPs who demanded

declaration to the Runnymede Trust on Tuesday after considering arguments at a High Court hearing

delayed publishing its verdict into a probe into Lord Hammond of Runnymede after he warned he was

However, the judges dismissed a separate claim by the Good Law Project that the government did not adopt an “ open ” process when making appointments “ critical to the pandemic response ”.... And they found that “ the evidence provides no support ” for the claim that Baroness Harding and Mr Coupe won their appointments due to “ personal or political connections with the decision-maker ”.... ’ And it means taking the time to find the best people – not the best connected people – for the job.” T

Around one in three young adults in some of the biggest cities in England have still not received any doses of Covid-19 vaccine, figures suggest. Some 34.7% of 18 to 39-year-olds in Coventry are likely to be unvaccinated, along with 32.0% in Birmingham and 31.9% in Liverpool. Take-up is only slightly better in other cities, with 30.1% of this age group in Nottingham estimated to be unjabbed, plus 27.6% in Newcastle and 26.6% in Manchester. Analysis by the PA news agency of data published by NHS

" Shortly after, a second man who’d heard the shouts-[ named] Paul-ran to the scene and helped pull the buggy up the riverbank, getting the two children out of the water.... There are still some truly decent people out there.... " Well done to the brave men and the lady with the children too....

Here is an updated list of provisional declaration times for the elections taking place on May 5 in England, Scotland and Wales. The main list contains 200 local authorities and has been arranged chronologically.It is followed by a separate list with details for the seven mayoral elections also taking place on May 5. Some timings are based on previous elections, and all times are subject to change.( PA Graphics)( PA Graphics) Recommended Live: PM set to leave for India as MPs prepare for vote on

Referring to the CRED report, Ms Badenoch said: “ Some of the report’s conclusions were relatively uncontroversial.... Last year the CRED report concluded that racism is a “ real force ” but that Britain is no longer a country where the “ system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities ”.... Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have once again failed to deliver meaningful action....

Boris Johnson has backed the appointment of a professor who suggested non-white British-born people are not “ indigenous ” to oversee the levelling up strategy – arguing he has the “ right expertise ”.... The decision to ask Paul Collier to provide analysis on the flagship policy has been condemned by anti-racism campaigners, some likening his language to the British National Party. The academic claimed “ the indigenous British ” are “ a minority ” in London because of immigration – arguing peo

Labour will reportedly extend the full right to equal pay that exists for women to ethnic minority workers for the first time if Sir Keir Starmer’s party wins the general election, under new plans for a draft Race Equality Act.In plans Labour hopes could help to address the rise in inequality over the past decade, equal pay claims on the basis of ethnicity and disability would reportedly be treated in the same way as those made on the basis of gender. The proposals, which Sir Keir’s party is exp