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Thousands of EU academics left their posts at Britain’s most prestigious universities in the year after the Brexit vote – an 11 per cent rise on the year before, analysis shows.   New figures show 4,280 European staff quit their academic posts at the leading research-intensive Russell Group universities in …

An early general election could result in Boris Johnson losing more than half of 20 key marginals in Conservative and Liberal Democrat battlegrounds, according to a new analysis.  Highlighting the risk of heading to the polls at a snap election for the prime minister, the survey shows the unequivocally anti-Brexit …

British holidaymakers will have almost £80 million less to spend abroad this month because of the crash in the value of the pound since Boris Johnson became prime minister, new analysis suggests. Sterling has plummeted in recent days as the new government ramped up threats of a no-deal Brexit, hitting tourists whose pounds will …

When a tropical storm is approaching, its intensity or wind speed often gets the bulk of the attention. But as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on the Gulf Coast in the coming days, it’s the water that the storm will bring with it that has weather watchers worried. The National …

Boris Johnson’s cabinet is the most privately-educated for a generation, analysis reveals. Nearly two in three (64 per cent) of the new prime minister’s cabinet attended a private school, a report from social mobility charity the Sutton Trust has found. Just more than a quarter (27 per cent) went to a …