A Labour government would “give patients back control over their own healthcare” and reverse the “managed decline” of the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Wes Streeting said the Government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Steve Barclay is in “too weakContinue Reading
T he Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, it has been reported. The Times said officials are mulling it as a way to prevent migrants who cannot be housed in limited detention sites from absconding. The Illegal Migration ActContinue Reading
T he Government’s plan to accommodate asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge could face a legal challenge as firefighters accused ministers of a “callous disregard” for the safety of those onboard. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has sent a “pre-action protocol letter” to Home Secretary Suella Braverman outlining itsContinue Reading
The recent conviction of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted to murder six others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015-2016, has raised fundamental questions about how something like this could have happened – and why it took so long to stopContinue Reading
In 1991, hikers came across a body that was partially contained in ice high up in the Alpine province of South Tyrol, Italy. Initially thought to be from a recent death, the body was later discovered to be 5,300 years old – from a time known as the Copper Age.Continue Reading
R ishi Sunak faces another potentially damaging by-election after Nadine Dorries finally handed in her resignation 11 weeks after vowing to go. The Tory former culture secretary is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday. She hadContinue Reading
D angerous offenders who commit the most heinous murders will face life behind bars with no chance of being released under new plans announced by Rishi Sunak. The Government aims to change the law so that judges are required to impose whole-life orders on the most depraved killers, except inContinue Reading
C ampaigners have launched a new legal battle against the Transport Secretary’s decision to approve a controversial road project which includes a tunnel near Stonehenge – having successfully blocked the scheme two years ago. Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) is challenging Mark Harper’s decision to back the £1.7 billionContinue Reading
T he Lib Dems are rallying for the establishment of a dedicated “public toilet fund” in the wake of a decline in the number of public toilet facilities across England. Freedom of information requests by the party show the number of public toilets has fallen from 531 to 459 inContinue Reading
T he inquiry into serial killer Lucy Letby’s crimes should be led by a judge, Rishi Sunak has said. The Government has come under pressure to put the inquiry on a statutory footing, including from some of the families affected, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, and the NHS ombudsman. TheContinue Reading
