P atients with cancer symptoms could potentially skip a GP appointment and instead go straight for a scan, the Health Secretary has suggested. The suggestion, from an interview with Steve Barclay in The Daily Telegraph newspaper, is the latest proposal floated amid ongoing pressure on the health service. It comesContinue Reading
T he Government has been accused of neglecting thousands of people in Afghanistan who supported British efforts before the fall of Kabul two years ago – as campaigners calls for 6,500 eligible Afghans to be resettled. In August 2021 Britain’s largest evacuation effort since the Second World War saw moreContinue Reading
T he European Union has told the UK it is not willing to negotiate a returns agreement for migrants arriving via unauthorised routes, according to reports. If correct, it would mean Britain is unlikely to be able to return refugees arriving via small boats across the Channel back to FranceContinue Reading
B ritain should welcome international students who want to take undergraduate degrees in the UK, the head of the higher education admissions service has said. Clare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said around 13% of placed applicants are overseas students and she does not expect that percentage “to change hugely”Continue Reading
T he Bank of England says it has resolved a technical issue which shut down a vital system that processes around £1 trillion in transactions every day. The central bank said the “issue has been resolved and settlement will resume shortly”. The issue hit its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service,Continue Reading
R ishi Sunak has been warned that halting the UK’s progress towards net zero could ultimately burden consumers with extra costs. The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), which represents more than 140 manufacturers, universities, local authorities and energy service providers working towards a green transition, has called on the PrimeContinue Reading
H ome Office contractors were told about traces of Legionella bacteria found on the Bibby Stockholm barge on the same day asylum seekers were transferred on to the vessel, Dorset Council has said. The discovery eventually led to the removal on Friday of all 39 people who had boarded theContinue Reading
S teve Barclay has said he is “open to requests” for patients from Wales and Scotland to be treated on the NHS in England amid record waiting lists. The Health Secretary has invited Scottish and Welsh ministers to discuss what “lessons can be learnt” from the different approaches taken byContinue Reading
T he Government is under renewed pressure to tackle the crisis of migrant crossings in the Channel following the deaths of six people after a boat sank off the coast of France. Campaigners described the incident as an “appalling and preventable tragedy” while MPs called for action to stop criminalContinue Reading
S ir Tony Blair’s institute has continued to advise and receive money from the government of Saudi Arabia since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, it has emerged. The Sunday Times reported the former prime minister’s organisation is involved in a multimillion-pound partnership helping with a modernisation drive in the countryContinue Reading
