Even before the pandemic, there were over 124,000 care-worker vacancies in the UK. Art_Photo | Shutterstock The UK government has published details of how it plans to reform adult social care in England. On December 1, in the House of Commons, Care Minister Gillian Keegan introduced an “ambitious 10-year vision”,Continue Reading
Instead of a more formal mode of communication, UK prime minister Boris Johnson recently decided to tweet a letter he had written to French president Emmanuel Macron issuing a series of demands on managing cross-Channel migration. Macron was duly enraged. He accused Johnson of not being serious and disinvited theContinue Reading
Updated at 11:50 am Further Covid-19 restrictions for the Christmas period are expected to be discussed by the Government on Friday. The Cabinet meeting at 3pm will follow a meeting of the Covid-19 sub-committee on Friday morning. As reported in The Irish Times, reduced capacity in pubs and indoor hospitality,Continue Reading
In the same week that saw at least 27 people die in the Channel trying to cross in a small boat, the UK government released its quarterly immigration statistics bulletin. Political pressure has piled up on the UK government – and on Home Secretary Priti Patel in particular – toContinue Reading
Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) the publisher of the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, has lost an appeal in its three-year legal battle against Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, over the Mail on Sunday’s publication of extracts from a letter written by the duchess to her father,Continue Reading
Dilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock The tense triangular relationship between the US, China and Taiwan has emerged once again amid escalating military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The status of the small, densely populated island off the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland is hotly contested and there are almost daily news reportsContinue Reading
Nations around the world made a vital climate crisis declaration to save forests within the next decade. Can they actually do it?Continue Reading
Labour leader Keir Starmer’s reshuffle of his shadow cabinet has ended up proving far-reaching in scope. This changing of the guard is clearly the sequel to a piecemeal reshuffle in May that was botched because of a struggle between Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner. We are about halfway throughContinue Reading
At 320 years old, Bevis Marks in London is the oldest continually functioning synagogue in Europe. So it is perhaps unsurprising that recent plans to erect two (very tall) skyscrapers overshadowing the building have led to angry opposition. One 48-story tower, planned to be built in nearby Bury Street, wasContinue Reading
Updated: 12.50pm A case of the Covid-19 Omicron variant has been detected in Ireland. The news was confirmed at a National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) briefing on Wednesday after a batch of eight cases were subjected to genetic sequencing to determine their strain. It is understood the case wasContinue Reading
