SOURCE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56624437 The truth matters, doesn’t it? In what’s meant to be a grown-up Western democracy surely we’d all like to think so. It doesn’t pay to be naïve. Politicians, even really honest ones, regularly […]
SOURCE: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ulez-cost-london-one-hundred-thirty-million-pounds-sadiq-khan-b944516.html The cost of expanding the ultra-low emission zone could reach £130m, Sadiq Khan has confirmed. A network of 750 cameras–400 in the enlarged zone and 350 on its new boundary–is being built to detect drivers of […]
SOURCE: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/03/22/abortion-in-northern-ireland-at-the-interface-between-politics-and-law/ Abortion reform in Northern Ireland has had a fraught history, to say the least. Matters appeared to finally come to a head when in 2019, the UK Parliament enacted the Northern Ireland (Executive […]
SOURCE: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-pay-3-rise-backdated-april-dhsc-government-boris-johnson-b947025.html NHS staff in England are to receive a three per cent pay increase after a day of confusion ended with an announcement that the Government had accepted recommendations from the pay review body. […]
SOURCE: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2020/may/coronavirus-lockdown-increase-child-poverty-in-uk/ Child poverty was rising rapidly before coronavirus hit family incomes Between 2014/15 and 2018/19, child poverty increased by nearly a fifth, from 15.6% to 18.4%, before the pressure of rising housing costs on […]
SOURCE: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/refugees-migrant-crisis-boats-calais-uk-b947719.html Migrant crossings are at record levels, with thousands of vulnerable people falling prey to organised crime gangs. Susannah Butter reports on the government’s next crisis E very time Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi and his […]
SOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/22/we-have-no-confidence-in-priti-patel-says-police-federation Rank-and-file police officers have overwhelmingly supported a vote of no confidence in the home secretary, Priti Patel, the first such move in more than a decade. In a scathing announcement, the Police Federation of England and […]
SOURCE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57857017 There are plenty of reasons why, according to cliché, being the leader of the opposition is the worst job in UK politics. You have all the scrutiny, but none of the real power. […]
SOURCE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49043973 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has carried out a reshuffle of ministers in cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election. There was speculation ahead of the reshuffle about how diverse the new […]
SOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/24/british-high-street-lost-11000-shops-in-2020-study-shows More than 11,000 outlets permanently disappeared from high streets, shopping centres and retail parks in Great Britain last year, with independent retailers and villages faring far better than chain stores and city centres. […]
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