Witnesses testifying at the Covid inquiry this week have pointed to the UK’s lack of preparedness, Brexit, austerity, and racism as the weaknesses leading to an inadequate response to the pandemic. Several experts said the UK had prepared for a deadly flu outbreak rather than a pandemic like coronavirus. They also accused the government of […]
Defence secretary Ben Wallace has been told by a senior US general that the British army is no longer considered a top level fighting force. Decades of cuts to army spending – while huge investments have been made to air and naval defence – has resulted in Britain’s war fighting capacity being seriously reduced. UK […]
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has “performed a major U-turn”, the Guardian reports, and the UK will now impose Covid checks on people arriving to the UK from China where coronavirus cases are surging. Sunak has responded to growing criticism from Conservative MPs over his “dithering” on the issue and the mixed messages from his government […]
The Conservative government is set to scrap NHS targets in England to focus instead on running the health service like schools. A major review into how the NHS operates – led by former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt – will be published this spring. It is expected to call for a wide ranging cull of […]
Documents seen by the Guardian indicate that Tory peer Michelle Mone and her children received £29 million from a company she recommended within the government’s VIP PPE procurement process. Mone had lobbied ministers to award PPE Medpro a lucrative contract and it now appears that her husband passed on a large sum of money to […]
Fire brigades have been battling fires on the UK’s hottest ever day as temperatures passed 40C for the first time in history. Scientists are warning Monday and Tuesday’s unprecedented temperatures are a “wake up call” for governments to tackle the climate crisis, calling the UK’s 40.3C record high a “grim milestone”. Major incidents have been […]
As Scotland moves toward a second indyref, calls for Welsh independence are growing louder. On top of that, a vote on uniting Ireland, north and south, is also likely in the not too distant future. But what does that mean for the union? Indeed, is it time to have that discussion? On Saturday, thousands took […]
Prince Charles has criticised the UK government’s policy to deport migrants to Rwanda as “appalling” while the high court rejected a legal challenge against the plan. The Prince of Wales is reported to be “particularly frustrated at Boris Johnson’s asylum policy” which was given the green light by the high court who ruled on Friday […]
With daily coronavirus infection rates as high as ever, the positive tones uttered by the NHS on the effectiveness of antiviral treatments should indeed be good news. Patients have reported a relief in symptoms only hours after taking them. The trouble is only high-vulnerability patients are eligible, and some doctors are having difficulty accessing the […]
On the same day that energy bills are hiked 54% and council tax and national insurance contributions rise, MPs have been given a £2,212 pay rise. It takes their basic pay to £84,144, which doesn’t include expenses. MPs can get £23,290 per year to help pay their rent. They can also get £190,750 for staffing […]