Fury in Lords at ‘constitutional outrage’ used to pass police protest powers

Members of the House of Lords expressed their “outrage” and fury as the government fended off attempts to block new controversial measures over the right to protest. Peers slammed the “underhand” methods of ministers to pass new police powers by using “regulations” denouncing the tactic “as an absolute fundamental constitutional outrage.” Despite the levels of […]

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Javid tells NHS to ‘urgently secure’ private care for patients and strikes deal with 10 private healthcare companies

The NHS has been instructed to “urgently secure” private resources for patients whose treatment has been delayed by the pandemic. Staff shortages and rising numbers of Covid patients has seen a growing number of hospital trusts declaring “critical incidents” and Sajid Javid has told the NHS to boost capacity by making “use of the independent […]

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