The Queen’s speech, outlining the government’s legislative programme, has been attacked by Labour for lacking any strategy, detail or ideas to deal with the cost of living crisis. While Boris Johnson effused about the need for legislation to “level-up” and “get Britain back on track”, Sir Keir Stamer said the speech showed the government is […]
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Asylum seekers to the UK will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, Boris Johnson has announced amid fresh reports the prime minister will receive more fines for lockdown law-breaking. Johnson defended the £120 million asylum seekers deal with Rwanda as the “morally right thing to do” while opponents have questioned the timing of the […]
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The government is set to break a manifesto promise by raising taxes in order to pay for reforms to the UK’s crisis-hit social care system. Boris Johnson assured voters he had a plan to sort out social care two-and-a-half years ago while the 2019 election manifesto explicitly promised not to raise rates on national insurance, […]
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Matt Hancock and Priti Patel have been referred to the Serious Fraud Office for their roles in awarding PPE contracts. The prime minister’s longstanding advisor Munira Mirza has also been referred to the SFO along with the home secretary and former health secretary by the Good Law Project They claim to “have uncovered evidence that […]
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Furious campaigners have launched a petition to try and stop a US private health insurance company taking over 49 NHS GP surgeries in London. The government is being accused of “privatisation by stealth” of the NHS and is facing calls for an investigation after it emerged one of the UK’s biggest GP practice operators is […]
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised Unicef for providing funding to help feed British school children, saying the UN agency “should be ashamed of itself”. The Leader of the House of Commons told MPs that Unicef’s pledge to provide £25,000 to help a south London charity provide children with breakfast boxes over Christmas, is a “scandal”. Unicef […]
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