All care homes residents and staff to be tested for coronavirus by early June, health secretary says May 15, 2020 Health secretary Matt Hancock told the government’s daily coronavirus briefing today that all care home patients and staff would be tested for covid-19 by early June. The government has been critcised for the measures taken to protect care home residents from covid-19 which is still a serious problem in the care system. Hancock said there [...]
Israel-Hamas war: UK aid to Palestinians ‘protected from misappropriation’, Cleverly says October 24, 2023 The foreign secretary today confirmed no UK aid money goes to the Palestinian Authority, which controls parts of the West Bank territory.
Election 2024: Starmer blasts ‘ridiculous’ Tory claim Labour would be national security threat June 29, 2024 Keir Starmer has hit out at “ridiculous” Tory suggestions that Labour would be a threat to national security.
Getting ‘everyone in the room’ won’t cut it, Labour must be ready to cause upset July 23, 2024 To govern as an ‘adult’, Labour must confront the hard decisions now and be ready to cause some controversy, writes James Nation.
Israel-Gaza latest: Joe Biden to visit region on Wednesday October 17, 2023 US President Joe Biden will visit Israel and Jordan from Wednesday amid fears the war with Hamas could engulf the wider Middle East.
‘Unravelled’ Paddington property agent jailed over death threats to John Bercow, Jeremy Corbyn and other MPs June 18, 2021 A businessowner from Paddington was sentenced to one year in jail this afternoon after he bombarded MPs with a string of “vile” messages and email, including death threats. His victims included former Commons speaker John Bercow, ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, former home secretary Amber Rudd and SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford. Paul Ritchie, pleaded guilty [...]
Top UK Treasury civil servant earns five-year reappointment January 7, 2021 The UK Treasury’s top civil servant has been reappointed for another five-year term, after impressing Downing Street with his response to the Covid crisis. Department permanent secretary Sir Tom Scholar has been one of the architects of the Treasury’s response to the Covid crisis, which has seen Rishi Sunak spend more than £300bn to keep [...]
To win younger voters, Labour needs to weed out the anti-housing nimbys May 16, 2023 Labour wants to portray itself as the party of housing. But to succeed, Keir Starmer will have to manage nymbies on his backbenches, showing he's serious about building new homes, writes Elena Siniscalco
Some civil servants work from home 60 per cent of the week, new data shows July 20, 2023 Civil servants working on supporting the UK’s businesses were at their desks for just 40 per cent of the second week in July, government figures have revealed. Staff at the former Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department came into the office for two fifths of the time during the week beginning Monday 10 July, [...]
Election 2024: Angela Rayner slaps down claim Labour would ‘flatten the whole green belt’ June 20, 2024 Angela Rayner has slapped down the suggestion Labour could “flatten the whole green belt” to build homes.