Commuters will face more travel disruptions throughout the summer as new rail strikes are on the horizon and train drivers at nine companies are set to walk out. After talks to agree on jobs, pay and conditions ended without resolution, 40,000 rail workers laid down tools again on Wednesday, leaving thousands of commuters stranded. Some […]
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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have withdrawn from the third Conservative leadership TV debate following concerns the clashes between rivals are damaging the party’s standing. Sky News has been forced to cancel the programme after announcing Sunak and Truss – two of the leading contenders to be the UK’s next prime minister – “do not […]
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On the back of an increase in spending on air travel, health and road haulage, the UK GDP has experienced a 0.5 per cent bounce this May after months and months of Covid-related stagnation and decrease. But the new Chancellor has warned of complacency, vowing to continue bearing “down on inflation”. And, during the first […]
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Michael Gove has been sacked and called a “snake” by Downing Street as the constitutional crisis – caused by a prime minister unwilling to face reality – deepens. The rate of resignations from Boris Johnson’s government has not abated with more than 50 ministers – including at least five secretaries of state – abandoning the […]
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Downing Street’s ‘greased piglet’ is losing his grip on power with the growing list of ministers abandoning Boris Johnson now standing at 27 (*and likely to be past 30 by the time this article has been written). Is this the first case of “sinking ships fleeing the rat?” mocked Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today […]
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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 […]
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The Conservative party deputy chief whip Chris Pincher has resigned following claims he drunkenly groped two men at the party’s private member Carlton Club. Pincher was only recently appointed to the role and the Tamworth MP told Boris Johnson, “I owe it you and the people I’ve caused upset to” to resign. In his resignation […]
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A landmark review published in The Lancet Public Health Journal suggests that ‘for-profit health care might be damaging population health’. Co-author of the Oxford study into NHS privatisation, Benjamin Goodair said: “The results suggest privatisation of healthcare is corresponding with worse quality care.” Researchers examined 173 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and identified a 1 per […]
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Criminal barristers in England and Wales have started their strike over low legal aid funding with a warning their profession faces an “existential crisis” because of severe cuts imposed by the government. Barristers say their incomes have decline by almost 30% in the last two decades. Specialist criminal barristers now earn less than the minimum […]
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British Airways workers at Heathrow airport have voted to strike with their industrial action set to cause even more chaos during the peak holiday season. Around 700 British Airways ground crew and check-in staff voted for strike action following a dispute with the airline over pay after BA used “fire and rehire” to cut workers […]
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