A report by thinktank Policy Exchange has revealed that schools are implementing their own gender ideology in the absence of clear government guidelines. Some schools fail to inform parents about their child’s gender distress because of data protection and privacy concerns. The report’s authors warn that countless schools’ routinely disregard’ safeguarding principles concerning gender identity […]
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Humza Yousaf has created more history by appointing the first female dominated cabinet to rule Scotland. Yousaf narrowly beat Kate Forbes in the SNP election to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as party leader – becoming the first first minister from a minority-ethnic background to lead a UK devolved parliament. In his acceptance speech to the Scottish […]
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A major incident has been declared after an oil and reservoir fluids leak from Britain’s largest onshore oilfield into Poole Harbour on England’s south west coast. Around 200 barrels of reservoir fluid and oil – approximately 11,000 gallons – spilled into Poole Harbour – an area of special scientific interest and nature reserves – following […]
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The Greater London Authority (GLA) has become the latest UK organisation to block staff from having TikTok on their devices. Security concerns over the Chinese social media app are being taken “extremely seriously” said the GLA which follows the UK government’s lead in banning ministers from having TikTok on their work phones this week. Both […]
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King Charles III’s state visit to France has been postponed at the last minute following violent protests over attempts to raise the retirement age in France. Security threats, including graffiti reading “Death to the King” and “Charles III do you know the guillotine?” prompted the postponement with French President Emmanuel Macron saying it would “lack […]
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The Met Police is institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic and needs a “complete overhaul” a landmark report by Baroness Louise Casey has found. Britain’s biggest police force has lost the trust and confidence of the public it protects, Casey’s report said, warning policing by consent in London is “broken”. Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley […]
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Suella Braverman did not invite journalists from the BBC, Guardian, Independent or Daily Mirror on her Rwanda trip and is only taking reporters from media outlets perceived as “friendly” to the government. Representatives from outlets including GB News, the Times, Telegraph, Express and Daily Mail are accompanying the home secretary on the tax-payer funded two-day […]
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Unions representing nurses, ambulance staff and other NHS workers have reached a pay deal with the government that could see the end of their industrial action. After months of strikes and weeks of negotiations, the three biggest unions – Royal College of Nursing (RCN), GMB and Unison – are recommending their members accept the deal […]
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A video released by the Treasury on Twitter to promote the Budget by mocking Matt Hancock’s leaked WhatsApp messages has been labelled “contemptuous”, “shameful” and “cringe”. Jeremy Hunt’s first full Budget as chancellor – following November’s mini budget to repair the damage done by Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss – also drew fire for giving […]
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How can the BBC claim impartiality when it won’t broadcast one of David Attenborough’s programmes about the British Isles because of fears it will upset right-wing Tory MPs and fossil fuel companies? In fact, how can the BBC claim impartiality at all given how it’s been so extensively infiltrated by Tories? The shambles that is […]
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