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Ministers face Huawei defeat in House of Lords: Peers plot to scupper 5G deal over China’s links to human rights abuses Boris Johnson is under pressure over deal for Huawei to build 35% of 5G network A group of peers want to amend law to block the deal on human rights grounds Government has launched … Read more
Britain is facing a ‘dementia timebomb’ as the number of people living with devastating brain disease rises almost 40 per cent in five years There were 526,800 people diagnosed last year, up from 380,350 in April 2014 Lib Dem MP Layla Moran warned urgent changes were needed to social care The Alzheimer’s Society charity said … Read more
The former Corbyn candidate behind the campaign to remove Baden-Powell’s statue tweeted ‘if you’re white, I don’t give a sh** about your issues with BLM protests’ as the local council was poised to take it down. It comes as a Liberal Democrat council leader joined calls for a local museum to put its exhibition of … Read more
He became a national hero during the Second Boer War in South Africa for defending a town for 217 days and is mostly known today for founding the world Scout Movement. But Lord Baden-Powell is also considered as a racist by some for forcing Africans out on cattle drives by threatening them with floggings and … Read more
Militant leaders of the National Education Union make it clear they will stop at nothing to prevent schools opening on June 1, using often spurious claims about ‘elf ’n’ safety’ and filing a list of 169 sometimes ludicrous demands to be met before they will consider a return. This is despite widespread fears of the … Read more
Militant leaders of the National Education Union make it clear they will stop at nothing to prevent schools opening on June 1, using often spurious claims about ‘elf ’n’ safety’ and filing a list of 169 sometimes ludicrous demands to be met before they will consider a return. This is despite widespread fears of the … Read more
A peer was last night accused of ‘milking the taxpayer’ by furloughing himself while claiming the daily House of Lords allowance during lockdown. Lord Fox, 62, has used the Government’s job retention scheme to pay himself as the owner of a strategic communications company. But the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesman for business has also chosen … Read more
A peer was last night accused of ‘milking the taxpayer’ by furloughing himself while claiming the daily House of Lords allowance during lockdown. Lord Fox, 62, has used the Government’s job retention scheme to pay himself as the owner of a strategic communications company. But the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesman for business has also chosen … Read more
The BBC’s Emily Maitlis has slammed the Government’s daily coronavirus press conferences as ‘frustrating’ because politicians keep trying to ‘pivot’ from questions. The Newsnight host’s comments emerged as a poll found more than two thirds of people think journalists have not done a good job of holding Ministers to account. Political reporters have been the … Read more
Parliament will reopen digitally in little over a week’s time to allow ministers to face scrutiny over their much-criticised handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it was confirmed today. The House of Commons will sit on April 21, the scheduled end of its Easter recess, despite the UK continuing to be under a stringent lockdown. Ministers, … Read more