Appropriate adults were often absent during the search, and the majority of children were innocent The children’s commissioner for England has denounced the Metropolitan police’s record on child protection after new data revealed that 650 children were strip-searched over a two-year period and the majority were found to be innocent […]
Year: 2022
PM criticised for nearly week-long break in Slovenia after 15 Whitehall consultations left unanswered Labour has hit out at 15 Whitehall consultations being left unanswered by what it called the “zombie government”, as Boris Johnson arrived back at work from a nearly week-long holiday. After being criticised for reportedly heading […]
Report finds ‘tale of two labour markets’ as workers in London’s financial district enjoy inflation-busting increases City workers received double-digit wage rises while people on the lowest incomes were paid annual increases of just 1% in the last year, according to a study that illustrates the ability of better-paid workers […]
Exclusive: Deputy prime minister has been accused of wanting ‘a world in which the government is above the law’ Why does the government want to reform judicial review? Dominic Raab is planning to curb judges’ powers in a move likely to make it harder to bring successful legal challenges against […]
Joe Biden welcomes ceasefire agreed after three days of conflict triggered by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip A truce between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad has taken effect in the Gaza Strip after three days of cross-border fighting triggered by surprise Israeli airstrikes. US president Joe Biden […]
Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis Boris Johnson and the Tory leadership candidates should agree an immediate emergency budget tackling the spiralling cost of living, Gordon Brown has said, or risk “condemning millions of vulnerable and blameless […]
Metropolitan police apology and £30,000 payout for ‘incident’ on Chiswick Common that left Zac Sharif-Ali ‘gasping for breath’ The Metropolitan police force is facing a fresh allegation of racism after a black man walking his dog claimed he was choked for 90 seconds in a headlock before being taken back […]
Taiwan reports 14 Chinese military ships conducting drills around Taiwan Strait; US and allies condemn PLA firing of missiles Taiwan says China making simulated attack on main island How worried should we be about military conflict? China’s military has pressed ahead with its largest ever military drills, targeting Taiwan with […]
Candidate for PM proposes to raise prestige of vocational education and mandate sixth-form maths and English with a British baccalaureate Rishi Sunak has vowed to phase out university degrees that do not improve students’ “earning potential”, create a Russell Group of world-class technical colleges and introduce a British baccalaureate that […]
Head of International Atomic Energy Agency says shelling at Zaporizhzhia plant underlines ‘very real risk of a nuclear disaster’ Russian-Ukraine war – latest updates The UN nuclear watchdog has called for an immediate end to all military action near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after it was hit by shelling, causing […]