Edinburgh Academy, whose former pupils include broadcaster Nicky Campbell, has been branded a “a cesspit of sadism and paedophilia” by a group representing abuse victims. Giles Moffatt, spokesman for the EA Survivors Group, which represents roughly 40 ex-pupils, was speaking prior to
Nigel Farage has said he would welcome a public inquiry into the scandal of banks closing people’s accounts because “they don’t like their political views”. But the former Brexit Party leader told Camilla Tominey on GB News that the inquiry must not
Rishi Sunak was greeted with boos, jeers and heckles at the Infected Blood Inquiry this afternoon as he faced cross-examination over government failure to organise proper compensation. Mr Sunak was asked whether it was “good enough” that there was no “concrete framework”
Ministers are being urged to launch a public inquiry into the scourge of age discrimination that blights the lives of elderly people in the UK. Campaigners have warned the situation is “deteriorating fast” because of rapidly changing technological advances. They say the
Matt Hancock will be the latest high-profile politician to appear before the Covid-19 inquiry as hearings continue into Government preparedness for the pandemic. The former health secretary, who helped steer the coronavirus response before being forced to quit in June 2021, will
Pandemic lockdowns “damaged a generation”, a top doctor who was once the UK Government’s most senior medical advisor has told the Covid Inquiry. And former Chancellor George Osborne said he believed that the Boris Johnson government copied the example set by the authoritarian
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted that the country made an error in prioritizing preparations for a flu pandemic over other types of pandemics prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. Cameron was questioned at a public inquiry into the UK’s pandemic
David Cameron was heckled as he left the Covid inquiry after giving evidence. The former PM received shouts of “shame on you” as he left the hearing in London. The 56-year-old ex-Conservative Party leader gave evidence for more than two hours regarding
David Cameron and George Osborne must be taken to task at the Covid inquiry over decisions made during the period of austerity that left the NHS unprepared for the pandemic, a doctors’ union has claimed. The British Medical Association said the pair
A mammoth three-year public inquiry into the U.K. government’s handling of the response to COVID-19 opened Tuesday by asking if some suffering and death could have been avoided with better planning — and whether Britain’s complex, protracted exit from the European Union