A Conservative peer is calling on the government to honour a pledge to invest in specialist fracture clinics made during a parliamentary debate last week. During a debate on Monday Lord Markham, Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health revealed
The Environment Agency has launched an economic crime unit to address “serious financial offences” in the waste sector, the quango has announced. Waste crime costs the economy an estimated £1 billion every year and is often linked to other serious offences involving
Officials from the UK and France have agreed to ramp up their use of drones to monitor migrants attempting to cross the Channel. France has now confirmed it will deploy aerial surveillance regularly for the first time over the Northern coast of
Urgent action is needed to tackle the “ticking time bomb” of children missing school in the aftermath of the pandemic, the Government has been warned.
I have never been a fan of the low wage model for our economy. It is a bad idea to invite in people from abroad to fill low wage jobs every time business has vacancies. It keeps wages low and puts business
Half of people aged over 50 say they have been treated with disrespect in the last year because of their age. Those in their 50s and 60s experience ageism most often at work (37%) while people aged 70 and above most keenly
Some MPs are urging Rishi Sunak to do a deal with the former Brexit Party leader, who is due to return from Australia after appearing in I’m A Celebrity… Reform is hovering at around eight per cent in the polls, but it
This is the shocking moment when a man in his 50s was robbed of his luxury £28,000 Rolex watch by two men who tackled him from behind while walking with his wife in north London. The video shared by the police shows
Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan this week aims to change the law so social media platforms must provide coroners with details of what young people did online before taking their lives. The tech firms will be required to preserve any
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has drawn up a five-point plan to tackle the influx of people legally entering Britain but the Prime Minister would not confirm if he has signed it off. Net migration into the UK peaked at 745,000 last year