Probation service returns to public control after Chris Grayling’s ‘deeply flawed’ reforms

Probation service returns to public control seven years after Chris Grayling’s ‘deeply flawed’ reforms as watchdog warns more funding is needed Then-Justice Sec Chris Grayling introduced £3.7billion probation reform in 2014 The controversial reforms saw private companies take control of some services  However, probation services have now been taken back under public control   By Danyal Hussain … Read more

Nurses condemn ‘fundamentally flawed’ PPE rules in hospitals and say existing guidance is outdated

Nurses condemn ‘fundamentally flawed’ PPE rules in hospitals and say existing guidance on measures including masks is based on out-of-date evidence Report says UK guidance does not reflect more significant risk of aerosol spread Royal College of Nursing commissioned the report after concerns raised by staff Nursing leaders said concerns raised by community nurse who … Read more

No10 admits ‘Crude’ and flawed formula used to divvy up Covid vaccine supplies

A ‘crude’ and controversial algorithm is being used to divvy up Covid jab supplies around the UK, MailOnline can reveal. Department of Health bosses today confirmed officials deployed the Barnett formula to decide how many doses should be allocated to the devolved nations.  The method — used in the Treasury since the 1980s to distribute … Read more

Leading ecologists warn moving ancient woodland for HS2 is a ‘fundamentally flawed’

Leading ecologists warn moving ancient woodland to make way for HS2 is a ‘fundamentally flawed’ idea based on no strong evidence HS2 bosses say they are trying to move ancient woodland soil to a nearby field   Ecologist warns it could take ‘hundreds of years’ for nature to recover from move Experts at HS2 accept there’s … Read more

Oxford epidemiologist backs up South Dakota governor with take-down of flawed German Sturgis study

Jennifer Beam Dowd wrote in an article for Slate on Friday that the study by IZA Institute of Labor Economics was not to be trusted An Oxford epidemiologist has backed up South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem in her skepticism of the widely disputed Sturgis study that claimed 266,000 people were infected with COVID-19 from the single … Read more

Barclays declares war on New York raider: Edward Bramson branded flawed, disruptive and damaging

Barclays has unleashed a furious broadside against the corporate raider seeking a seat on its board – branding him disruptive, inexperienced and damaging. In a brutal takedown released last night to the stock market, Barclays said activist investor Edward Bramson did not understand how banks work and could wreak havoc. Bramson – who controls a 5.51 … Read more

Government let Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid game go ahead in a ‘flawed’ herd immunity push

‘They shouldn’t have played this game and should NOT have let fans travel here’: Liverpool’s metro mayor accuses the Government of IGNORING the WHO to allow Liverpool v Atletico Madrid to go ahead, risking thousands of lives Liverpool-Atletico Madrid took place in front of 54,000, with 3,000 away fans When tie took place, city had … Read more

Coronavirus tests given to NHS staff to let them return to work ‘are FLAWED’

Coronavirus tests given to NHS staff to let them return to work are FLAWED and gave false all-clear readings, leaked Public Health England memo reveals By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline and Lizzie Deane For The Daily Mail Published: 08:06 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 08:09 BST, 22 April 2020 Thousands of doctors … Read more

Switch away from ‘flawed’ RPI inflation in 2025 would cost BT £1.7bn

A switch away from a flawed measure of inflation as early as 2025 would leave BT needing to fill a £1.7billion hole in its pension fund, a senior executive has said. Morten Nilsson, the chief executive of the BT pension fund, Britain’s largest private sector scheme with close to 300,000 members, said switching billions of … Read more