Ministers ‘threw care homes to the wolves’: Devastating MPs’ report says ‘appalling’ errors saw the coronavirus crisis worsen as patients suffered Commons committee report claims care home were ‘thrown to the wolves’ Social care crisis exacerbated further by ‘reckless’ and ‘appalling’ policy errors MPs said failure to protect staff with adequate PPE impacted ‘morale and … Read more
Britain ‘will win 60 per cent of its objectives in an EU trade deal’, negotiator David Frost tells Tory MPs amid fears of deadlock UK talks chief is reported to have privately made the assurance to Tory MPs Talks ended last week with both sides playing down chances of a deal EU’s Barnier warned a … Read more
Tory MPs accuse union chiefs of wanting civil servants to ‘stay at home forever’ after defying Boris Johnson’s call for them to get back into the office Andrew Percy said the union chiefs can’t have a ‘stay at home’ policy forever Union members were told to challenge bosses who ordered them back to desks Former … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to clear Backlog Britain by the end of September. Good luck with that. He hasn’t a hope in hell’s chance of persuading feather-bedded civil servants back to their desks any time soon. Why would they, when MPs have just knocked off for six weeks’ summer holiday? If the Government was serious about … Read more
A senior Cabinet minister dismissed fears over Russian-linked donations worth tens of thousands of pounds made to top Tory MPs today, insisting they came from ‘British citizens’. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, who received payments of £48,000 from two donors with links to the country, said that they were all above board and those who … Read more
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that British coronavirus victims have died because the head of the World Health Organization was ‘bought’ by China. Pompeo’s comments came during a meeting of cross-party MPs at a private meeting, during which he said that people had died during the pandemic ‘because of the deal … Read more
Illegal lenders who take advantage of cash-strapped customers should be jailed ‘for five years’, say MPs By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 20 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 20 July 2020 The All Party Parliamentary Group on Alternative Lending fears the coronavirus crisis will prompt a spike in illegal lending … Read more
TikTok Australia has beefed up its campaign to stay open in Australia after federal MPs called for the app to be banned and claimed it was feeding user data to China. The popular video app, owned by Chinese company Bytedance, features an unending loop of 15-second videos and is used by more than 1.6 million … Read more
Tory fury as official government advice on working from home has STILL not shifted despite Boris Johnson saying people should return to offices to stop disaster in town and city centres Boris Johnson has been urging people to return to their offices where it is safe But official guidance says people should work from home … Read more
BBC’s rush to axe free licences for over-75s is a ‘dog’s breakfast’ that will leave many of them scared and confused, warn MPs MPs hit out at BBC’s rush to scrap free TV licences for millions of over-75s More than three million households who do not get pension credit must now pay Over-75s have been … Read more