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“There are 20% fewer firefighters since 2010” – Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd makes shocking confession in the Commons
Amber Rudd Downing Street today confirmed is to stay Secretary of State for the Home Department. Which may be why she appeared so relaxed admitting to Parliament that there are now 20% less firefighters. (See video below.) The South West Fire Brigades Union (FBU) confirmed to The London Economic that nationwide there are 11,000 fewer firefighters, and that nationwide there had been cuts of 20% since 2010. Tam McFarlane of South West FBU said: "Since the coalition government came...
Conservative Party announce WRONG person as new party chairman
Today’s cabinet reshuffle has not gone well. A tweet was sent out from the official @conservatives account congratulating Chris Grayling as new chairman of the party. However, the post has actually been given to Brandon Lewis. The tweet was deleted as soon as the error was noticed. The incorrect news was shared by numerous people, and even mentioned on T, before it was taken off the social media platform. It was Theresa May's first major reshuffle since taking office in...
One in five people on the national transplant waiting list live in London
Organ Donation campaign tells Londoners that ‘Words Save Lives’ One in five people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant live in our capital city. That’s why NHS Blood and Transplant wants to let Londoners know that ‘Words Save Lives’ – with an appeal for people in London and surrounding areas to talk openly about organ donation. Latest figures being released for today’s campaign launch show there are 1,300 people in London on the transplant waiting list* and there are 6,500...
Fire breaks out at Trump Tower
Reports of a fire at Donald Trump's 58 storey midtown Manhattan skyscraper have been reported this morning. The blaze is believed to have started on the building’s roof, with firefighters attending the scene. The President is not there and there have been no reports of injury at this stage. NEW: A small fire broke out on the roof of Trump Tower Monday morning, caused by an electrical box, fire officials say. No injuries reported. -@AaronKatersky pic.twitter.com/Vx6YV6O4eE — ABC News (@ABC) January 8,...
The minister being touted to replace Jeremy Hunt has Wikipedia page edited to remove links to Virgin Care
Education Minister Anne Milton, who is tipped to replace Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary, has had her Wikipedia page edited today to remove links to Virgin Care. The page recently read that the MP's husband, Dr Graham Henderson "holds a high level position with Virgin Care". However the record was amended this morning along with a host of other amendments in what has been dubbed "serious Wiki surgery". Virgin Care recently made the news for suing the NHS after losing a...
KPMG quit Grenfell Inquiry role after their work for firms linked to blaze revealed
Consultants KPMG have announced they are quitting their advisory role with the Grenfell Tower blaze inquiry. The accountancy giant have waived all their fees for work carried out so far after campaigners pointed out their links to firms that are to come under the scrutiny of the inquiry. KPMG has lucrative contracts with Rydon – the main contractor in charge of the refurbishment which installed the cladding blamed by many residents for the rapid spread of the blaze; with Celotex...
Schoolboy aged 15 launches petition to ban HOMEWORK in secondary schools in UK
A 15-year-old boy is lobbying to have homework scrapped in secondary schools around the country. Lee Sibley, a GCSE pupil at Severn Vale School, Glos, started the Change.org petition urging Prime Minister Theresa May to ban homework in UK secondary schools. It has so far amassed 160 signatures, and the Year 11 pupil, who studies Politics, History, English, Maths, Geography, and Science, says the two pieces of homework a week he gets in each subject is too much. Lee, who...
Fragment of Union Jack flown from Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar to go under the hammer
A large fragment of the Union Jack flown from Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar is to go under the hammer for an expected £100,000. The historic piece was said to been one of two flown from HMS Victory when Lord Horatio Nelson was shot by a French sniper in 1805. Admiral Nelson had issued orders that all his ships going into battle should not only fly the St George's Ensign but also a Union Jack from their...
Marr tells Tory PM May that he “would have died if he had stroke during NHS winter crisis.”[Full Interview]
"If I'd waited five hours to see a doctor, I'd be dead." Theresa May is confronted by Andrew Marr with the reality of the NHS funding and staffing crises on The Andrew Marr Show. In an interview in her constituency office, BBC presenter Andrew Marr explained to Theresa May that if he had suffered the stroke that incapacitated him in 2013 today, he may not have survived. Theresa May continued to insist that the NHS is better prepared and funded...