The final Prime Minister's Questions of 2017 was filled with dire warnings about how 2018 is set to be the most parlous year yet for Britain's National Health Service. The Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn warned the Prime Minister that there are 1,000 fewer GP's than the day she ...
Labour MP Dennis Skinner has accused Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for running the NHS into the ground to the point where privatisation is the only option. The "Bolsover Beast", who became the longest continuously serving Labour MP ever this week, launched a scathing attack in parliament over hospital closures. He ...
In the irony of all ironies Britain's divorce from the European Union is now costing the country £350 million a week. According to figures released in the Financial Times the value of Britain’s output is now around 0.9 per cent lower than was possible if the country had voted to stay ...
A former midwife was today named as the first ever female Bishop of London. The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally, DBE, was only ordained two years ago and has been the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter. Her nomination to replace Richard John Carew Chartres, who retired earlier ...
In a question about sprinklers being urgently needed in tower blocks after the Grenfell Tower disaster, Prime Minister’s Questions today heard how the Prime Minister’s constituency has been protected from the austerity cuts that have ravaged other local authorities around the country. “Not one penny to fit sprinklers to Birmingham’s ...
A Tory aide raped a woman in his MP boss's office after a night of drinking in a parliamentary bar, a court heard. Samuel Armstrong, 24, the chief of staff to South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay, is accused of carrying out the attack on October 14 last year. The distressed ...
The Scottish Labour Party is making gains on the SNP in a shift that could unlock a Westminster majority for Jeremy Corbyn. According to a political poll for Sunday Post Labour has gained three points on the SNP, with the Conservatives also losing ground. The latest voting intention in Scotland ...
A huge row has broken out in Surrey after Virgin Care was handed a £328,000 payout after taking legal action against six Surrey clinical commissioning groups, Surrey County Council and NHS England, reports the Get Surrey. Virgin Care lost out on a lucrative contact to provide healthcare in the county ...
Max Clifford, who was once known as a goliath in the media world, before he was found guilty of sex crimes, has died in prison. Clifford died of a heart attack in his cell, at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire. He was aged 74. Mr Clifford was serving an eight-year custodial ...