How safe is the air we breathe on airplanes? Britain's largest union is calling for a public inquiry into toxic air in passenger planes as it emerged that one of Britain’s biggest airlines is set to fit new filters to stop particulates entering cabin air next year. Unite the union, ...
As a damning three year independent inquiry into child abuse in the Jersey care system has warned children are still at risk, the whistleblowers who originally revealed the extent of the organised abuse told The London Economic that perpetrators and those who covered up their crimes are still at large on ...
An independent inquiry into child abuse in the Jersey care system has found that children may still be at risk. The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry published the result of its three year inquiry this afternoon. The damming report found that for decades children in care had been failed at all ...
As both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn visited the devastating scene of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the PM pledged a full public probe into the blaze that claimed many lives. As we reported yesterday there was a marked contrast between the Labour leader who spoke to survivors and members of ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Last week there was a vote in the House of Commons for a public inquiry into the Panama scandal. The leak has brought the world's attention to shady tax havens and how people squirrel their money away. The people of the UK probably want answers, ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor German Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to a criminal inquiry into a German comic who poked fun at the Turkish President. It is a move that will trouble many people across the world who believe in free speech. The comedian Jan Böhmermann read out a ...
By Harold Stone Thousands of people have been flooded out of their homes in the last few months, as they were in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009 and 2007. Two weeks ago our MPs launched a flooding inquiry, and they invited George Monbiot to explain the situation. This is what happened. ...
By Joe Mellor Deputy Editor Widespread doubts about the appointment of Butler-Sloss have forced her to step down from the inquiry, into allegations of historical child abuse. Seen as an establishment figure, the suspicious was she is too close to senior politicians, police and civil servants, who could be implicated ...
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