New laws are needed to regulate the “explosion” of employer surveillance and AI systems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have warned. Speaking to Westminster’s Human Rights Joint Committee, Jeremias Adams-Prassl said “dark use” of the technology in the UK will grow unless legislation is implemented. The Oxford academic—who specialises in law and AI ethics—said…
Experts Warn of New Laws Needed to Combat COVID-19 ‘Explosion’ of AI and Surveillance
Wheelchair Tennis Boss Awarded Damages for Refusing ‘Hard Line’ Covid Policy
A wheelchair tennis executive who was sacked after she refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine despite the government ending nearly all restrictions at the time has been awarded damages. An employment tribunal in London has awarded Sarah Synan over £27,000 from the governing body for tennis the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after being unfairly dismissed…
MPs Urge Government to Set out Plans for ‘Floundering’ HS2 Project
Delays in building the final stretch of the high-speed railway HS2 shows the government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the “floundering” station, a committee of MPs has warned. In a report published on Friday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Commons urged the Department for Transport (DfT)…
ANALYSIS: Is London Hiding a Regional UK Recession?
While the prospect of a UK recession is looming once again with the recent hike in interest rates, it appears the country has managed to sidestep it so far. But is London’s outsized finance-driven economy masking the fact that some British regions have actually been in a recession? Official estimates of local economic output suggest that…
COVID Inquiry Should Get Boris Johnson’s Unredacted Messages, High Court Rules
The Cabinet Office will have to hand over former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks, and diaries to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, the High Court has ruled. Baroness Heather Hallett, chairwoman of the UK’s official COVID-19 inquiry, told the government in April to hand over the former prime minister’s unredacted messages and notes….
Minister Says Teachers’ Strikes Come at ‘Worst’ Time Amid Post-Pandemic Recovery
Teachers’ strikes have undermined stability in the country, causing disruption for schoolchildren at a “worst time,” said Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. Ms. Keegan addressed the Local Government Association on Wednesday, arguing that teachers’ strikes should not be happening now. The two-year pandemic saw schools in England shut down and reopen again, affecting face-to-face teaching time…
Pull British Judges From Hong Kong Courts and Stop China Visits, Government Told
July 6, 2023
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The government has been urged pull all British judges from Hong Kong courts after Beijing’s $1 million bounty threat to UK-based pro-democracy activists. The call was made in the House of Lords on Tuesday as peers demanded action against the ongoing transnational threat from the Chinese Communist Party. In the Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly…
Girl, 8, Killed and Motorist Arrested After Car Collides With London Prep School
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after an 8-year-old girl was killed when a Land Rover crashed into a prep school in Wimbledon, southwest London. Chief paramedic John Martin, from the London Ambulance Service, said 16 children and adults were treated at the scene and 10 were taken…
Former Tory Whip Chris Pincher Faces 8-week Suspension Over Groping Incident
Former government whip Chris Pincher is facing an eight-week suspension from the House of Commons after an inquiry found he drunkenly groped two men at a London club last year. Mr. Pincher, MP for Tamworth, resigned from the whips office and had his Conservative Party membership suspended last year over the alleged groping of two…
Transgender Group Loses Legal Challenge To Strip Gay Rights Charity’s Status
Transgender lobby group Mermaids has lost a legal challenge to strip the gay rights organisation LGB Alliance of its charity status. Mermaids, which promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, had appealed against the decision of the Charity Commission to grant LGB Alliance charitable status in 2021. On Tuesday, it was announced that Mermaids had lost what…
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