A 48-hour strike by senior doctors in England will start on Thursday and will see major disruption to NHS services and patient appointments. NHS England has warned that planned industrial action, which follows five days of strikes by junior doctors, could have the most “severe impact.” Senior doctors will not be seeing patients from 7am…
David Blunkett Told Tony Blair UK was Considered ‘Easy Touch’ by Traffickers
Britain was considered an “easy touch” by people traffickers and the facilitators of illegal immigration in 2002, according to classified government files which have just been released. In January 2002 the then home secretary, David Blunkett, wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair about discussions with the French government about the closure of the Sangatte refugee…
Ben Wallace Defends Plan to Cut Army Size
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace defended plans to cut the number of troops as he announced an updated plan for the military on Tuesday. The Defence White Paper (pdf) confirmed that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will press ahead with a previously announced plan to reduce the size of the regular army to around 73,000 troops…
UK Lawmakers Call to Shut Down ‘Secret Institution’ That Monitored Lockdown Critics
Britain’s intellectual property minister has faced calls to shut down a “secret institution” accused of spying on lockdown critics, politicians, and journalists. Viscount Camrose was forced to defend the government’s controversial Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU), claiming most of its work focused on hostile state threats to the UK. On that basis, he told the House…
Peers Call on Minister to Shut ‘Secret Institution’ That Monitored Lockdown Critics
Britain’s intellectual property minister has faced calls to shut down a “secret institution” accused of spying on lockdown critics, politicians, and journalists. Viscount Camrose was forced to defend the government’s controversial Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU), claiming most of its work focused on hostile state threats to the UK. On that basis, he told the House…
UK Will Lead Nuclear ‘Renaissance,’ Says Shapps as Government Announces £157 Million in Grants
The UK will lead a “renaissance” on nuclear energy, Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps has promised, as the government offered grants of up to £157 million to several projects across the UK. Mr. Shapps announced on Tuesday the launch of Great British Nuclear (GBN), a new arm’s-length government body tasked to “drive rapid expansion of…
Lord Alton: UK Understanding of Falun Gong an ‘Imperative’ to Recognise CCP Threat
To recognise Beijing’s interference with democracy in the UK, it’s “imperative” to recognise what’s happening to Falun Gong, Lord Alton of Liverpool said on Monday. Speaking at a seminar in Parliament, Mr. Alton said the human rights atrocities happening to Falun Gong adherents are “the next big human rights crisis in China after Xinjiang.” Falun…
Met Adopts Counter-Terrorism Tactics Against Predators Targeting Women
The Metropolitan Police said it has deployed counter-terrorism tactics to catch the worst predators targeting women in London. The force said it has started using the Cambridge Crime Harm Index to assess 35,000 offenders reported to the force each year for crimes against women and girls, to rank the 100 who pose the highest risk…
Energy Secretary Warns Fuel Retailers to Stop ‘Ripping Off’ Motorists
Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has told supermarket and petrol station bosses to stop overcharging motorists for fuel. The government demanded an “immediate end to overcharging” customers at the pump, said Mr. Shapps, after a call with UK retail executives. He took to Twitter to announce that he had called on supermarkets and petrol stations to…
English Teacher Reveals Horror of Being Jailed in Beijing’s Prison System
An English teacher wrongfully imprisoned in China for eight years has told of the horror inside Beijing’s prison system. Marius Balo was locked in a windowless 12 metre square cage for over two years before being moved to a forced labour camp concealed within Shanghai’s maximum security prison. In his first UK interview, the Romanian…
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