MPs have passed a controversial amendment to the health and care bill that will change the way the social care cap is calculated. The government has been criticised by a number of its own MPs in recent days over plans to change the calculation of the social care cap. The new proposals would see those…
The home secretary Priti Patel has batted away suggestions her department is failing to deal with increases in migrant Channel crossings, accusing Labour of “standing up for unlimited migration”.Responding to an urgent question on the government’s handling of the migrant Channel crossings by small boats, the home secretary claimed: “The only solution to this problem is…
Prostitution has been a part of our society for centuries, but the women who engage in it are often overlooked. Whilst there are many reasons women become sex workers, the majority are forced into it by poverty, seeing it as last resort to earn money. At the moment in Britain, prostitution itself is not illegal…
Sleaze and cronyism has dominated the frontpages recently as a spotlight has been swung onto MPs’ second jobs. Notably Geoffrey Cox was paid as much as £6 million for work outside of parliament, leading to the government announcing a crackdown on outside work. But do the public think MPs should be allowed second jobs? Our…
Sleaze and cronyism has dominated the frontpages recently as a spotlight has been swung onto MPs’ second jobs. Notably Geoffrey Cox was paid as much as £6 million for work outside of parliament, leading to the government announcing a crackdown on outside work. But do the public think MPs should be allowed second jobs? Our…
Grant Shapps faced discontent in the Commons over the government’s plans to scrap the eastern leg of HS2 between Leeds and the East Midlands. Announcing £96 billion of new funding, the transport secretary said: “The HS2 track would not have reached the East Midlands and the North until the early 2040s.” Clearly, a rethink was…
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has officially confirmed that the eastern leg of HS2 planned between Leeds and the East Midlands, will be scrapped. He said the original plans “clearly needed a rethink”, having initially forecasted to have reached the East Midlands and North by the 2040s, and would not have served the East Midlands’ main…
The Home Office has confirmed that only five asylum-seekers have been returned to the European nations in 2021, amid post-Brexit difficulties on a returns agreement. Tom Pursglove, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for Immigration, confirmed to the home affairs committee that illegal Channel crossings rose to 23,000 this year, compared to 8,500 last year. Despite…
Christopher Chope, who yesterday blocked plans to undo Andrea Leadsom’s standards motion, was booed in the House of Commons today for telling a female Conservative MP to “apply her mind”. Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton, asked how long the Christchurch MP would like to spend debating the issue, saying: “We’ve had almost four-and-a-half…
Former Yorkshire County cricketer Azeem Rafiq has outlined the extensive racist abuse he received whilst playing for the club. Talking to the digital, culture, media and sport parliamentary committee, Rafiq said: “I felt isolated, humiliated at times, constant use of the word ‘Paki’. “In 2017 pre-season tour we were in a place and Gary Ballance…
