A woman who suffers from a rare type of kidney cancer has urged the NHS to widen the net for cancer tests. Katy Hall, who was diagnosed with an extremely rare cellular cancer, known as MiT family translocation renal cell carcinoma, was initially told the lump found on her kidney was a benign tumour. Speaking as an…
In October, the government announced its long-awaited net zero strategy, a complex and wide-ranging pathway to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The government hopes the new plans will provide a clear roadmap for the economy to reorientate around a new green mission: To reduce emissions over the next three decades and to help limit global warming…
Opposition MPs have voiced their dissatisfaction at the government’s handling of Owen Paterson’s breach of parliamentary standards in an emergency House of Commons’ debate. Opening the debate, Liberal Democrat MP Wendy Chamberlain said the government’s actions last week had “tainted MPs with allegations of sleaze” in the eyes of the public. Cabinet minister Steve Barclay…
The health secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed an independent inquiry will be launched to look at the crimes committed by David Fuller. Last week, Fuller pleaded guilty to the 1987 murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce, and sexually abusing over 100 female corpses. In the House of Commons, the health secretary apologised to the families of…
This afternoon MPs will hold an emergency debate on MPs standards in the wake of the Government’s controversial quashing of Owen Paterson’s recommended 30-day suspension last Wednesday, followed by a U-turn the subsequent day. Yesterday the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday, both reported that Speaker Lindsay Hoyle could personally intervene in the debate, while…
Several leading figures in UK housing have advised ministers that a “radical rethink” on housing delivery is needed if the government is to succeed in levelling up the country, as new research suggests that over the next two decades as many as 140,000 homes will be required every year particularly in the North and the…
COP26 is winding down, and politicians from all around the world have come together to decide how best to solve climate change. But what would you give up to help the planet? We asked the people of London whether they would prefer to give up meat, to buy an electric car, or to stop flying.The…
The UK is facing an energy crisis, and a climate crisis. People are rightfully concerned about their future, both short term and long term, as energy costs have shot up whilst temperatures rise. How can we solve both these problems? For too long, politicians have delayed bringing in proper legislation to deal with these crises,…
If levelling up is to be successful, we must reverse the ‘brain drain’ of talent from our towns and cities. Increasing productivity and creating the conditions for higher wages and improved living standards will only happen if we can entice private enterprise to invest not just in the Golden Triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge…
Remember, remember the 5th November. Gunpowder, treason and COP. While we’re all celebrating the foiled attempt to burn down parliament, politicians are trying to work out how to stop burning the world. Aside from China, that is, who have just doubled-down on their coal power fire stations – at odds with the united message COP26…
