NHS 1) Culture change needed to stop another Mid Staffs scandal warn MPs “Millions of people are suffering in silence because they are met with “hostility, defensiveness and denial” by public officials, MPs claim. Britain will face another scandal like Mid Staffs, in which hundreds of patients died needlessly, unless there is a cultural “revolution”, […]
Open at nights and weekends, Cameron tells GPs “The Prime Minister will unveil a £50m “Challenge Fund” package designed to stem anger over the failure of family doctors to provide round-the-clock appointments, with patients forced to book many weeks ahead or to compete with others for an emergency on-the-day consultation. At the heart of the […]
Nigel Evans cleared of all charges ‘The Crown Prosecution Service’s pursuit of public figures accused of sex offences will result in an innocent man suffering a serious injustice, MPs have warned after Nigel Evans was cleared of all charges…Outside Preston Crown Court, Mr Evans said that he had endured “11 months of hell”. He added: […]
1) Maria Miller: Osborne and Crosby forced her out “David Cameron was forced to sacrifice Maria Miller after the revolt over the handling of her expenses controversy spread to his inner circle. George Osborne, the chancellor, and Lynton Crosby, his election supremo, made clear their anger at the damage being done to the Conservatives by […]
Maria Miller resigns ‘The embattled Culture Secretary Maria Miller has resigned today in an attempt to limit fallout from an expenses scandal that was damaging the Conservative Party. In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Mrs Miller said the controversy over her expenses “has become a distraction from the vital work this government is […]
Ministers wade into the Miller row… “Furious Tories are planning to call for Culture Secretary Maria Miller’s head in a showdown with David Cameron on Wednesday night. … And the first cracks appeared in the Cabinet with Attorney General Dominic Grieve saying his colleague had to ‘answer to her constituents’. … Separately Tory backbencher Nicola […]
Maria Miller scandal moves on to tax-free sale allegations ‘Maria Miller stopped claiming expenses on her “second” home after being asked to sign a declaration confirming that she would pay tax when it was sold, documents show. The Culture Secretary redesignated the London house as her main home with parliamentary authorities after changes to the […]
Miller 1): Poll says the public want her sacked “Culture Secretary Maria Miller should be thrown out of the Cabinet and be forced to give up her Commons seat as punishment for making false expenses claims, according to a Mail on Sunday poll. Voters also want the embattled Minister to be stripped of her role […]
Pressure on Miller switches to her “bullying” of the press.. “The Telegraph has now published details of a recording of a telephone call made by Mrs Miller’s adviser to one of its reporters. In the conversation, the adviser said she wanted to “flag up” that the Culture Secretary was currently involved in discussions over the […]
On the day of Maria Miller’s apology to the Commons, the Government rushes out two policy statements to MPs Commons 1) Ellison prepares to ban branded cigarette packets “Public health minister Jane Ellison said: “Smoking kills nearly 80,000 people each year in England alone and our cancer outcomes stubbornly lag behind much of Europe. Quite […]
Clegg vs Farage II: Viewers hand it to the UKIP leader “Two snap polls showed the Ukip leader easily triumphed in the second live TV debate with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, in which he urged voters to join a ‘People’s Army’ to topple the political establishment in Brussels. … But Mr Farage was forced […]
520,000 EU immigrants expect over the next four years ‘Immigration from the EU will add the equivalent of a city as big as Manchester to the UK’s population every four years, a report warns today. The study predicts net migration from inside Europe will be 130,000 every year if current trends continue. This total includes […]
Osborne pledges full employment ‘George Osborne evoked the spirit of Sir Winston Churchill today as he said he would target “full employment” by the end of the decade. In a bid to provide a positive message to voters on jobs ahead of the election, the Chancellor said he would aim to have “more people working […]