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By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There has been another critical report regarding NHS staffing levels. The Public Accounts Committee has discovered that extreme pressure to save money is already seeing wards understaffed. The PAC claims the Conservative Government have made “no coherent attempt” to realise the vast numbers of nurses, doctors and auxiliary staff needed to deliver its seven-day NHS promise. The MPs on the committee called for an urgent review of the size of the medical health workforce in...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Government watchdog has indicated that £925k was given out to 125 people prior to the election, however each had a new jobs within three months. In every case the member of staff was made redundant due to their MP standing down or losing their seat, but they were back working for a new MP within a very short space of time. In 60.3% of these cases there was no break in employment at all....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Queen has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were "very rude" during last year's state visit by the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Our monarch was filmed talking about the treatment of Britain's ambassador to China with a senior police officer at a Palace garden party yesterday. Metropolitan Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi, who the monarch is told had overseen security during President Xi's visit to the UK in October, is introduced to the Queen....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A row has broken out in parliament as child refugees who will now be given access to the UK, “by the end of the year,” reports the Mirror. The Government has been attacked as this could mean a seven-month wait to come into Britain. Labour’s Yvette Cooper was furious and said: "Seven months may be a fast time for a bureaucrat - it's a very slow time for a child." The argument broke only a...

An unprecedented number of people flocked to a Bernie Sanders rally in Sacramento on Monday night, packing a stadium beyond capacity. Despite the race to become the Democrat candidate for presidency looking pretty much wrapped up, Sanders attracted some 15,000 to 20,000 people, with more than 10,000 more continuing to wait outside. Kathy Dennis, a member of the National Nurses Union, told US Uncut: “You got to fight to the end, and Bernie’s creating a bigger movement than just a nomination for the...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor On the eve of a major corruption conference in London, David Cameron was captured on camera describing Afghanistan and Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt countries,” while chatting to the Queen Cameron is going to host delegates from both countries later in the week and it might cause some very awkward conversations with both groups. Additionally, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to deliver a keynote address entitled: "Why We Must Tackle Corruption Together". The Prime Minister...

An animated graphic has been released highlighting the extent to which global warming is spiralling out of control. Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist in the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, used data from the Met Office Hadley Centre to show how rapidly the global temperature has risen in the past few decades. The pace of change is immediately obvious, especially over the past few decades. But perhaps most the most concerning observation is how global temperatures have...

Transgender Connie, 21, was horrifically attacked by her new flatmate just because she was born in the wrong body. Enough is enough.  When will hate crimes like this end? Brave Connie recently shared her harrowing real life story about having a quarter of her skull removed after being attacked with a hammer whilst seeping. Connie’s flatmate had discovered she was transgender before unleashing an astonishing hate attack on her. Every day, transgender people are living with abuse and prejudice. Even after the amazing...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor This clip shows a homosexual cyclist being applauded by a group of bystanders when he closes down a man preaching his views on the LGBT community. The video from Glasgow, shows the preacher holding what appears to be a bible in his hand. The preacher yells after him: 'god still loves you.' The cyclist then says: 'I love me, I don't need a god to do it.' His statement is met with instant cheering and clapping...