Politics

A shocking indictment of mental healthcare failings and farming out mental health patients to private hospitals emerged in PMQs today, as Louise Haigh asked about a damning report into mental health services in her Sheffield constituency. The MP for Sheffield, Heeley, revealed that a young constituent affected by mental healthcare shortages had been discovered placed in a private ward with “MRSA with open wounds." Prime Minister’s Questions heard from the Labour MP that: "NHS England commission child and adult mental health beds...

Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine has warned that the Tories are set to lose the next election and that Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn is “no longer non-electable” after Labour’s gains in the 8 June snap election. As the “divided” Tories indulge more in-fighting, back-stabbing and damaging leaks than the party has been used to for a long time, Michael Heseltine joined the fray warning that Theresa May’s “enfeebled” government had lost control, her majority to slender for any semblance...

New analysis published today by Centre for London suggests that Brexit may already be having an impact on the capital, with fewer Europeans coming here for work, a slowdown in job creation, a loss of momentum in business confidence, and decelerating house price growth. Published to coincide with the launch of Centre for London’s new research programme, the analysis draws together unfolding demographic, housing, transport, economic and quality of life data. This analysis is found in The London Intelligence, Centre...

If I hear one more person compare the prospect of Britain under a Labour Government to ‘living in Venezuela’ I might to fly to Caracas and throw myself off Parque Central Torre Oeste. Whichever way you voted during the EU referendum OR the General Election, you’re probably tired of being labeled, and are sick to death of reading absurd clichés. Lazy baseless arguments posted over and over and over again on Facebook don't make the point more valid, but they do create...

Britain is in danger of "sleepwalking" into a post-Brexit future with hugely increased food prices and unsafe and insecure food supplies, a report has claimed. This worrying study was compiled by academics from three top universities. They believe that the UK’s population expect low food prices and guaranteed supply for anything they need. Over the last twenty years Britain has benefited from a wealth of food and choice of food groups, even for the poorest in society. The report highlights...

The Church of England have slammed the "prohibitive" costs for foreigners and asylum seekers to get British citizenship. Foreign residents are currently forced to pay around £1,300 to receive citizenship, a fee which has a negative impact on integration, the General Synod said. The Church's governing body unanimously chose to investigate the current citizenship application process which begins with a £50 Life in the UK test. Ben Franks, a lay member of the C of E’s governing body, initiated the...

After building an election campaign in her image the Conservatives have removed Theresa May’s image from the Conservative party website homepage for the first time since she became Prime Minister. In a sign that the PM's days may be numbered the Tories switched their focus from “team Theresa May” to one that completely rids them of the association altogether. And it isn't the first time her absence has been noted. Raising the issue at the weekly session of Prime Minister’s...

The Labour Party are set to reveal that over 12,000 surgical procedures on children and young people have been cancelled in the last year alone. The Labour Party is to announce its intention to make child health “a national priority”, highlighting a series of failings from cancelled operations to staff shortages on children's wards under the Conservative Government. Speaking to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will today (Monday) accuse the Government of failing children’s health across the...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a memorial service in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Dorest. The group were 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers.  On 18 March 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia. The Tolpuddle Martyrs festival is held annually in Tolpuddle. Recent festivals have featured speakers such as Tony Benn and musicians such as Billy Bragg and...