The NHS needs to plan for today, not 10 years into the future July 4, 2019 The NHS was built with one key purpose: to address social inequality by making the best healthcare available to everyone. For years, that aim has driven technological innovations that power better provision of care. However, as we mark 71 years from when it was founded, the NHS is operating in a very different world – [...]
Logistics sector optimism hits record lows over Brexit fears July 4, 2019 Optimism in the logistics sector has plummeted to record lows as the industry battles Brexit fears. According to the Logistics Confidence Index compiled by Barclays and BDO, the industry has reported net pessimism for the first time since records began in 2012. Read more: Amazon to create 2000 UK jobs in post-Brexit vote of confidence [...]
China fury as it tells UK: ‘Hands off Hong Kong and show some respect’ July 3, 2019 China has warned the UK to keep its “hands off Hong Kong” in a dramatic escalation in tensions between Beijing and London. The Chinese ambassador launched an extraordinary attack on the UK during a feisty press conference, saying relations between the two countries had been damaged over the Hong Kong row. Foreign secretary and Tory [...]
Boris Johnson backs Hong Kong protesters ‘every inch of the way’ July 3, 2019 Boris Johnson says he backs Hong Kong protesters “every inch of the way” as he urged China not to do away with the city state’s system of government. The frontrunner to be the UK’s next Prime Minister spoke out after the former British colony became gripped by mass protests against China’s increasing grip on the [...]
Iran cannot be allowed to win this game of nuclear blackmail July 3, 2019 Nuclear proliferation is often cited by world leaders as one of the greatest threats to our planet’s continued survival. Short of a cataclysmic environmental disaster, it is difficult to conceptualise an event that could cause more damage to global prospects than the detonation of a nuclear device. Yet despite the general abhorrence, this has neither [...]
MEPs pick Italian as new European parliament president July 3, 2019 The European parliament named an Italian social democrat as its new president today to complete a raft of new appointments to fill the highest-ranking roles in the EU. Read more: Meet the neighbours: Christine Lagarde set to front new-look EU leadership David Sassoli, 63, beat three German, Spanish and Czech candidates to the role, which [...]
Erskine May is online – now even you can understand parliament’s arcane rules July 3, 2019 The UK government has allowed the “bible” of parliamentary procedure, Erskine May, to be published online – fully and freely accessible for the first time in the 175-year history of the book. Anyone with an internet connection can now explore the full intricacies of everything that goes on in Westminster, from “Absence, leave of” to [...]
The left’s support for university students is fuelled by political self-interest July 3, 2019 Why do left-wing politicians want to shower money on privileged members of society? In general, university students have a higher intellectual ability than non-students, and often come from more desirable socio-economic backgrounds. But leftists can’t do enough for them. For instance, Jeremy Corbyn in 2017 promised to abolish tuition fees from 2018 onwards. He went [...]
Labour plays down BT renationalisation rumour July 2, 2019 Labour played down rumours yesterday it was looking to renationalise BT in a move that would cost around £30 billion. It was reported that advisers to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were considering a plan drawn up by the Communications Workers’ Union to bring the company back into public ownership. Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell poured [...]
IMF chief Christine Lagarde among surprise picks for EU top jobs July 2, 2019 The heads of EU member last night confirmed their preferred candidates for a raft of top jobs, setting the potential future direction of the bloc for the next five years after weeks of frantic negotiations. Germany’s defence minister Ursula von der Leyen was nominated as the new EU commission president, replacing the outgoing Jean-Claude Juncker. [...]