Few can have followed the Lucy Letby reporting without jaw dropping amazement. That a nurse can cold-bloodedly murder and harm some of the most vulnerable in our society is astonishing. That her senior management rejected calls from senior clinicians to investigate her defies belief.
This time of year still gives me anxiety dreams. 42 years after my dismal showing in my A-levels, I remember well just how stressful it is for students opening what once used to be a letter, but is now an email.
If you want to come and live in the UK, as a non-British passport holder, you have three options. You can be an economic migrant, where, if you meet the criteria of our points-based immigration system, you are welcome to support our economy and society.
From time to time, Twitter, or other social media platforms, distribute shocking images of brazen criminals going about their illegal work with not a care in the world. Merrily shoplifting, they seem to be able to get away with whatever they want.
It’s rare to see a story about a divisive figure like Nigel Farage last so long and unite so many opposing sides. Coutts Bank’s decision to deprive him of a bank account is a story with so many facets.
Last week’s by-elections have taken the political discourse in an unexpected direction. I won’t pretend they weren’t dire for my party, but the unexpected result in Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge has brought climate issues back to the forefront.
This week sees the first public hearing of the new Energy Security and Net Zero select committee. This was set up after the government was rearranged to create the new department of the same name, and the job of the committee is to scrutinise the work of that department.
In response to the consultation currently being undertaken by all Train Services, West Midland Railways have identified Kidderminster Ticket Office as one of the hundreds of offices to close under this proposal. Mark's submission to this consultation is as follows:
Back in 2015, I brough a private members’ bill to try to secure fairer road fuel pricing. The problem I was trying to address was that of variable petrol and diesel prices not just across Wyre Forest, but between towns and rural areas, and on motorways.
