UK chancellor assures no tax hikes for working people

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Chancellor Rachel Reeves has stated that “main taxes on working people” will not increase in the Budget. The reassurance came a week before Reeves delivered her first Budget, and the first delivered by a woman. Labour pledged

Mayor Burnham champions transformation in transport

Manchester (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Mayor Andy Burnham expressed that Greater Manchester is proving the case for transformation when it comes to public transport.  Bus orders for a fresh fleet developed to reach more rural communities have assisted create jobs across Greater

Major cannabis smuggling ring dismantled in London

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Londoners have been sentenced for smuggling 1,500 kilos of cannabis into the UK from Ghana in sacks of cassava flour. Persons named Daniel Yeboah, Kristoffer Baidoo, and Kwaku Bonsu, all from London, and Edward Adjei from Grays,

Open letter calls for reconsideration of conversion therapy ban

London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Gender-critical advocates have cautioned Sir Keir Starmer that Labour schemes to bar trans conversion therapy risk criminalising parents who objected to their child’s transition.  Around 140 people including peers, MPs, doctors and psychotherapists have signed an open

Study shows men hesitant to perform CPR on women

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Bystanders are less likely to provide chest compressions to women who suffer a cardiac arrest in public.  The study by St John Ambulance disclosed that nearly a quarter of the 1,000 Britons surveyed confessed they were less

NHS authorities face scrutiny as CQC pauses assessments

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The health watchdog has halted its inspections of local NHS authorities after an examination found significant failings. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will cease its assessments of England’s integrated care systems (ICS), which manage NHS services across

UK immigration policies worsen mental health of asylum seekers

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Leading doctors have placed Britain’s immigration system as a “public mental health concern” that imposes harm on asylum seekers, and threats “re-traumatising” those already impacted by psychological distress. The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsch) has urged UK

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